Kelvin Trent Tucker (born December 20, 1959) is an American retired professional

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player who played eleven seasons in the

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(NBA). A

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, Tucker attended the

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from 1978 to 1982, leading them to a

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championship in his senior year. He was then selected by the

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with the 6th overall pick of the 1982 NBA draft. One of the earliest three-point specialists, Tucker represented the Knicks in the first ever

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(1986), making it to the semifinals before being outpaced by

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and eventual winner

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. Tucker would play nine seasons with the Knicks before joining the

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in 1991, and after one season with the Spurs he joined the

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, who won the 1993 NBA Championship. He retired after that season, having tallied 6,237 career points and 1,532 career assists.

The Trent Tucker Rule

On January 15, 1990, when Tucker was with New York, with 0.1 of a second remaining in a game against the

, he got off a wild three-point shot before the buzzer and made the basket. The shot counted and the Knicks won. After Bulls' coach

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vociferously complained following the game, the NBA immediately established a rule, which states that 0.3 needs to be on the clock in order for a player to get a shot off whether they make it or not. Inside of 0.3 seconds, only a tip-in or a high lob would count. This rule is also used in

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Post-playing career

After retiring, Tucker worked as a broadcast analyst for

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basketball games. He currently works for KFAN radio. Tucker has also been an active

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; he founded the Trent Tucker Non-Profit Organization in 1998. On April 15, 2013, Trent began his duties as Director of District Athletics for the Minneapolis, MN Public School District. Tucker, however, resigned from his post as Director of District Athletics for the Minneapolis, MN Public School District on February 9, 2018 after "he didn’t see eye-to-eye with new district leadership."

References

External links

NBA stats
@ basketball-reference.com

Hoopology
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