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High Noon Highlights: What happened to Big Country? Marcus Smart talks about the loss of his mother

Gerald Narisco of Bleacher Report wrote a fantastic piece on posters showing up around Vancouver of an NBA player gone-bye with the words “Have you see this man?”. The man on the poster is Big Country.

He played six seasons (1995-2001) in the NBA—all six in Vancouver’s infamous teal-and-maroon uniforms. He was one of those rare players who could be characterized as both a folk hero and a bust.

”I mean, he’s Big Country,” said Hall of Fame center and Georgetown head coach Patrick Ewing with a laugh. “He was soft-spoken, quiet.