Cherokee Parks

Men’s basketball
Competitor for United States
Goodwill Games
Bronze	1994 St. Petersburg	National team
FIBA U21 World Championship
Gold	1993 Valladolid	National team
FIBA U19 World Championship
Gold	1991 Edmonton	National team

Cherokee Bryan Parks (born October 11, 1972) is an American professional basketball player.

A 6' 11" (211 cm), 240 lbs (109 kg) center, Parks played his college basketball at Duke University under coach Mike Krzyzewski and won the 1992 national title during his freshman year. After college, he was selected by the Dallas Mavericks in the 1st round (12th overall pick) of the 1995 NBA Draft. In his ten season NBA career (1995–2004), he played for the Mavericks, Minnesota Timberwolves, Vancouver Grizzlies, Los Angeles Clippers, San Antonio Spurs, Washington Wizards, and Golden State Warriors. He averaged career-highs of 7.1 points per game and 5.5 rebounds per game during the 1997–98 season with Minnesota.^[1] Parks came out of retirement in 2011 to play in France.^[2]

Parks' mother named him Cherokee in honor of his great-grandmother, who was a member of the Cherokee tribe.^[3]

His sister Corey Parks was the original bassist for Nashville Pussy.^[4]

Notes

v t e Duke Blue Devils Men's Basketball 1991–92 NCAA Champions

11 Bobby Hurley (MOP) 12 Thomas Hill 21 Antonio Lang 23 Brian Davis 32 Christian Laettner 33 Grant Hill 44 Cherokee Parks 52 Erik Meek Head Coach Mike Krzyzewski Assistant Coaches Tommy Amaker Jay Bilas Mike Brey

v t e 1995 NBA Draft

First round	Joe Smith Antonio McDyess Jerry Stackhouse Rasheed Wallace Kevin Garnett Bryant Reeves Damon Stoudamire Shawn Respert Ed O'Bannon Kurt Thomas Gary Trent Cherokee Parks Corliss Williamson Eric Williams Brent Barry Alan Henderson Bob Sura Theo Ratliff Randolph Childress Jason Caffey Michael Finley George Zidek Travis Best Loren Meyer David Vaughn Sherell Ford Mario Bennett Greg Ostertag Cory Alexander

Second round	Lou Roe Dragan Tarlać Terrence Rencher Junior Burrough Andrew DeClercq Jimmy King Lawrence Moten Frankie King Rashard Griffith Donny Marshall Dwayne Whitfield Erik Meek Donnie Boyce Eric Snow Anthony Pelle Troy Brown George Banks Tyus Edney Mark Davis Jerome Allen Martin Lewis Dejan Bodiroga Fred Hoiberg Constantin Popa Eurelijus Žukauskas Michael McDonald Chris Carr Cuonzo Martin Don Reid

Persondata
Name	Parks, Cherokee
Alternative names
Short description	American basketball player
Date of birth	October 11, 1972
Place of birth	Huntington Beach, California
Date of death
Place of death

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