Don MacLean (basketball)

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Don MacLean
No. 34, 7, 25, 24
Power forward
Personal information
Born (1970-01-16) January 16, 1970 (age 43)
Palo Alto, California
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Listed weight 235 lb (107 kg)
Career information
High school Simi Valley (Simi Valley, California)
College UCLA (1988–1992)
NBA Draft 1992 / Round: 1 / Pick: 19th overall
Selected by the Detroit Pistons
Pro career 1992–2001
Career history
1992–1995 Washington Bullets
1995–1996 Denver Nuggets
1996–1997 Philadelphia 76ers
1997–1999 New Jersey Nets
1999 Seattle SuperSonics
2000 Phoenix Suns
2000–2001 Miami Heat
Career highlights and awards
Career NBA statistics
Points 3,490 (10.9 ppg)
Rebounds 1,210 (3.8 rpg)
Assists 404 (1.3 apg)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Donald James MacLean (born January 16, 1970 in Palo Alto, California) is a retired American professional basketball player who played in the NBA. As a college player, he holds the distinction of being the all-time scoring leader of both the Pac-12 Conference and UCLA.[1] In 1994, MacLean won the NBA Most Improved Player Award as a member of the Washington Bullets. He currently works as a basketball color analyst.

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Biography [edit]

High school career [edit]

MacLean graduated from Simi Valley High School in Simi Valley, California [2] where he was an All-American his senior year.

College career [edit]

MacLean played in college at UCLA from 1989 to 1992. He still holds the school record for points scored (2,608) which is also the Pac-12 Conference's all-time scoring record, passing Sean Elliott's then record of 2,555 points.[3] In his senior season, he led UCLA to the 1992 Elite 8. He was inducted into the UCLA Sports Hall of Fame in 2002.

NBA career [edit]

MacLean was the 19th pick (1st round) in the 1992 NBA draft. He was initially drafted by the Detroit Pistons but was traded on draft day to the Washington Bullets.[4] MacLean, along with his 1994-95 Washington Bullets teammates Rex Chapman, Tom Gugliotta, and Scott Skiles, all reunited in Phoenix in 1999-2000 when Chapman, Gugliotta, and MacLean were Suns players and Skiles was the head coach. As highly productive scoring Bullets teammates in 1994-95, Chapman averaged 16.2 points per game (ranked 4th highest on the team), Gugliotta averaged 16.0 (5th on the team), Skiles averaged 13.0 (6th on the team), and MacLean averaged 11.0 (7th on the team). However, as Suns teammates, Gugliotta averaged 13.7 (5th on the team), Chapman averaged only 6.6 (9th on the team), and MacLean averaged only 2.6 (15th on the team).

MacLean tested positive for steroid use in 2000, becoming the first NBA player suspended for performance-enhancing drugs.[5]

Broadcasting career [edit]

MacLean serves as the color analyst on the UCLA Basketball Radio Network.[6] He is an analyst on the Los Angeles Clippers TV broadcasts on Fox Sports West and Prime Ticket. He also is a weekly basketball contributor on Fox Sports Radio Network's Petros and Money Show. MacLean also serves as the color analyst for various games on the Pac-12 Network.

Personal life [edit]

MacLean lives in Southern California with his wife and three sons.

See also [edit]

References [edit]

  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ "Donald James MacLean". Baseball-Reference.Com. Retrieved December 3, 2012. 
  3. ^ Pac-10 Men's Basketball Records, Pac-10 website, retrieved March 4, 2010. The Pac-10 became the Pac-12 on July 1, 2011.
  4. ^ Basketball-Reference.com. “[2].”
  5. ^ Abbot, Henry. "The gaps in NBA drug testing". ESPN.com. ESPN. Retrieved 5 March 2013. 
  6. ^ http://uclabruins.cstv.com/ot/ucla-radio-network.html

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