(1955-02-10) February 10, 1955 (age 69) Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Listed height
6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Listed weight
220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High school
Detroit Catholic Central (Detroit, Michigan)
College
North Carolina (1973–1977)
NBA draft
1977: 1st round, 9th overall pick
Selected by the Denver Nuggets
Playing career
1977–1984
Position
Center / power forward
Number
45, 23, 25, 34
Career history
1977–1978
Denver Nuggets
1978–1980
Seattle SuperSonics
1980–1982
Dallas Mavericks
1982–1984
Ginnastica Goriziana
1984
New Jersey Nets
Career highlights and awards
NBA champion (1979)
Second-team All-ACC (1977)
First-team Parade All-American (1973)
Career NBA statistics
Points
2,376 (7.6 ppg)
Rebounds
1,593 (5.1 rpg)
Assists
456 (1.5 apg)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing the United States
Olympic Games
1976 Montreal
Team competition
Pan American Games
1975 Mexico City
Team competition
Thomas Joseph LaGarde (born February 10, 1955) is an American former professional basketball player. He played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1977 to 1985. LaGarde earned a gold medal as a member of Team USA in the 1976 Olympics, and an NBA Championship in 1979 with the Seattle SuperSonics.
Thomas Joseph LaGarde (born February 10, 1955) is an American former professional basketball player. He played in the National Basketball Association...
acquired the 17th pick from the Seattle SuperSonics in exchange for TomLaGarde. The Nuggets used the pick to draft Rod Griffin. k On October 11, 1977...
1975, in exchange for Matt Guokas. The Nuggets used the pick to draft TomLaGarde. The Bulls used the pick to draft Steve Sheppard. g On January 13, 1977...
successfully represented a number of N.C. basketball alumni, including TomLaGarde, Phil Ford, Dudley Bradley, and James Worthy. In 1984, the same year...
Jim Cramer, American television personality, pundit, and author 1955 – TomLaGarde, American basketball player 1955 – Greg Norman, Australian golfer and...
inaugural season, but only two played more than one season for the team. TomLaGarde played two seasons and Jim Spanarkel played four seasons for the Mavericks...
basketball head coach Ray Herbert, MLB pitcher Art Houtteman, MLB player TomLaGarde, NBA player, member of the 1976 US Olympic Gold Medal Basketball team...
as a walk-on and playing with such Tar Heel greats as Mitch Kupchak, TomLaGarde, Phil Ford and Walter Davis on a team that twice went to the NCAA tournament...
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