Otis Thorpe

Otis Thorpe
Personal information
Born	(1962-08-05) August 5, 1962 Boynton Beach, Florida
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Listed weight	245 lb (111 kg)
Career information
High school	Lake Worth Community (Lake Worth, Florida)
College	Providence (1980–1984)
NBA draft	1984 / Round: 1 / Pick: 9th overall
Selected by the Kansas City Kings
Playing career	1984–2001
Position	Power forward / Center
Number	33, 24, 50, 10, 52
Career history
1984–1988	Kansas City / Sacramento Kings
1988–1995	Houston Rockets
1995	Portland Trail Blazers
1995–1997	Detroit Pistons
1997–1998	Vancouver Grizzlies
1998	Sacramento Kings
1999	Washington Wizards
1999–2000	Miami Heat
2000–2001	Charlotte Hornets
Career highlights and awards
NBA champion (1994) NBA All-Star (1992) First-team All-Big East (1984)
Career statistics
Points	17,600 (14.0 ppg)
Rebounds	10,370 (8.2 rpg)
Assists	2,730 (2.2 apg)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Otis Henry Thorpe (born August 5, 1962) is an American retired professional basketball player who played for several teams in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was an NBA All-Star in 1992 and won an NBA championship with the Houston Rockets in 1994.

Early years

Thorpe graduated in 1980 from Lake Worth Community High School in Florida. He played college ball at Providence College. He had the longest NBA career of any former Friars player. He ranks seventh all-time at the school in rebounds and was the school's first First-Team Big East player. During his tenure at Providence College he was also a two-time Honorable Mention All-America selection.^[1]

NBA career

Kansas City Kings

Thorpe was drafted by the Kansas City Kings as the ninth overall pick in the first round of the 1984 NBA draft and played seventeen seasons in the NBA, seven and a half of which were played with the Houston Rockets.

Houston Rockets

While with the Rockets, Thorpe made an All-Star appearance in 1992. Thorpe played in 542 consecutive games between 1986 and 1992 and, at one time, held the longest streak of consecutive games played in the NBA.^[2]

In 1994, Thorpe was an integral part of the Houston Rockets' first NBA Championship. He also holds the Rockets' all-time record for the highest field goal accuracy (55.9%).

Halfway through the next season, the Rockets realized that they were struggling and needed a change. The team sent Thorpe to the Portland Trail Blazers in a deal for Clyde Drexler.

Portland Trail Blazers

Halfway through the next season, the Rockets realized that they were struggling and needed a change. The team sent Thorpe to the Portland Trail Blazers in a deal for Clyde Drexler.He would only play 34 games for the Blazers before moving on to occupy the starting front court for the Detroit Pistons with Grant Hill for the next two years.

Memphis/Vancouver Grizzlies

Before the start of the 1997–98 season, the Pistons dealt Thorpe to the Vancouver Grizzlies for a future first-round draft pick. This deal came back to haunt the franchise during the 2003 NBA Draft Lottery when they would have received the second pick and had their choice of Carmelo Anthony, Chris Bosh, or Dwyane Wade, but they were forced to hand the pick over to the Pistons because they had yet to honor the trade. (The Pistons used the pick to choose Darko Miličić.)

Thorpe would play 47 games with the Grizzlies before returning to the Kings.

Bouncing around the league and career endings

In the offseason, he was traded (along with Mitch Richmond) to the Washington Wizards for Chris Webber. He would finish his last two seasons with the Miami Heat and Charlotte Hornets. When Thorpe finished his last game in 2001, he was the last remaining member of the Kansas City Kings to retire.

Thorpe holds career averages of 14.0 points and 8.2 rebounds per game. He retired from the Charlotte Hornets in 2001, finishing his career with over 17,000 points and 10,000 rebounds in the NBA.

Personal life

Thorpe is married to Donella Thorpe and lives in the Austin, Texas area. The couple have two children, one of whom is Daniel, who also plays basketball, at Lake Travis High School.

NBA career statistics

†	NBA championship
	Led the league

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

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1984–85	Kansas City	82	23	23.4	.600	.000	.620	6.8	1.4	.4	.5	12.8
1985–86	Sacramento	75	18	22.3	.587	.000 !–	.661	5.6	1.1	.5	.5	9.9
1986–87	Sacramento	82	82	36.0	.540	.000	.761	10.0	2.5	.6	.7	18.9
1987–88	Sacramento	82	82	37.5	.507	.000	.755	10.2	3.2	.8	.7	20.8
1988–89	Houston	82	82	38.2	.542	.000	.729	9.6	2.5	1.0	.5	16.7
1989–90	Houston	82	82	35.9	.548	.000	.688	9.0	3.2	.8	.3	17.1
1990–91	Houston	82	82	37.1	.556	.429	.696	10.3	2.4	.9	.2	17.5
1991–92	Houston	82	82	37.3	.592	.000	.657	10.5	3.0	.6	.5	17.3
1992–93	Houston	72	69	32.7	.558	.000	.598	8.2	2.5	.6	.3	12.8
1993–94†	Houston	82	82	35.5	.561	.000	.657	10.6	2.3	.8	.3	14.0
1994–95	Houston	36	35	33.0	.563	.000	.528	8.9	1.6	.6	.4	13.3
1994–95	Portland	34	0	26.7	.568	.000	.649	6.9	1.6	.6	.4	13.5
1995–96	Detroit	82	82	34.6	.530	.000	.710	8.4	1.9	.6	.5	14.2
1996–97	Detroit	79	79	33.7	.532	.000	.653	7.9	1.7	.7	.2	13.1
1997–98	Vancouver	47	46	33.5	.477	.000	.694	7.9	3.4	.6	.5	11.2
1997–98	Sacramento	27	20	23.1	.459	.000	.657	6.1	2.3	.7	.3	8.3
1998–99	Washington	49	38	31.4	.545	.000	.698	6.8	2.1	.9	.4	11.3
1999–2000	Miami	51	1	15.2	.514	.000	.604	3.3	.6	.5	.2	5.5
2000–01	Charlotte	49	4	13.2	.450	.000 !–	.833	3.0	.6	.2	.1	2.8
All-Star		1	0	4.0	1.000	–	–	–	–	–	–	2.0
Career		1,257	989	31.7	.546	.047	.687	8.2	2.2	.7	.4	14.0

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1986	Sacramento	3	0	11.7	.231	–	.462	4.0	.0	.0	.3	4.0
1989	Houston	4	4	38.0	.649	–	.762	5.0	3.0	1.3	.3	16.0
1990	Houston	4	4	41.0	.600	–	.684	8.3	1.8	1.3	.0	20.0
1991	Houston	3	3	38.7	.579	–	.500	8.3	2.7	.7	.0	15.7
1993	Houston	12	12	34.9	.635	–	.651	8.6	2.6	.5	.1	14.5
1994†	Houston	23	23	37.1	.572	.500	.567	9.9	2.3	.6	.4	11.3
1995	Portland	3	0	22.0	.571	–	.700	4.3	.7	.0	.0	10.3
1996	Detroit	3	3	33.7	.542	–	.750	11.7	2.3	.0	.0	11.7
1997	Detroit	5	5	30.4	.512	–	.778	6.4	.8	.4	.0	9.8
2000	Miami	10	0	13.6	.481	.000	.500	2.9	.3	.0	.2	3.3
2001	Charlotte	8	0	7.1	.222	–	–	2.1	.0	.0	.0	.5
Career		78	54	28.9	.569	.333	.631	7.0	1.6	.4	.2	10.1

References

External links

Houston Rockets 1993–94 NBA Champions

1 Scott Brooks 3 Richard Petruška 7 Carl Herrera 10 Sam Cassell 11 Vernon Maxwell 17 Mario Elie 20 Larry Robinson 21 Chris Jent 25 Robert Horry 30 Kenny Smith 33 Otis Thorpe 34 Hakeem Olajuwon (Finals MVP) 35 Earl Cureton 42 Eric Riley 50 Matt Bullard Head coach Rudy Tomjanovich Assistant coaches Bill Berry Jim Boylen Carroll Dawson Larry Smith

Regular season Playoffs

1984 NBA Draft

First round	Hakeem Olajuwon Sam Bowie Michael Jordan Sam Perkins Charles Barkley Melvin Turpin Alvin Robertson Lancaster Gordon Otis Thorpe Leon Wood Kevin Willis Tim McCormick Jay Humphries Michael Cage Terence Stansbury John Stockton Jeff Turner Vern Fleming Bernard Thompson Tony Campbell Kenny Fields Tom Sewell Earl Jones Michael Young

Second round	Devin Durrant Victor Fleming Ron Anderson Cory Blackwell Stuart Gray Steve Burtt Sr. Jay Murphy Eric Turner Steve Colter Tony Costner Othell Wilson Charles Jones Ben Coleman Charlie Sitton Danny Young Anthony Teachey Tom Sluby Willie White Greg Wiltjer Fred Reynolds Gary Plummer Jerome Kersey Ronnie Williams

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