For the football player, see Derrick Coleman (American football). For the American rapper from Chicago, Illinois, see Fredo Santana.
Derrick Coleman
Coleman in 2014
Personal information
Born
(1967-06-21) June 21, 1967 (age 56) Mobile, Alabama, U.S.
Listed height
6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Listed weight
258 lb (117 kg)
Career information
High school
Northern (Detroit, Michigan)
College
Syracuse (1986–1990)
NBA draft
1990: 1st round, 1st overall pick
Selected by the New Jersey Nets
Playing career
1990–2005
Position
Power forward / center
Number
44
Career history
1990–1995
New Jersey Nets
1995–1998
Philadelphia 76ers
1999–2001
Charlotte Hornets
2001–2004
Philadelphia 76ers
2004–2005
Detroit Pistons
Career highlights and awards
NBA All-Star (1994)
2× All-NBA Third Team (1993, 1994)
NBA Rookie of the Year (1991)
NBA All-Rookie First Team (1991)
Consensus first-team All-American (1990)
Second-team All-American – UPI (1989)
Third-team All-American – NABC (1989)
Big East Player of the Year (1990)
3× First-team All-Big East (1988–1990)
Third-team All-Big East (1987)
No. 44 retired by Syracuse Orange
Career NBA statistics
Points
12,884 (16.5 ppg)
Rebounds
7,232 (9.3 rpg)
Blocks
1,051 (1.3 bpg)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals
Representing United States
FIBA World Championship
1994 Canada
National team
Derrick Demetrius Coleman (born June 21, 1967) is an American former professional basketball player. Coleman attended Syracuse University and was selected first overall in the 1990 NBA draft by the New Jersey Nets.
Throughout his career, the left-handed Coleman was an effective low post scorer, averaging 16.5 points and 9.3 rebounds. He enjoyed his best years as a member of the New Jersey Nets, where he averaged 19.8 points and 10.6 rebounds per game. When Coleman entered the NBA, he was compared to elite power forwards such as Karl Malone and Charles Barkley, and expected to put up similar numbers, only with the added ability to shoot from three-point range. Coleman made the 1994 NBA All-Star team, but his career was overshadowed by numerous injuries and attitude problems. Sports Illustrated once remarked that "Coleman could have been the best power forward ever; instead he played just well enough to ensure his next paycheck."[1]
As of 2007, he was working as a developer and entrepreneur in Detroit.[2] He has also appeared as an occasional studio analyst for NBA TV's "NBA Gametime Live" coverage.
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season (1995–96), the 76ers traded Bradley to the New Jersey Nets for DerrickColeman. He played the final 67 games of the year with the Nets, and tantalized...
this season, the team was radically altered with key players Dale Davis, Derrick McKey and Mark Jackson moving to other teams and Rik Smits retiring. Game...
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