Professional Basketball Player. He began his basketball career at Kohler High School in Kohler, Wisconsin, where he led the team to three state championships and was a McDonald's All-American. In 2005, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel named him Wisconsin's greatest high school basketball player ever. He then played for Dean Smith at the University of North Carolina. (As a freshman, he was a teammate of Michael Jordan.) After blossoming into a first-team All-ACC player, he was drafted as the 13th pick in the first round of the 1987 National Basketball Association (NBA) Draft by the Los Angeles Clippers. He eventually played for the Clippers, Denver Nuggets, Boston Celtics, Portland Trail Blazers, Charlotte Hornets, Orlando Magic, and the Milwaukee Bucks. In his 11-year career, he played 592 games (starting 127 of them, with 98 of those starts in his first four seasons), scoring 2,485 points (4.2 per game), grabbing 1,933 rebounds (3.3 per game), shooting 42.3 percent from the floor and 77.0 percent from the free-throw line). After retiring as a player, he became a coach, working at the college, CBA, and NBA G-league levels and in the NBA as an assistant coach for the Milwaukee Bucks and Brooklyn Nets.
Professional Basketball Player. He began his basketball career at Kohler High School in Kohler, Wisconsin, where he led the team to three state championships and was a McDonald's All-American. In 2005, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel named him Wisconsin's greatest high school basketball player ever. He then played for Dean Smith at the University of North Carolina. (As a freshman, he was a teammate of Michael Jordan.) After blossoming into a first-team All-ACC player, he was drafted as the 13th pick in the first round of the 1987 National Basketball Association (NBA) Draft by the Los Angeles Clippers. He eventually played for the Clippers, Denver Nuggets, Boston Celtics, Portland Trail Blazers, Charlotte Hornets, Orlando Magic, and the Milwaukee Bucks. In his 11-year career, he played 592 games (starting 127 of them, with 98 of those starts in his first four seasons), scoring 2,485 points (4.2 per game), grabbing 1,933 rebounds (3.3 per game), shooting 42.3 percent from the floor and 77.0 percent from the free-throw line). After retiring as a player, he became a coach, working at the college, CBA, and NBA G-league levels and in the NBA as an assistant coach for the Milwaukee Bucks and Brooklyn Nets.
Bio by: Chuck Jaffe
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