Dallas Comegys
Personal information | |
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Born | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | August 17, 1964
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) |
Listed weight | 205 lb (93 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Roman Catholic (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
College | DePaul (1983–1987) |
NBA draft | 1987: 1st round, 21st overall pick |
Selected by the Atlanta Hawks | |
Playing career | 1987–2006 |
Position | Power forward |
Number | 45, 22 |
Career history | |
1987–1988 | New Jersey Nets |
1988–1989 | San Antonio Spurs |
1989–1990 | Oximesa Granada (Spain) |
1990–1991 | Dinamo Sassari (Italy) |
1991 | Philadelphia Spirit (USBL) |
1991–1992 | Dinamo Sassari (Italy) |
1992 | Philadelphia Spirit (USBL) |
1992–1994 | Fortitudo Bologna (Italy) |
1994–1995 | Montepaschi Siena (Italy) |
1995–1998 | Fenerbahçe (Turkey) |
1998–1999 | SNAI Montecatini (Italy) |
1999–2000 | Maccabi Tel Aviv (Israel) |
2000–2001 | Chicago Skyliners (ABA) |
2002 | Pınar Karşıyaka (Turkey) |
2002 | Pennsylvania ValleyDawgs (USBL) |
2003–2004 | Delaware Destroyers (EBA) |
2006 | NEPA Breakers (ABA) |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Dallas Alonzo Comegys (born August 17, 1964) is an American former professional basketball player.
College career
Comegys played collegiate basketball for the DePaul Blue Demon's in the NCAA Division I from 1983 to 1987.
Professional career
Comegys was selected by the Atlanta Hawks with the 21st overall pick of the 1987 NBA Draft. He was traded to the New Jersey Nets in exchange for a second-round draft choice in either 1989 or 1990.[1] He played 75 games (17 starts) for the Nets in 1987-88, averaging 5.6ppg, adding totals of 218 rebounds and 70 blocks.
Comegys was traded to the San Antonio Spurs in exchange for Walter Berry in August 1988.[2] With the Spurs, he played 67 games (10 starts), with 6.5 points and 3.5 rebounds on average in 1988-89
He then moved to Europe, playing a good part of his career in Italy, mostly in the second division Serie A2, with some spells in the top tier Serie A. There he played for Banco di Sardegna Sassari, Fortitudo Bologna, Comerson Siena - with whom he led the Serie A in rebounding in 1995 - and SNAI Montecatini.
Comegys also played in the Spanish Liga ACB for Oximesa Granada, his first experience abroad, in the Turkish Basketball League for Fenerbahçe and Pınar Karşıyaka, in the Israeli Basketball Super League for Maccabi Tel-Aviv and for various U.S. minor league teams.
References
- ^ "Comegys Traded To Nets."The New York Times, 5 November 1987. Retrieved on 10 June 2015.
- ^ "Spurs trade Berry to Nets for Comegys."Los Angeles Times, East Rutherford (New Jersey), 30 August 1988. Retrieved on 10 June 2015.
External links
- NBA profile Retrieved on 10 June 2015
- Lega Basket Serie A profile Retrieved on 10 June 2015 Template:It icon
- Liga ACB profile Retrieved on 10 June 2015 Template:Es icon
- Turkish Basketball League profile Retrieved on 10 June 2015
- RealGM profile Retrieved on 10 June 2015
- 1964 births
- Living people
- African-American basketball players
- American expatriate basketball people in Israel
- American expatriate basketball people in Italy
- American expatriate basketball people in Spain
- American expatriate basketball people in Turkey
- American men's basketball players
- Atlanta Hawks draft picks
- Basketball players from Pennsylvania
- DePaul Blue Demons men's basketball players
- Dinamo Basket Sassari players
- Fenerbahçe men's basketball players
- Fortitudo Pallacanestro Bologna players
- Israeli Basketball Super League players
- Karşıyaka basketball players
- Lega Basket Serie A players
- Liga ACB players
- Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. players
- McDonald's High School All-Americans
- Mens Sana Basket players
- New Jersey Nets players
- Parade High School All-Americans (boys' basketball)
- Power forwards (basketball)
- San Antonio Spurs players
- Sportspeople from Philadelphia