Dave Corzine

David John Corzine (born April 25, 1956) is an American retired professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Dave Corzine
Personal information
Born (1956-04-25) April 25, 1956
Arlington Heights, Illinois
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
Listed weight250 lb (113 kg)
Career information
High schoolJohn Hersey
(Arlington Heights, Illinois)
CollegeDePaul (1974–1978)
NBA draft1978 / Round: 1 / Pick: 18th overall
Selected by the Washington Bullets
Playing career1978–1992
PositionCenter
Number40, 42
Career history
As player:
19781980Washington Bullets
19801982San Antonio Spurs
19821989Chicago Bulls
1989–1990Orlando Magic
1990–1991Seattle SuperSonics
1991–1992Filanto Forlì
As coach:
1995–1996Chicago Rockers
Career highlights and awards
Career NBA statistics
Points7,615 (8.5 ppg)
Rebounds5,262 (5.9 rpg)
Assists1,477 (1.7 apg)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Biography

A Chicago-area native who went to John Hersey High School in Arlington Heights and DePaul University in Chicago, Corzine was the 18th overall pick of the 1978 NBA draft by the Washington Bullets. With the Bullets, Coorzine participated in the 1979 NBA Finals but they lost in five games to the Seattle Supersonics. After two years with the Bullets and two more with the San Antonio Spurs, Corzine returned to his hometown to play for the Chicago Bulls for seven seasons, where he started in 285 out of 556 games played for the team.

He was then traded to the Orlando Magic for two second-round picks (which the Chicago Bulls used to select Toni Kukoč and P.J. Brown, respectively) on June 27, 1989. He began the 1989–90 season as the inaugural Orlando Magic's first starting center, but after just 3 games (where the Magic had a 2-1 record) got serious ligament damage in his knee, and was subsequently forced to miss a lot of time.[1] He returned to play a few minutes in three late-December games the same year, but hurt the knee again, and never suited up for the team again after that. After the season, he signed with the Seattle SuperSonics as a Free Agent on October 4, 1990. At the time of his signing, his attorney, Herb Rudoy allegedly said: "Dave is excited, but he's going to get into it slowly. He's looking to play four or five more years in this league."[2] – As it turned out, most likely because of the injuries and lack of playing time, he would only play that one final season to finish his NBA career.

He averaged 8.5 points, 5.9 rebounds, 0.4 steals, and 1.0 blocks per game in the NBA and his best season was arguable with the Chicago Bulls in 1982–83 when he averaged 14.0 points and 8.7 rebounds per game, or the 1983–84 NBA season, where he played and started all 82 games and had career-highs in many statistical categories, including steals, assists, blocks, FT%, and 3-PT%.[3]

NBA career statistics

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
1978–79 Washington 599.0.534.7782.50.80.20.23.0
1979–80 Washington 7810.6.417.6623.50.80.10.42.9
1980–81 San Antonio 8223.9.490.000.7147.81.40.51.210.5
1981–82 San Antonio 822126.7.519.250.7467.71.60.41.510.1
1982–83 Chicago 827130.4.497.000.7208.71.90.61.314.0
1983–84 Chicago 828232.6.467.333.8407.02.50.71.512.2
1984–85 Chicago 825025.1.486.000.7455.11.70.40.88.5
1985–86 Chicago 67425.5.491.250.7436.52.20.40.89.6
1986–87 Chicago 823927.9.475.000.7366.62.50.51.18.3
1987–88 Chicago 803229.1.481.111.7526.61.90.51.210.1
1988–89 Chicago 81718.3.461.250.7403.91.30.40.65.9
1989–90 Orlando 6313.2.379.0003.00.30.30.03.7
1990–91 Seattle 2805.3.447.5911.20.10.20.21.7
Career 89130923.3.484.189.7475.91.70.41.08.5

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1979 Washington 125.3.2672.10.40.20.00.7
1980 Washington 24.5.8001.0001.50.00.00.05.0
1981 San Antonio 723.0.491.6926.92.30.61.19.0
1982 San Antonio 928.7.462.7069.41.90.71.013.6
1985 Chicago 4419.3.667.8335.50.80.50.38.3
1986 Chicago 3334.3.5521.0009.02.00.30.712.0
1987 Chicago 3340.7.455.7787.02.30.31.09.0
1988 Chicago 101030.8.355.5385.70.80.30.86.1
1989 Chicago 16013.7.422.6472.60.60.30.44.1
1991 Seattle 206.0.6671.0000.50.00.00.02.5
Career 682019.6.455.7074.91.00.30.56.3

References

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