Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Cliff Clinkscales

Cliff Clinkscales

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page. 

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/February 6, 2017 by Jimfbleak - talk to me?  14:17, 17 January 2017 (UTC)



Cliff Clinkscales (born 1984) is an American professional basketball player for the Halifax Hurricanes of the National Basketball League of Canada. He was named NBL Canada All-Star in 2014 and won the league championship in 2016. He competed with the DePaul Blue Demons at the collegiate level, leading NCAA Division I in assist-to-turnover ratio as a senior. A native of Jamaica, Queens, he first attended Springfield Gardens High School in New York City but began playing high school basketball at Shores Christian Academy in Ocala, Florida. When Clinkscales was in fifth grade, coaches noticed him dribbling at a local basketball camp. As a result, he joined the national spotlight, appearing on national TV and receiving recruitment letters from the Kansas Jayhawks and USC Trojans.
 * Most recent similar article(s): No basketball-related articles since July 1, 2016 (in recent TFAs page). Most recent sports-related article is Ernie Toshack (December 8, 2016).
 * Main editors: TempleM
 * Promoted: December 25, 2016
 * Reasons for nomination: Although this basketball player may not be familiar to most readers, most of them (especially those interested in sports and basketball) will appreciate his interesting story of losing his childhood fame and trying to redeem it on the basketball court. No basketball-related articles have appeared on TFA in the past several months.
 * Support as nominator. TempleM (talk) 02:46, 26 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Support to add some diversity to the main page. Aoba47 (talk) 18:23, 31 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Support definitely per above. Balances cricket. :) Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 20:41, 9 January 2017 (UTC)