Terry Michael Teagle (born April 10, 1960) is a retired American professional
basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...
player, whose
National Basketball Association
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(NBA) career lasted from
1982 to
1993
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. During his playing career, at a height of 6'5" (1.96 m) tall, he played at the
shooting guard position.
High school
Teagle attended
Broaddus High School
Broaddus High School is a public secondary school located in the town of Broaddus, Texas, USA and classified as a 2A school by the UIL. It is a part of the Broaddus Independent School District located in southwestern San Augustine County. In ...
, in
Broaddus, Texas, where he also played high school basketball.
College career
After high school, Teagle attended
Baylor University
Baylor University is a private Baptist Christian research university in Waco, Texas. Baylor was chartered in 1845 by the last Congress of the Republic of Texas. Baylor is the oldest continuously operating university in Texas and one of the ...
, where he played
college basketball
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with the
Baylor Bears, from 1978 to 1982. Teagle began his college career as fellow Bear
Vinnie Johnson
Vincent Johnson (born September 1, 1956), is an American former professional basketball player and a key player as sixth man for the Detroit Pistons during the team's National Basketball Association (NBA) championships of 1989 and 1990. He was n ...
was winding his up. During his college career, he was a three time All-
Southwest Conference
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First Team selection, (1980, 1981, 1982), the
Southwest Conference Player of the Year (1980), and an
All-American Second Team selection, in
1982.
Professional career
NBA
Teagle was selected 16th overall, in the
1982 NBA draft, by the
Houston Rockets. He lasted two seasons in Houston (1982–84), before moving on to play with the
Detroit Pistons
The Detroit Pistons are an American professional basketball team based in Detroit. The Pistons compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Central Division and play their home games at L ...
(1984–85),
Golden State Warriors (1984–90), and
Los Angeles Lakers (1990–92), before returning to the Rockets to play two games in April 1993. On April 15, 1991, Teagle scored a basket against the Dallas Mavericks after catching a pass from Laker teammate Earvin "Magic" Johnson, giving Johnson his 9,888th career assist to pass Oscar Robertson as the NBA's all-time leader in career assists at the time. Teagle played in 732 games in the
NBA (regular season and playoffs combined), with career averages of 11.6 points, 2.6 rebounds, and 1.4 assists per game.
Europe
During the
1992–93 FIBA EuroLeague season, Teagle signed a one-year contract with
Benetton Treviso of the
Italian league. He reached the
EuroLeague Finals
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Title holders
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with the club, while playing alongside teammate
Toni Kukoč
Toni Kukoč, nicknamed ''“The Waiter”'' (; born September 18, 1968) is a Croatian-American former professional basketball player who serves as Special Advisor to Jerry Reinsdorf, the owner of the Chicago Bulls. After a highly successful perio ...
. He averaged 19.7 points, 5.6 rebounds, and 1.2 assists per game, during
EuroLeague play. Treviso eventually lost in the EuroLeague Finals to the French club
Limoges CSP
Limoges Cercle Saint-Pierre, commonly referred to as Limoges CSP or CSP, is a French professional basketball club based in the city of Limoges.
History
The club was founded in 1929, but its peak was during the 1980s and 1990s, when they became t ...
, by a score of 59–55, with Teagle scoring 19 points and grabbing 4 rebounds. He was
the top scorer of the Finals.
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References
External links
NBA.com Profile
Italian League Profile
1960 births
Living people
African-American basketball players
All-American college men's basketball players
American expatriate basketball people in Argentina
American expatriate basketball people in Italy
Atenas basketball players
Basketball players from Texas
Baylor Bears men's basketball players
Houston Rockets draft picks
Houston Rockets players
Detroit Pistons players
Detroit Spirits players
Golden State Warriors players
Los Angeles Lakers players
Pallacanestro Treviso players
People from San Augustine County, Texas
Shooting guards
American men's basketball players
21st-century African-American people
20th-century African-American sportspeople
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