Mark Richard Acres (born November 15, 1962) is an American former professional

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

player who spent most of his career in the

National Basketball Association The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America. The league is composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada) and is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United S ...

(NBA). He was a 6'11",

power forward The power forward (PF), also known as the four, is one of the five traditional Basketball positions, positions in a regulation basketball game. Traditionally, power forwards have played a role similar to center (basketball), centers. When on Of ...

center Center or centre may refer to: Mathematics *Center (geometry), the middle of an object * Center (algebra), used in various contexts ** Center (group theory) ** Center (ring theory) * Graph center, the set of all vertices of minimum eccentrici ...

. Acres attended

Oral Roberts University Oral Roberts University (ORU) is a private evangelical university in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Founded in 1963, the university is named after its founder, evangelist Oral Roberts. Sitting on a campus, ORU offers over 70 undergraduate degree programs ...

, where he played for his father

Dick Dick, Dicks, or Dick's may refer to: Media * ''Dicks'' (album), a 2004 album by Fila Brazillia * Dicks (band), a musical group * ''Dick'' (film), a 1999 American comedy film * "Dick" (song), a 2019 song by Starboi3 featuring Doja Cat Names ...

, and was drafted in the second round of the 1985 NBA draft by the

Dallas Mavericks The Dallas Mavericks (often referred to as the Mavs) are an American professional basketball team based in Dallas. The Mavericks compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Western Conference (NBA), Western Conferenc ...

.Mark Acres
basketball-reference. He was a part of the Orlando Magic's first year expansion team.

NBA career statistics

Regular season

, - , align="left" , 1987–88 , align="left" ,

Boston Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- mo ...

, 79 , , 5 , , 14.6 , , .532 , , .000 , , .640 , , 3.4 , , .5 , , .4 , , .3 , , 3.6 , - , align="left" , 1988–89 , align="left" , Boston , 62 , , 0 , , 10.2 , , .482 , , 1.000 , , .542 , , 2.4 , , .3 , , .3 , , .1 , , 2.2 , - , align="left" , 1989–90 , align="left" ,

Orlando Orlando () is a city in the U.S. state of Florida and is the county seat of Orange County. In Central Florida, it is the center of the Orlando metropolitan area, which had a population of 2,509,831, according to U.S. Census Bureau figures rele ...

, 80 , , 50 , , 21.1 , , .484 , , .750 , , .692 , , 5.4 , , .8 , , .5 , , .3 , , 4.5 , - , align="left" , 1990–91 , align="left" , Orlando , 68 , , 0 , , 19.3 , , .509 , , .333 , , .653 , , 5.3 , , .4 , , .4 , , .4 , , 4.2 , - , align="left" , 1991–92 , align="left" , Orlando , 68 , , 6 , , 13.6 , , .517 , , .333 , , .761 , , 3.7 , , .3 , , .4 , , .2 , , 3.1 , - , align="left" , 1992–93 , align="left" ,

Houston Houston (; ) is the most populous city in Texas, the most populous city in the Southern United States, the fourth-most populous city in the United States, and the sixth-most populous city in North America, with a population of 2,304,580 in ...

, 6 , , 0 , , 3.8 , , .222 , , .500 , , .500 , , 1.0 , , .0 , , .0 , , .0 , , 1.0 , - , align="left" , 1992–93 , align="left" ,

Washington Washington commonly refers to: * Washington (state), United States * Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States ** A metonym for the federal government of the United States ** Washington metropolitan area, the metropolitan area centered o ...

, 12 , , 7 , , 20.5 , , .600 , , .000 , , .714 , , 5.1 , , .4 , , .3 , , .5 , , 4.8 , - , align="left" , Career , align="left" , , 375 , , 68 , , 16.0 , , .506 , , .538 , , .665 , , 4.1 , , .5 , , .4 , , .3 , , 3.6

Playoffs

, - , align="left" , 1987–88 , align="left" ,

, 17 , , – , , 9.3 , , .538 , , .000 , , .500 , , 2.1 , , .1 , , .1 , , .1 , , 2.2 , - , align="left" , 1988–89 , align="left" , Boston , 2 , , – , , 1.0 , , .000 , , .000 , , .000 , , .5 , , .0 , , .0 , , .0 , , .0 , - , align="left" , Career , align="left" , , 19 , , – , , 8.4 , , .519 , , .000 , , .500 , , 1.9 , , .1 , , .1 , , .1 , , 1.9

NBA career statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

References

See also