name | Otis Thorpe |
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position | Power forward / Center |
height ft | 6 |
height in | 9 |
weight lb | 225 |
number | 33, 24, 50, 10, 52 |
birth date | August 05, 1962 |
birth place | Boynton Beach, Florida |
nationality | American |
high school | Lake Worth Community(Lake Worth, Florida) |
college | Providence (1980–1984) |
draft round | 1 |
draft pick | 9 |
draft year | 1984 |
draft team | Kansas City Kings |
career start | 1984 |
career end | 2001 |
teams | |
years1 | – |team1Kansas City / Sacramento Kings |
years2 | – |team2Houston Rockets |
years3 | |team3Portland Trail Blazers |
years4 | – |team4Detroit Pistons |
years5 | |team5Vancouver Grizzlies |
years6 | |team6Sacramento Kings |
years7 | |team7Washington Wizards |
years8 | |team8Miami Heat |
years9 | |team9Charlotte Hornets |
highlights | |
stat1label | Points |
stat1value | 17,600 (14.0 ppg) |
stat2label | Rebounds |
stat2value | 10,370 (8.2 rpg) |
stat3label | Assists |
stat3value | 2,730 (2.2 apg) |
bbr | thorpot01 |
letter | t }} |
In 1994, Thorpe was an integral part of the Houston Rockets' first NBA Championship. He also holds the Rockets' all-time record for the highest field goal accuracy (55.9%).
Halfway through the next season, the Rockets realized that they were struggling and needed a change. The team sent Thorpe to the Portland Trail Blazers in a deal for Clyde Drexler. He would only play 34 games for the Blazers before moving on to occupy the starting front court for the Detroit Pistons with Grant Hill for the next two years.
Before the start of the 1997-98 season, the Pistons dealt Thorpe to the Vancouver Grizzlies for a future first-round draft pick. This deal came back to haunt the franchise during the 2003 NBA Draft Lottery when they would have received the second pick and had their choice of Darko Miličić, Carmelo Anthony, Chris Bosh, and Dwyane Wade, but were forced to hand the pick over to the Pistons because they had yet to honor the trade.
Thorpe would play 47 games with the Grizzlies before returning to the Kings. In the offseason, he was traded (along with Mitch Richmond) to the Washington Wizards for Chris Webber. He would finish his last two seasons with the Miami Heat and Charlotte Hornets. When Thorpe finished his last game in 2001, he was the last remaining member of the Kansas City Kings to retire.
Thorpe holds career averages of 14.0 points and 8.2 rebounds per game. He retired from the Charlotte Hornets in 2001, finishing his career with over 17,000 points and 10,000 rebounds in the NBA.
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