Michael Jerome Gibson (born October 27, 1960) is a retired

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who played two seasons in the

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(NBA) as a member of the

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(1983–84) and the

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(1985–86). Born in

Williamsburg County, South Carolina Williamsburg County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census its population was 31,026. The county seat and largest city is Kingstree. After a previous incarnation of Williamsburg County, the current count ...

, he was drafted out of

University of South Carolina Upstate The University of South Carolina Upstate (USC Upstate) is a public university in Valley Falls, South Carolina, near Spartanburg and with a Spartanburg postal address.Compare to: (shows the university is not in the Spartanburg city limits)

by the Bullets during the second round of the 1982 NBA draft. Until the addition of

Torrey Craig Torrey Craig (born December 19, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the USC Upstate Spartans, where he was named an honorable ment ...

for the

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in 2017 via

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, he was the only player in Upstate's history to ever play in the NBA. In 1993 he won with Hapoel Galil-Elion a historical championship in Israel; it was the first time after 23 years that another team other than

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won.

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Living people 1960 births American expatriate basketball people in Israel American expatriate basketball people in Italy American expatriate basketball people in Spain American men's basketball players Auxilium Pallacanestro Torino players Basketball players from South Carolina Detroit Pistons players Detroit Spirits players Hapoel Galil Elyon players Hapoel Tel Aviv B.C. players Jacksonville Jets (CBA) players Liga ACB players Maine Lumberjacks players Mississippi Jets players People from Williamsburg County, South Carolina Power forwards (basketball) Quad City Thunder players Rochester Zeniths players USC Upstate Spartans men's basketball players Washington Bullets draft picks Washington Bullets players American expatriate basketball people in the Philippines Crispa Redmanizers players Philippine Basketball Association imports {{1960s-US-basketball-bio-stub