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1993–94 Minnesota Timberwolves Season
The 1993–94 NBA season was the Timberwolves' 5th season in the National Basketball Association. The city of Minneapolis hosted the 1994 NBA All-Star Game. In the 1993 NBA draft, the Timberwolves selected Isaiah Rider out of UNLV with the fifth overall pick, and acquired Mike Brown from the Utah Jazz in the off-season. The Timberwolves continued to struggle losing their first five games of the season, then post two 7-game losing streaks in December and February. Midway through the season, the team traded Luc Longley to the Chicago Bulls in exchange for Stacey King. The Timberwolves posted an 8-game losing streak in March, and lost their final ten games of the season, finishing fifth in the Midwest Division with a 20–62 record. Second-year star Christian Laettner led the team with 16.8 points, 8.6 rebounds and 1.2 blocks per game, while Rider finished second on the team in scoring with 16.6 points per game, was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team, and also won the Slam Dunk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sidney Lowe
Sidney Rochell Lowe (born January 21, 1960) is an American former basketball player and coach. He is currently an assistant coach for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Lowe played college basketball and served as the head coach at North Carolina State University (NC State). Biography Lowe began his career at DeMatha Catholic High School in Hyattsville, Maryland. He played collegiate basketball at NC State. He was the point guard for the Wolfpack's 1983 NCAA National Championship. Lowe was selected by the Chicago Bulls with the 1st pick of the second round in the 1983 NBA Draft. He played a total of four seasons in the NBA, for five different teams. After retiring from basketball in 1991, Lowe took a job as an assistant coach with the Minnesota Timberwolves. Halfway through the 1992–93 season he took over as head coach of the struggling Timberwolves and remained in that position until the end of the 1993–94 season. From 1994 to 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stacey King
Ronald Stacey King (born January 29, 1967) is an American sports announcer and retired National Basketball Association (NBA) center who won three consecutive championships with the Chicago Bulls from 1991 to 1993. King is currently the lead color commentator for Chicago Bulls television broadcasts. NBA career (1989–1999) After a stand-out career at the University of Oklahoma, King was selected by the Bulls in the 1989 NBA draft with the sixth pick. He was projected by many as a number one pick candidate heading into draft night, but slipped. He was one of three first-round picks by the Bulls in that draft (the other two were B. J. Armstrong and Jeff Sanders). He played four and a half seasons in Chicago before being traded during the 1993–94 campaign to the Minnesota Timberwolves in exchange for 7'2" Australian-born center Luc Longley. He was last active in the NBA during the 1996–97 season while playing a handful of games for both the Dallas Mavericks and Boston Celti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1993–94 Atlanta Hawks Season
The 1993–94 NBA season was the Hawks' 45th season in the National Basketball Association, and 26th season in Atlanta. In the off-season, Chicago Bulls All-Star guard Michael Jordan shocked the NBA by announcing his retirement. This meant that various teams in the league had an opportunity to contend for a championship. The Hawks hired Hall of Famer Lenny Wilkens as their new head coach. Wilkens was a star guard for the franchise when it was based in St. Louis in the 1960s. He was quickly moving up the all-time coaching wins list after successful runs with the Seattle SuperSonics and Cleveland Cavaliers. Wilkens employed a defensive system which benefited several members of the team. The team also signed free agents Craig Ehlo, and Andrew Lang during the off-season. The Hawks got off to a slow start losing four of their first five games, but then went on a 14-game winning streak between November and December, which led to a 15–4 start, as they held a 34–13 record at the All- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Weinhauer
Robert Weinhauer (born May 23, 1939) is an American former basketball coach and executive. He served as the head basketball coach at the University of Pennsylvania from 1977 to 1982 and at Arizona State University from 1982 to 1985, compiling a career college basketball record of 143–90. Weiner led the Penn Quakers to the Final Four of the 1979 NCAA Division I basketball tournament. Weinhauer spent one season, 1985–86, as the head coach for the Detroit Spirits of the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) before moving to the National Basketball Association, where he worked as an assistant coach, scout, and executive. He served as the general manager for the Houston Rockets from 1994 to 1996 and the Milwaukee Bucks from 1997 to 1999. Before coming to Penn as an assistant in 1973, Weinhauer coached football, basketball, and baseball at Massapequa High School in Massapequa, New York. Head coaching record College See also * List of NCAA Division I M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chuck Davisson
Chuck is a masculine given name or a nickname for Charles or Charlie. It may refer to: People Arts and entertainment * Chuck Alaimo, American saxophonist, leader of the Chuck Alaimo Quartet * Chuck Barris (1929–2017), American TV producer * Chuck Berry (1926–2017), American rock and roll musician * Chuck Brown (1936–2012), American guitarist and singer * Chuck Close (born 1940), American painter and photographer * Chuck Comeau (born 1979), Canadian drummer * Chuck D (born 1960), stage name of Carlton Douglas Ridenhour, American rapper * Chuck Garric, rock bassist of Alice Cooper * Charlton Heston, "Chuck", (1923–2008), American actor and political activist * Chuck Holmes (entrepreneur) (1945–2000), American entrepreneur and philanthropist, founded Falcon Studios * Chuck Jones (1912–2002), American animator, screenwriter, producer, and director of animated films * Chuck Leavell (born 1952), American pianist and keyboardist * Chuck Lorre (born 1952), American tele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Brewer (basketball)
James Turner Brewer (born December 3, 1951) is an American former National Basketball Association (NBA) player. Brewer was the first notable player to come out of Proviso East High School, which has one of the most successful high school basketball programs in Illinois. In 1969, Brewer, playing center, led his team to the first of four state championships. Brewer was followed at Proviso East by other future NBA players, notably Doc Rivers, Michael Finley, Dee Brown, Shannon Brown, Sterling Brown, and JeVon Carter. The 6'9" 210-pound forward then attended the University of Minnesota. One of his teammates was future Baseball Hall-of-Famer Dave Winfield. He is infamous for his role in a 1972 brawl in Minneapolis, where white Ohio State center Luke Witte was assaulted by fellow Gophers Corky Taylor and Ron Behagen in a game. The fight escalated when Brewer repeatedly struck Witte's white teammate Dave Merchant in the face. Brewer played in the 1972 Summer Olympics, including th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sherron Mills
Sherron Mills (July 29, 1971 – January 17, 2016) was an American basketball player from Salisbury, Maryland. A 6'9" forward, he played for Snow Hill High School, leading the team to the 1989 Maryland 1-A Boys Basketball State Championship. He played college ball for Virginia Commonwealth University. He was drafted 29th overall in the 1993 NBA Draft by the Minnesota Timberwolves. He did not make an NBA roster, but played professionally in Europe. Playing in the Italian Serie A for Cx Orologi Siena during the 1995–96, he topped the league in rebounding. Mills died at a hospital in Baltimore, Maryland from complications of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as motor neuron disease (MND) or Lou Gehrig's disease, is a neurodegenerative disease that results in the progressive loss of motor neurons that control voluntary muscles. ALS is the most comm ... (ALS) on January 17, 2016, at the age of 44. References External linksItal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thurl Bailey
Thurl is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Thurl Bailey (born 1961), American basketball player * Thurl Ravenscroft Thurl Arthur Ravenscroft (; February 6, 1914May 22, 2005) was an American actor and bass singer. He was known as one of the booming voices behind Kellogg's Frosted Flakes animated spokesman Tony the Tiger for more than five decades. He was al ... (1914–2005), American voice actor and basso profundo * Gunther Thurl, a fictional character in the webcomic ''Schlock Mercenary'' {{given name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1994–95 San Antonio Spurs Season
The 1994–95 NBA season was the Spurs' 19th season in the National Basketball Association, and 28th season as a franchise. During the off-season, the Spurs hired Bob Hill as head coach, re-acquired Sean Elliott after playing one year with the 1993–94 Detroit Pistons season, Detroit Pistons, re-signed Avery Johnson after one season with the 1993–94 Golden State Warriors season, Golden State Warriors, and signed free agents Chuck Person, and former All-Star forward Moses Malone. Early into the season, they signed free agent Doc Rivers, who was previously released by the 1994–95 New York Knicks season, New York Knicks. With Dennis Rodman serving two suspensions early into the season, the Spurs struggled and played below .500 with a 7–9 start. However, they would win 13 of their next 14 games, hold a 30–15 record at the All-Star break, then later on post a 15-game winning streak between March and April, and win 21 of their final 23 games, finishing with the league's best reco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glen Taylor
Glen Allen Taylor (born April 20, 1941) is an American billionaire business magnate and politician from Minnesota. A self-made businessman, Taylor made his fortune from being the founder and owner of Minnesota-based Taylor Corporation, one of the largest graphic communication companies in the United States. Taylor has been the majority owner of the Minnesota Timberwolves NBA basketball team since he purchased the team in 1994. He is also the owner of the Minnesota Lynx WNBA basketball team and the part owner of the Minnesota United FC MLS soccer team. In addition to his sports team ownership, Taylor has been the owner of Minneapolis's '' Star Tribune'' newspaper, the largest newspaper in the state of Minnesota, since 2014. A former member of the Minnesota Senate from the Republican Party, Taylor served in the state senate from 1981 until 1990. He strongly considered running for the Republican nomination for Governor of Minnesota in the 1990 Minnesota gubernatorial election, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Orleans, Louisiana
New Orleans ( , ,New Orleans . ; french: La Nouvelle-Orléans , es, Nueva Orleans) is a consolidated city-parish located along the in the southeastern region of the U.S. state of . With a population of 383,997 accord ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chuck Person
Chuck Connors Person (born June 28, 1964) is an American former basketball player and coach. Person played 14 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and was the 1987 NBA Rookie of the Year. Person played college basketball at Auburn University and was selected fourth overall in the 1986 NBA draft by the Indiana Pacers, for whom he played six seasons. He also played for the Minnesota Timberwolves, San Antonio Spurs, Charlotte Hornets and Seattle SuperSonics. His 17-year coaching career ended when Person was ensnared in a college recruitment scandal and pleaded guilty to a bribery charge. High school and college Born in Brantley, Alabama, Person was named after NBA player, MLB player, and actor Chuck Connors. He attended Brantley High School in Brantley, Alabama and played college basketball at Auburn University. He was the most prolific scorer in Auburn basketball history. Person was a four-year letter winner at Auburn from 1982 to 1986, helping the team to Aub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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