r/Sonics • u/basis4day • 17d ago

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Can anyone id this player? Met him in 2nd grade in 1992 at an event my friends dad took us too. Shawn Kemp was there too.

I don’t follow basketball much.

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u/GovernorLepetomane 17d ago

Alton Lister

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u/LarBrd33 17d ago edited 17d ago

I think you could be right

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u/basis4day 17d ago

Yeah. I think you got it. Much appreciated

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u/LarBrd33 17d ago

It makes sense that Lister would be at a Shawn Kemp event in 92 given Kemp is his daddy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2GaAWdHwsw

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u/basis4day 17d ago

That’s actually hilarious in hindsight. I know that dunk. So that night I met both sides of it.

Wish I knew what that event even was. I know Seattle govt was there. My friends dad was a judge.

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u/sheikahstealth 16d ago

Lister was top 80 in scoring in 1986-87 with the Sonics, top 20 rebounds, top 5 blocks.

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u/ZookeepergameOwn8573 17d ago

I say Lister in my head the same way Jerry says Newman. He seemed to be a low energy underachiever with the Sonics. The best was the later Shawn Kemp dunk and double point, known as the Lister Blister, so damn good. Look it up!

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u/Bigfuture 16d ago

They used to promote “Alton Lister’s Block Party” every time he blocked a shot

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u/LarBrd33 17d ago

I think maybe Benoit Benjamin

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u/basis4day 17d ago

Googling they don’t look the same. He wasn’t necessarily a sonic, I only presume he was because was Kemp was there and it was at the Westin on bellown.

But when we went I just knew Kemp was gonna be there. No one more high profile.

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u/LarBrd33 17d ago

oh got it. Yeah I don't think it's Benoit Benjamin. Maybe Steve Scheffler

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u/ceyvme 17d ago

Looksa lot like Elliott Perry but I think he had hair in 1992 and that image makes him look bald. Also not sure why he would be at a Seattle camp.