Derrick Chievous
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| Born | July 3, 1967 New York City, New York | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 195 lb (88 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| High school | Holy Cross (Queens, New York) | ||||||||||||||
| College | Missouri (1984–1988) | ||||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 1988: 1st round, 16th overall pick | ||||||||||||||
| Selected by the Houston Rockets | |||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1988–1996 | ||||||||||||||
| Position | Small forward | ||||||||||||||
| Number | 3, 33 | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| 1988–1990 | Houston Rockets | ||||||||||||||
| 1990–1991 | Cleveland Cavaliers | ||||||||||||||
| 1991–1992 | Albany Patroons (CBA) | ||||||||||||||
| 1992 | Rapid City Thrillers (CBA) | ||||||||||||||
| 1992–1993 | Quad City Thunder (CBA) | ||||||||||||||
| 1993–1994 | Dafni (Greece) | ||||||||||||||
| 1995–1996 | Quilmes de Mar del Plata (Argentina) | ||||||||||||||
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| Stats at NBA.com | |||||||||||||||
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |||||||||||||||
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Derrick Joseph Chievous (born July 3, 1967) is a retired American professional basketball player who played the forward position, and played three seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) after being selected by the Houston Rockets in the first round (16th overall) of the 1988 NBA Draft.
Chievous played in the NBA from 1988 to 1991 for the Rockets and Cleveland Cavaliers. His best season came during his rookie campaign as a member of the Rockets, when he appeared in 81 games and averaged 9.3 ppg.
Before that, Chievous played collegiately at the University of Missouri, becoming the school's all-time scoring leader with 2,580 points over his collegiate career.[1] Chievous was inducted into the University of Missouri Intercollegiate Athletics Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 1996.[2] On November 1, 2012 it was announced that Chievous would be part of the "Class of 2012" inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame on November 15.[3]
His son Quinton (b. 1992) played basketball at the University of Tennessee and Hampton University.
See also
References
- ^ http://mutigers.cstv.com/genrel/chievous_derrick00.html University of Missouri Official Player Bio
- ^ http://mutigers.cstv.com/school-bio/hall-of-fame.html
- ^ "Willie Smith and Derrick Chievous are headed to the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame". Associated Press via KTVO-TV website. 1 November 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
External links
- Derrick Chievous NBA statistics, basketballreference.com
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- American expatriate basketball people in Argentina
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- Houston Rockets draft picks
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- McDonald's High School All-Americans
- Missouri Tigers men's basketball players
- Parade High School All-Americans (boys' basketball)
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