David Thirdkill

David Thirdkill (born April 12, 1960) is an American former professional basketball player. He played in the NBA, and was the 1993 Israeli Basketball Premier League MVP.

David Thirdkill (born April 12, 1960) is an American former professional basketball player. He played in the NBA, and was the 1993 Israeli Basketball Premier League MVP. ==NBA career== He was selected by the Phoenix Suns in the first round (15th overall) of the 1982 NBA draft. A small forward from the College of Southern Idaho and Bradley University, Thirdkill played in five NBA seasons from 1982 to 1987. Born in St. Louis, Missouri and nicknamed "The Sheriff", he played for the Suns, Detroit Pistons, Milwaukee Bucks, San Antonio Spurs and Boston Celtics. On January 24, 1986, he scored a career-high 20 points and grabbed a career-high 8 rebounds in a 135–114 win over the Golden State Warriors. He earned a championship ring with the 1985–86 Celtics. In his NBA career, Thirdkill played in 179 games and scored a total of 510 points. Thirdkill made one 3 point shot as a rookie with Phoenix, then never made another three pointer. He finished his career one for 11 from three point land. ==NBA career statistics== ===Regular season=== |- | align="left" | 1982–83 | align="left" | Phoenix | 49 || 2 || 10.6 || .435 || .143 || .577 || 1.5 || 0.7 || 0.4 || 0.1 || 4.0 |- | align="left" | 1983–84 | align="left" | Detroit | 46 || 0 || 6.3 || .431 || .000 || .484 || 0.7 || 0.6 || 0.2 || 0.1 || 1.7 |- | align="left" | 1984–85 | align="left" | Detroit | 10 || 1 || 11.5 || .522 || .000 || .455 || 0.8 || 0.1 || 0.3 || 0.2 || 2.9 |- | align="left" | 1984–85 | align="left" | Milwaukee | 6 || 0 || 2.7 || .750 || .000 || .500 || 0.3 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 1.2 |- | align="left" | 1984–85 | align="left" | San Antonio | 2 || 2 || 26.0 || .455 || .000 || .833 || 3.5 || 1.5 || 1.0 || 0.5 || 7.5 |- | style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;" | 1985–86† | align="left" | Boston | 49 || 0 || 7.9 || .491 || .000 || .625 || 1.4 || 0.3 || 0.2 || 0.1 || 3.3 |- | align="left" | 1986–87 | align="left" | Boston | 17 || 0 || 5.2 || .417 || .000 || .313 || 1.1 || 0.1 || 0.1 || 0.0 || 1.5 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career | 179 || 5 || 8.2 || .457 || .091 || .565 || 1.2 || 0.5 || 0.3 || 0.1 || 2.8 |} ===Playoffs=== |- | align="left" | 1984–85 | align="left" | San Antonio | 5 || 0 || 4.4 || .250 || .000 || .500 || 0.4 || 0.4 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.8 |- | style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;" | 1985–86† | align="left" | Boston | 13 || 0 || 3.6 || .333 || .000 || .455 || 0.6 || 0.2 || 0.2 || 0.0 || 1.3 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career | 18 || 0 || 3.8 || .318 || .000 || .467 || 0.6 || 0.3 || 0.1 || 0.0 || 1.2 |} ==References== ==External links== Basketball-Reference.com: David Thirdkill NBA page Virtus Roma 88–89 David Thirdkill European stats in 1992–1996

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