Mark Price
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| Position | Point guard |
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| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Weight | 170 lb (77 kg) |
| Born | February 15, 1964 Bartlesville, Oklahoma |
| Nationality | American |
| College | Georgia Tech |
| Draft | 2nd round, 25th overall, 1986 Dallas Mavericks |
| Pro career | 1986–1998 |
| Former teams | Cleveland Cavaliers (1986-1995) Washington Bullets (1995-1996) Golden State Warriors (1996-1997) Orlando Magic (1997-1998) |
| Awards | 4-Time NBA All-Star |
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| Gold | 1994 Canada | USA | |
William Mark Price (born February 15, 1964 in Bartlesville, Oklahoma) is a retired American basketball player who played for 12 seasons in the NBA, from 1986 to 1998. Spending the majority of his career with the Cleveland Cavaliers, his last three years were consisted of one season each with the Washington Bullets, Golden State Warriors, and Orlando Magic.
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[edit] Playing career
The 6-foot (183 cm) Price played college basketball at Georgia Tech. A point guard, he mystified critics who said he was too slow, too small and too deliberate for a high-level game. Selected first in the second round (25th overall) by the Dallas Mavericks in the 1986 NBA Draft, he was acquired by the Cleveland Cavaliers in a draft day trade that helped turn the team into an Eastern Conference power.
Price, one of the NBA's greatest point guards of all-time, was known as one of the league's most consistent shooters. He finished his career with a 90.4% free throw shooting percentage, placing him as the league's all-time leader in this statistical area,[1] and a 40% three-point field goal shooting percentage.[2] During the 1988-89 season, Price became the third player, along with Larry Bird and Reggie Miller, to shoot at least 40% from three-point range, at least 50% from the field and at least 90% from the free throw line.[3] Price ranked consistently among the assist leaders (he is the Cavaliers all-time leader with 4,206)[4], twice won the Long Distance Shootout, and was a four-time All-Star. Price was named to the All-NBA First Team after the 1992-1993 season.[5]
He played for the US national team in the 1994 FIBA World Championship, winning the gold medal.[6]
He was plagued by injuries late in his career, a factor in his trade to the Washington Bullets prior to the 1995-96 season. He played one season for Washington before moving on to the Golden State Warriors and later the Orlando Magic, where he played his final season. He retired in 1998. Not long after retirement, Price's number, 25, was retired by the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Price and college teammate John Salley are among the very few college basketball players to have had their numbers (not just their jerseys) retired by their school.
The city of Enid, Oklahoma, renamed the Basketball Arena Mark Price Arena, as a tribute to the NBA player's accomplishments, since he was one of the best basketball athletes in Enid High School history.[7]
[edit] Coaching career
In March 2006, Price was appointed as the inaugural head coach of the Australian NBL's South Dragons, a new franchise for the 2006-07 season. He had traveled to Australia in February 2006 to interview for the position and investigate the effects of moving his family to Melbourne. Price led the South Dragons to a solid 3-2 pre-season record. However, just before the regular season, the South Dragons suffered key player losses. Team captain Shane Heal was lost just moments before the opening tip of the season opener, due to a surprising back injury the final moments of team pre-game warmups. Heal went on to miss the opening three games of the regular season.
On October 23, 2006 a press conference was called to announce that Mark Price had resigned his position with the South Dragons, with team captain Shane Heal promoted to the position of player-coach. Price's regular season win-loss record with the South Dragons was 0-5. [8] The following day, Price spoke to the media and claimed that Heal had undermined his position, stating, "I've been in professional basketball a long time and I've never seen undermining of a coach quite like this before."[9]
Price is the current shooting coach for the Memphis Grizzlies.[10] Price also trains other NBA players in partnership with the Suwanee Sports Academy in Atlanta, Georgia. The academy is also home to the Mark Price Shooting Lab.[11]
[edit] Notes
- ^ NBA History (2006). All Time Leaders: Free Throw Percentage. Retrieved September 24, 2006.
- ^ NBA History (2006). All Time Leaders: Three Point Field Goal Percentage. Retrieved September 24, 2006.
- ^ Phoenix Suns' Steve Nash become the fourth player in 2005-06, and Dirk Nowitzki became the fifth in 2006-07
- ^ Cavaliers All-Time Leaders Retrieved July 16, 2007
- ^ NBA.com: Postseason Awards - 1992-93
- ^ 1994 USA Basketball
- ^ GREATER ENID CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
- ^ Dragons coach axed | BASKETBALL | SPORT | tvnz.co.nz
- ^ Sportal (2006). Price blasts Heal. Retrieved October 24, 2006.
- ^ Price hopes to help team improve shooting : Grizzlies : Commercial Appeal
- ^ Suwanee Sports Academy
[edit] External links
- NBA.com Historical Player Info
- Mark Price Statistics at Basketball-Reference.com
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| Price (2006) • Heal (2006-2008) • Molloy (2008) • Goorjian (2008-) | |||||
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