Who wore number 48 in NBA?

Ask anybody who has played basketball before, and one of the exciting parts of playing the game is having your jersey number and name plastered on your back. We have seen so many great players in NBA history, each coming with a number attached to their name. While some of them are very obvious, there are some other players who are the greatest players to don a specific number that we may have not known before.

Nazr Mohammed

Nazr Tahiru Mohammed is an American former professional basketball player who had a journeyman career in the National Basketball Association (NBA), playing for eight different teams over 18 seasons. He is also known as the general manager of the Oklahoma City Blue and a pro scout for the Oklahoma City Thunder. He played college basketball for Kentucky.

Walt Gilmore

Walt Gilmore is a retired forward who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was drafted in the second round of the 1970 NBA draft by the Portland Trail Blazers and would play one season with the team.

Portland head coach Rolland Todd said of Gilmore: “Physical strength and speed are his assets. He does lack the background of having had to do a variety of things in college”. Gilmore’s agent, Leo Zinn, claimed to negotiate a $300,000 salary on behalf of his client. The Trail Blazers placed Gilmore on waivers on September 27, 1971.

Gilmore was signed by the Cherry Hill Demons of the Eastern Basketball Association (EBA) in October 1971.

In 1972, Gilmore signed with the Kansas City Kings, but was waived before the start of the season. In November 1972, he unsuccessfully tried out the Memphis Tams of the American Basketball Association (ABA).

Gilmore was invited to preseason camp by the Philadelphia 76ers in 1973, but was one of the first players cut.