April 3, 1994(1994-04-03) (aged 35) Carteret, New Jersey
Nationality
American
Listed height
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight
190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High school
Perth Amboy (Perth Amboy, New Jersey)
College
Charlotte (1976–1980)
NBA draft
1980: 1st round, 22nd overall pick
Selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers
Playing career
1980–1981
Position
Point guard / shooting guard
Number
20, 21
Career history
1980–1981
Cleveland Cavaliers
1981
Dallas Mavericks
Career highlights and awards
3× First-team All-Sun Belt (1978–1980)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Chadwick Oliver Kinch ((1958-05-22)May 22, 1958 – (1994-04-03)April 3, 1994) was an American professional basketball player. He was a 6'4" (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) shooting guard and played collegiately at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte after starring at Perth Amboy High School in Perth Amboy, New Jersey,[1] his place of birth.
He was selected with the 22nd pick in the first round of the 1980 NBA draft by the Cleveland Cavaliers.[2] He spent his only NBA season (1980–81) split between the Cavaliers and the Dallas Mavericks. The Cavs traded Kinch, along with a 1985 first-round draft choice, to the Mavericks in exchange for Geoff Huston and a 1983 third-round draft choice on February 7, 1981.[2] Kinch averaged 2.9 points per game in his only season in the NBA.
The tragic loss of his brother, Raymond, in a house fire reportedly had a profound effect on Kinch and impacted his NBA career. After leaving the NBA and starting a family, he descended further into a fierce drug habit, eventually contracting HIV.[3] Kinch died of AIDS-related complications in 1994,[4] aged 35, at his home in Carteret, New Jersey.[1][3]
^ abStaff. Chad Kinch, 35, Ex-Basketball Star, The New York Times, April 8, 1994. Accessed February 28, 2011. "CARTERET, N.J., April 7— Chad Kinch, a former basketball star at Perth Amboy High School in New Jersey and the Cleveland Cavaliers' No. 1 draft choice in 1980, died at home on Sunday. He was 35."
^ abAraton, Harvey (1994). "Glory Days Died Too Soon; Then Kinch Did(.) Life Never Lived Up to that Moment in the Sun" New York Times 18 April 1994. Retrieved July 11, 2021.
^Still stunning the world 10 years later, ESPN The Magazine
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