Rick Mahorn

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Rick Mahorn
Rick Mahorn.jpg
Mahorn in 2007
Personal information
Born (1958-09-21) September 21, 1958 (age 65)
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:
1980–1985 Washington Bullets
1985–1989 Detroit Pistons
1989–1991 Philadelphia 76ers
1991–1992 Virtus Roma (Italy)
1992–1996 New Jersey Nets
1996–1998 Detroit Pistons
1999 Philadelphia 76ers
As coach:
1999–2000 Rockford Lightning (CBA)
2005–2009 Detroit Shock (assistant) (WNBA)
2009 Detroit Shock (interim) (WNBA)
Career highlights and awards
As player:

As assistant coach:
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

Derrick Allen "Rick" Mahorn (born September 21, 1958) is a retired American NBA basketball player who, at 6'10", played power forward and center. He is currently a radio analyst for the Detroit Pistons.[1]

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.

College career

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.[1]

Professional career

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.

Mahorn later played for the New Jersey Nets for four seasons, before returning to the Pistons in 1996–97 under coach Doug Collins. He retired after the 1999 season, after a second stint with the 76ers. Mahorn then served as a color commentator for Pistons radio broadcasts, and as an assistant coach under former teammate Bill Laimbeer with the WNBA's Detroit Shock. Laimbeer and Mahorn led the Shock to multiple WNBA titles.

On July 22, 2008, at a Sparks-Shock game, Mahorn attempted to break up a brawl. When attempting to restrain Lisa Leslie, he put his left hand out and Leslie fell to the ground. Mahorn was suspended for two games.[2]

On June 15, 2009 he became the head coach of the Shock, a position he held until the franchise moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma after the season. Shortly afterwards, Mahorn continued his work with Pistons radio, doing color commentary alongside Mark Champion.

NBA career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high
† Denotes seasons in which Mahorn won an NBA championship

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1980–81 Washington 52 0 13.4 .507 .000 .675 4.1 0.5 0.4 .8 4.8
1981–82 Washington 80 80 33.3 .507 .000 .632 8.8 1.9 0.7 1.7 12.2
1982–83 Washington 82 82 36.9 .490 .000 .575 9.5 1.4 1.0 1.8 11.0
1983–84 Washington 82 82 32.9 .507 .000 .651 9.0 1.6 0.8 1.5 9.0
1984–85 Washington 77 63 26.9 .499 .000 .653 7.9 1.6 0.8 1.4 6.3
1985–86 Detroit 80 12 18.0 .455 .000 .681 5.2 0.8 0.5 .8 4.9
1986–87 Detroit 63 6 20.3 .477 .000 .821 6.0 0.6 0.5 .8 6.1
1987–88 Detroit 67 64 29.3 .574 .500 .756 8.4 0.9 0.6 .6 10.7
1988–89† Detroit 72 61 24.9 .517 .000 .748 6.9 0.8 0.6 .9 7.3
1989–90 Philadelphia 75 66 30.3 .497 .222 .715 7.6 1.3 0.6 1.4 10.8
1990–91 Philadelphia 80 74 30.5 .467 .000 .788 7.8 1.5 1.0 .7 8.9
1992–93 New Jersey 74 9 14.6 .472 .333 .800 3.8 0.4 0.3 .4 3.9
1993–94 New Jersey 28 0 8.1 .489 .000 .650 1.9 0.2 0.1 .2 2.1
1994–95 New Jersey 58 7 10.9 .523 .333 .796 2.8 0.4 0.2 .2 3.4
1995–96 New Jersey 50 0 9.0 .352 .000 .723 2.2 0.3 0.3 .3 2.4
1996–97 Detroit 22 7 9.9 .370 .000 .727 2.4 0.3 0.2 .1 2.5
1997–98 Detroit 59 0 12.0 .457 .000 .676 3.3 0.3 0.2 .1 2.4
1998–99 Philadelphia 16 0 7.9 .278 .000 .375 1.4 0.1 0.3 .1 0.8
Career 1117 613 23.1 .493 .132 .704 6.2 1.0 0.6 .9 6.9

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1982 Washington 7 7 34.6 .438 .000 .714 8.7 1.9 1.4 .7 10.6
1984 Washington 4 4 38.5 .600 .000 .800 10.8 1.5 0.3 1.5 9.5
1985 Washington 4 1 10.3 .500 .000 1.000 1.8 0.0 0.0 .8 3.0
1986 Detroit 4 0 15.3 .385 .000 1.000 3.0 0.0 0.3 .0 3.0
1987 Detroit 15 15 32.2 .541 .000 .800 9.5 0.3 0.4 .7 9.7
1988 Detroit 23 21 17.8 .344 .000 .684 3.9 0.6 0.2 .4 3.3
1989† Detroit 17 17 21.2 .580 .000 .654 5.1 0.4 0.5 .8 5.7
1990 Philadelphia 10 10 34.2 .430 .000 .769 7.0 1.0 0.7 .8 9.4
1991 Philadelphia 8 8 26.0 .556 .000 .786 5.3 1.8 0.3 .5 6.4
1993 New Jersey 4 2 15.8 .400 .000 .000 3.3 0.8 0.0 .5 2.0
1994 New Jersey 3 0 6.3 .000 .000 .000 1.3 0.0 0.0 .3 0.0
1997 Detroit 2 1 9.0 .000 .000 .000 0.5 0.0 0.0 .0 0.0
1999 Philadelphia 5 0 5.8 .333 .000 .500 1.6 0.2 0.2 .0 1.6
Career 106 86 22.9 .427 .000 .750 5.5 0.7 0.4 .6 5.8

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Pistons Announcers
  2. ↑ Arritt, Dan. "Candace Parker, Lisa Leslie suspended after WNBA fight". Los Angeles Times. July 25, 2008.

External links

  • Career statistics and player information from NBA.comLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). and Basketball-Reference.com
  • Career statistics and player information from WNBA.comLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). and Basketball-Reference.comLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
  • WNBA.com profile

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