Ron Baker was a meme player.
Despite his “Shot Maker” moniker, he averaged just 3 points per game while making a hair over a third of his shots. His teammates called him Ron Burgundy. Madison Square Garden’s security didn’t even believe he was on the team. His biggest career highlight was getting dunked on so hard by Anthony Davis he had to leave the game.
Before announcing his retirement in basketball at the age of 28 to go into healthcare last week, he last appeared “in the news” two years ago when Stephen A Smith was prank called on his radio show by someone asking why Baker wasn’t still in the NBA.