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Rick Mahorn

Rick Mahorn
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Mahorn in 2007
Personal information
Born (1958-09-21) September 21, 1958 (age 58)
Hartford, Connecticut
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Listed weight 240 lb (109 kg)
Career information
High school Weaver (Hartford, Connecticut)
College Hampton (1976–1980)
NBA draft 1980 / Round: 2 / Pick: 35th overall
Selected by the Washington Bullets
Playing career 1980–1999
Position Center / Power forward
Number 44, 4
Career history
As player:
19801985 Washington Bullets
19851989 Detroit Pistons
19891991 Philadelphia 76ers
1991–1992 Virtus Roma (Italy)
19921996 New Jersey Nets
19961998 Detroit Pistons
1999 Philadelphia 76ers
As coach:
1999–2000 Rockford Lightning (CBA)
20052009 Detroit Shock (assistant) (WNBA)
2009 Detroit Shock (interim) (WNBA)
Career highlights and awards

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Career statistics
Points 7,763 (6.9 ppg)
Rebounds 6,957 (6.2 rpg)
Blocks 1,007 (0.9 bpg)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

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Derrick Allen "Rick" Mahorn (born September 21, 1958) is an American retired NBA basketball player who, at 6'10", played power forward and center. He is currently a radio analyst for the Detroit Pistons.

Mahorn was dubbed by Piston announcer George Blaha the "Baddest Bad Boy of them all." Mahorn gained a reputation for physical play, which he used to compensate for his relatively limited leaping ability. He served as a team leader of the Detroit Bad Boys teams of the late 1980s, winning his only NBA Championship in 1989 along with captain Isiah Thomas, Joe Dumars, and Dennis Rodman among others.

Mahorn played college basketball at Hampton University. He was a three-time NCAA Division II champion and NAIA All-American and owned 18 school records.

In 1989, Mahorn won his only NBA championship with the Pistons. Though the Bad Boys went on to repeat in 1990, Mahorn was picked up in the 1989 NBA expansion draft only days after hoisting the '89 trophy, as teams were only able to protect 8 of their players from being "drafted." After he was selected by the new Minnesota Timberwolves, Pistons general manager Jack McCloskey tried in vain to trade to get him back. In ESPN's 30 for 30 feature film about the Detroit teams in this era, Mahorn shed a tear when talking about being dealt away from the Pistons. Despite being out of Detroit, Mahorn never played for Minnesota, being traded instead to the Philadelphia 76ers, where he teamed with superstar Charles Barkley (despite previous rivalries with him) to form the top-rebounding duo of "Thump N' Bump." After two seasons, Mahorn moved to the Italian Serie A for the 1991–92 season.


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