Who is this on my rubber basketball

[Fairfield_1st]

I went to a tag sale in Wethersfield today. They listed a fair amount of UConn stuff including 2004 pennants, but I found out about it too late. I did get a rubber basketball for $2 from the garage, but I have no idea who the player is. With #22 I'd expect Rudy Gay, but it doesn't look like him. I just cannot figure out who this is. Thoughts?

 

[Palatine]

Kwasi Gyanbibi?

 

[RayRay34]

Looks a little like Rashad Anderson?…but he didn’t wear #22

 

[Shamon30]

Kwasi Gyanbibi?View attachment 117024

I believe he was number 10

 

[Fairfield_1st]

Looks a little like Rashad Anderson?…but he didn’t wear #22

That's what I thought when I bought it, but couldn't remember Rashad's number.

 

[Horatio]

That’s probably NOBODY. Probably didn’t have the permission to use a player’s likeness so they created that guy. Save it anyway. It might tie into this season’s Mojo and be worth millions.

 

[Fairfield_1st]

That’s probably NOBODY. Probably didn’t have the permission to use a player’s likeness so they created that guy. Save it anyway. It might tie into this season’s Mojo and be worth millions.

You're definitely the leader in the clubhouse. That makes a lot of sense. I bought it to eBay it. Unfortunately I have no space for these things.

 

[RayRay34]

That's what I thought when I bought it, but couldn't remember Rashad's number.

Think he wore 32

 

[HooperScooper]

Think he wore 32

 

[Deepster]

Here are the players to wear #22 from 1995 to today per the media guide:

Antric Klaiber ............................ 1996-99
Rudy Gay.................................. 2005-06
Alex Hornat*..................................2010
Roscoe Smith.........................2011-2012
Leon Tolksdorf .......................2013-2014
Pat Lenehan*..................................2015
Terry Larrier...............................2017-18
Kwintin Williams*............................2019

Could it be Roscoe Smith? Doesn't really look like him.

 

[Mike Honcho]

I went to a tag sale in Wethersfield today. They listed a fair amount of UConn stuff including 2004 pennants, but I found out about it too late. I did get a rubber basketball for $2 from the garage, but I have no idea who the player is. With #22 I'd expect Rudy Gay, but it doesn't look like him. I just cannot figure out who this is. Thoughts?

My first thought was Monquencio Hardnett but that's not him.

 

[Icehawk]

I think it's Sinbad.

 

[Lafayette]

Hardnett wore #30 that year so....

 

[Lafayette]

That’s probably NOBODY. Probably didn’t have the permission to use a player’s likeness so they created that guy. Save it anyway. It might tie into this season’s Mojo and be worth millions.

Unless Scottie Burrell put on a LOT of hair...yeah, that ain't him.

 

[Fairfield_1st]

The pic on the ball even has the white undershirt. Maybe they used Rashad, essentially, but with a different number. Didn't video games use to do something sneaky like just goofing with the names to get around likeness issues?

 

[Mr. French]

That’s Rudy Gay in a Rashad Anderson Halloween mask

 

[Dutch Boyd]

Kinda looks like Rashamel Jones, but he was number 3.

 

[ucp990411]

Bill Corley was #22

 

[DogMania]

I thought Shad too, but knew the number wasn't correct. It does make sense that using an incorrect number was a way to get around the likeness issue.

There are probably not many of those still around and might be a rare find. I suggest getting out a sharpy and change the number to 31, then put it up for sale on eBay for a high price stating it's one of a kind. Making those alterations does in fact make it a one-of-a-kind. 😁

 

[formerlurker]

Ribbed, nice.

 

[StllH8L8ner]

Intramural player rocking a Rudy jersey?

 

[B1GEast]

That's a good mojo relic, that's a keeper

 

[Lafayette]

NIL deal for former players goes back to 1996 under a big pool like almost 3B. Yeah, me 1993, so not bitter at all.

So if the year was 1996 or later, that player's likeness could now be worth something if the player can be found, and the company making those is still liquid.

 

[superjohn]

It's Rashad with big sideburns and the wrong jersey #.

 

[Fairfield_1st]

Ribbed, nice.

It's almost Valentine's Day. Ribbed seemed like a good call.