A seven-foot center from the University of Arkansas, Kleine was selected by the Sacramento Kings with the sixth pick in the 1985NBA Draft.
Kleine went on to have a fifteen-year NBA career, playing with the Kings as well as the Boston Celtics, Phoenix Suns, Los Angeles Lakers, New Jersey Nets, Chicago Bulls, and Portland Trail Blazers.
Kleine was informed during Thanksgiving weekend that he was being replaced as analyst on the Arkansas Razorback Sports Network radio broadcasts.
When Kleine, who is from Slater, Mo., retired from professional basketball it was without hesitation he chose Arkansas as his home state and Little Rock as his city because of his business holdings.
Kleine always regretted the few games he missed seeing his kids play because of the travel, and he and his partners are opening another barbecue place.
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