Stanley Roberts played for Real Madrid basketball in the 1990-199 season. The following year he played the first of his eight seasons that he played in the NBA. His former teammates and coaches sum up his potential in the phrase 'Stanley was better than Shaquille O'Neal, his teammate at Louisiana State.' However Stanley Roberts suffered several serious injuries and was expelled from the NBA in 1999 for drug use. The next news about him announced that he was broke and had gone to jail for cocaine possession. With no money and no hope, Stanley thought about suicide, but someone helped him.