Darrell Armstrong should never have been here getting inducted into the Orlando Magic Hall of Fame. The long and winding road for him to get to the league is almost astronomical to think of.
He did not start playing basketball until his junior year of high school when a coach told him he believed he could play at the next level, giving him drills to work on to help improve his shooting and take advantage of his athleticism.
He was supposed to go unnoticed while playing at tiny Fayetteville State and then playing overseas in Greece and Cyprus and various minor leagues in the U.