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Mark Aguirre
Aguirre in 2007
Personal information
Born
(1959-12-10) December 10, 1959 (age 64) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Listed height
6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight
232 lb (105 kg)
Career information
High school
Austin (Chicago, Illinois)
Westinghouse (Chicago, Illinois)
College
DePaul (1978–1981)
NBA draft
1981: 1st round, 1st overall pick
Selected by the Dallas Mavericks
Playing career
1981–1994
Position
Small forward
Number
24, 23, 7
Coaching career
2002–2008
Career history
As player:
1981–1989
Dallas Mavericks
1989–1993
Detroit Pistons
1993–1994
Los Angeles Clippers
As coach:
2002–2003
Indiana Pacers (assistant)
2003–2008
New York Knicks (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
2× NBA champion (1989, 1990)
3× NBA All-Star (1984, 1987, 1988)
Naismith College Player of the Year (1980)
Adolph Rupp Trophy (1980)
USBWA Player of the Year (1980)
AP Player of the Year (1980)
UPI Player of the Year (1980)
Sporting News College Player of the Year (1981)
2× Consensus first-team All-American (1980, 1981)
No. 24 retired by DePaul Blue Demons
Mr. Basketball USA (1978)
Third-team Parade All-American (1978)
McDonald's All-American (1978)
Career statistics
Points
18,458 (20.0 ppg)
Rebounds
4,578 (5.0 rpg)
Assists
2,871 (3.1 apg)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
College Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2016
Mark Anthony Aguirre (born December 10, 1959) is an American former basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Aguirre was chosen as the first overall pick of the 1981 NBA draft by the Dallas Mavericks after playing three years at DePaul University. Aguirre played in the NBA from 1981 until 1994 and won two championships with the Detroit Pistons after being traded to Detroit from Dallas in exchange for Adrian Dantley. Aguirre was a three-time All-Star for Dallas. Aguirre was inducted into the College Basketball Hall of Fame in 2016.
Mark Anthony Aguirre (born December 10, 1959) is an American former basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Aguirre was chosen...
were a perennial playoff team, led by All-Stars Rolando Blackman and MarkAguirre. The team struggled during the 1990s, entering into a period of rebuilding...
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playing time after Adrian Dantley was traded at midseason to Dallas for MarkAguirre. In that season, the Pistons finally vanquished their playoffs bane by...
pick to draft 1980 Naismith College Player of the Year MarkAguirre from DePaul University. Aguirre, who had just finished his junior season in college,...
to score 700 points in a season after former 1st Overall draft pick MarkAguirre with 705 points and set single season school records for three-point...
mid-season trade that sent Adrian Dantley to the Dallas Mavericks for MarkAguirre. With Aguirre taking over the starting small forward spot, the Pistons went...
a play that effectively ended the series. Friends Isiah Thomas and MarkAguirre consoled him that night, talking until the morning in his Boston hotel...
15–67. From 1983 to 1990, the Mavericks, led by key players including MarkAguirre, Brad Davis and Rolando Blackman, made the postseason six out of seven...
forward MarkAguirre with the first pick, guard Rolando Blackman ninth, and forward Jay Vincent 24th. By the end of his seven-year Mavs career, Aguirre would...
(which was originally the Detroit Pistons' pick they acquired in the MarkAguirre/Adrian Dantley trade) to the Washington Bullets along with Michael Adams...
a more experienced, more talented Celtics team. The Bulls set a dubious mark by posting the second worst record for a playoff-qualifying team in history...
Abdul-Jabbar 11 each Asts: Magic Johnson 16 Pts: MarkAguirre 34 Rebs: Aguirre, Vincent 7 each Asts: Blackman, Aguirre 6 each Los Angeles leads series, 3–1...
Thomas made the free throws for a 110–107 lead with 8.4 seconds showing. MarkAguirre then fouled Porter with 6.5 seconds left, and he made both, drawing Portland...
(Johnson, Worthy, Abdul-Jabbar) 1988–89 Detroit Pistons 63–19 (.768) MarkAguirre, Adrian Dantley, Darryl Dawkins, Fennis Dembo, Joe Dumars, James Edwards...
overall selection following Cazzie Russell (1966), LaRue Martin (1972), MarkAguirre (1981) and Derrick Rose (2008). On July 24, 2012, Davis signed a three-year...
quarters. King drew 13 fouls on Dallas Mavericks defenders, including MarkAguirre, who fouled out. King shot 20 for 28 from the field with 10 free throws...
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