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For the journalist, see Joe Klein.
Joe Kleine
Personal information
Born (1962-01-04) January 4, 1962 (age 62)
Colorado Springs, Colorado
NationalityAmerican
Listed height7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)
Listed weight255 lb (116 kg)
Career information
High schoolSlater High, Slater, Missouri
CollegeNotre Dame
Arkansas
NBA draft1985: 6th overall
Selected by the Sacramento Kings
Playing career1985–2000
PositionCenter
Stats Edit this at Wikidata at NBA.com
Stats Edit this at Wikidata at Basketball-Reference.com
Joe Kleine
Medal record
Representing  United States
Men's Basketball
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1984 Los Angeles National team
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1982 Colombia National team

Joseph William Kleine (born January 4, 1962, in Colorado Springs, Colorado) is a retired American professional basketball player in the NBA.

Kleine, a seven-foot center, graduated from Slater High School in Slater, Missouri and originally enrolled to play basketball at the University of Notre Dame. After his freshman season, Kleine transferred to the University of Arkansas where he played alongside Alvin Robertson, who like Kleine would go on to a productive professional career.

Kleine was selected by the Sacramento Kings with the sixth pick in the 1985 NBA Draft. Kleine went on to have a fifteen-year NBA career, playing with the Kings as well as the Boston Celtics, Phoenix Suns, Los Angeles Lakers, New Jersey Nets, Chicago Bulls, and Portland Trail Blazers. He won an NBA Championship ring in 1998 as a reserve for the Bulls. His best season was with the Kings in 1985, when he averaged 9.8 PPG. At the time of his retirement from the NBA, he'd scored 4,666 points, had 3,991 total rebounds, and had scored 849 free throws out of 1,069 attempts.

Kleine played for the US national team in the 1982 FIBA World Championship, winning the silver medal.[1] Along with his college teammate Robertson, he also won a gold medal as a member of the 1984 U.S. Olympic basketball team coached by Bob Knight. Sportswriter Jon Goode would later write in part that "Joe Kleine was never a star, but what made Kleine great was that he accepted his role and was ready to play every night." He is currently an assistant coach at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.

References

  1. ^ 1982 USA Basketball
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