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Playing career

The 6-foot former Georgia Tech point guard mystified critics who said he was too slow, too small and too deliberate for a high-level game. Picked first in the second round (25th overall) by the Dallas Mavericks in the 1986 NBA Draft, he was acquired by the Cleveland Cavaliers in a draft day trade that helped turn the team into an Eastern Conference power. The Georgia Institute of Technology, commonly known as Georgia Tech, is a public, coeducational research university, part of the University System of Georgia, and located in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, with satellite campuses in Savannah, Georgia, Metz, France, Shanghai, China, and Singapore. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Dallas Mavericks (also known as the Mavs) are an NBA basketball team based in Dallas, Texas. ... The 1986 NBA Draft is perhaps most notable for the drug-related death of highly-touted Len Bias less than two days after being selected second overall by the defending champion Boston Celtics. ... The Cleveland Cavaliers (also known as the Cavs) are a professional basketball team based in Cleveland, Ohio. ... The Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association is made up of fifteen teams, and organized in three divisions of five teams each. ...

Price, arguable one of the Cavs' greatest point guard of all-time, was known as one of the league's most consistent shooters. He finished his career with a 90.4% free throw shooting percentage, placing him as the league's all-time leader in this statistical area,^[1] and a 40% three-point field goal shooting percentage.^[2] During the 1988-89 season, Price became the third player, along with Larry Bird and Reggie Miller, to shoot at least 40% from three-point range, at least 50% from the field and at least 90% from the free throw line.^[3] Price ranked consistently among the assist leaders (he is the Cavaliers all-time leader with 4,206)^[4], twice won the Long Distance Shootout, and was a four-time All-Star. Price was named to the All-NBA First Team after the 1992-1993 season.^[5] It has been suggested that Three point play be merged into this article or section. ... The 1988-89 NBA season was the 43rd season of the National Basketball Association. ... Larry Joe Bird (born December 7, 1956) is a retired American NBA basketball player, widely considered one of the greatest players of all time, and one of the best clutch performers in the history of sports. ... Reginald Wayne Miller (born August 24, 1965, in Riverside, California) is a retired American professional basketball player. ... A number of sports have a statistic known as an assist: An assist (hockey) goes to the player or players who helped set up a goal. ... The Three Point Contest is a National Basketball Association All-Star Game competition held on the Saturday before the All-Star Game. ... The National Basketball Association staged its first All-Star Game in the Boston Garden on March 2, 1951. ...

He played for the US national team in the 1994 FIBA World Championship, winning the gold medal.^[6] The United States mens national basketball team is the representative for the United States of America in international mens basketball. ... Official logo The 1994 FIBA World Championship was an international basketball competition hosted by Canada from August 4 to August 14, 1994. ...

He was plagued by injuries late in his career, a factor in his trade to the Washington Bullets prior to the 1995-96 season. He played one season for Washington before moving on to the Golden State Warriors and later the Orlando Magic, where he played his final season. He retired in 1998. Not long after retirement, Price's number, 25, was retired by the Cleveland Cavaliers. The Washington Wizards are a professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C.. They play in the National Basketball Association (NBA). ... The Golden State Warriors are a professional basketball team based in Oakland, California. ... The Orlando Magic is a professional basketball team based in Orlando, Florida. ... The Cleveland Cavaliers (also known as the Cavs) are a professional basketball team based in Cleveland, Ohio. ...

Price and college teammate John Salley are among the very few college basketball players to have had their numbers (not just their jerseys) retired by their school. John Thomas Spider Salley (born May 16, 1964 in Brooklyn, New York) is a retired American professional basketball player in the NBA, actor and talk show host. ... In team sports, the squad number, shirt number, jersey number, sweater number, or uniform number is the number worn on a players outfit. ...

The City of Enid, Oklahoma, renamed the Basketball Arena Mark Price Arena, as a tribute to the NBA player's accomplishments, since he was one of the best basketball athletes in Enid High School history.^[7]

Coaching career

In March 2006, Price was appointed as the inaugural head coach of the Australian NBL's South Dragons, a new franchise for the 2006-07 season. He had travelled to Australia in February 2006 to interview for the position and investigate the effects of moving his family to Melbourne. The National Basketball League is Australias top-level professional basketball competition. ... The South Dragons are set to debut in Australias National Basketball League (NBL) for the 2006-07 season. ... This article is about the Australian city; the name may also refer to City of Melbourne or Melbourne city centre. ...

On October 23, 2006 a press conference was called to announce that Mark Price had resigned his position with the South Dragons, with team captain Shane Heal promoted to the position of player-coach. Price's win-loss record with the South Dragons was 0-5. ^[8] The following day, Price spoke to the media and claimed that Heal had undermined his position, stating, "I've been in professional basketball a long time and I've never seen undermining of a coach quite like this before."^[9] is the 296th day of the year (297th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Shane Heal (born September 6, 1971 in Victoria, Australia) is a professional and Olympics basketball player. ...

Price is the current shooting coach for the Memphis Grizzlies.^[10] This is an article about the National Basketball Association team; for the defunct World Football League team, see Memphis Southmen. ...

Notes

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External links

• NBA.com Historical Player Info
• Mark Price Statistics at Basketball-Reference.com

	United States squad - 1994 FIBA World Championship Champions - Gold medal
4 Dumars | 5 Price | 6 Coleman | 7 Kemp | 8 Smith | 9 Majerle | 10 Miller | 11 K.Johnson | 12 Wilkins | 13 O'Neal | 14 Mourning | 15 L.Johnson | Coach: Nelson Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... This article or section is incomplete and may require expansion and/or cleanup. ... Official logo The 1994 FIBA World Championship was an international basketball competition hosted by Canada from August 4 to August 14, 1994. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Joe Dumars (born May 24, 1963 in Shreveport, Louisiana) is the Detroit Pistons President of Basketball Operations and a former NBA basketball player. ... Derrick D. Coleman (born June 21, 1967, in Mobile, Alabama) is a retired American basketball player in the NBA. Coleman grew up and attended high school in Detroit, Michigan and attended college at Syracuse University. ... Shawn Travis Kemp (born November 26, 1969, in Elkhart, Indiana) is an American former professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association. ... Steven (Steve) Delano Smith (born March 31, 1969, in Highland Park, Michigan) is a retired American National Basketball Association player. ... Daniel Lewis Majerle (surname pronounced MAR-lee; b. ... Reginald Wayne Miller (born August 24, 1965, in Riverside, California) is a retired American professional basketball player. ... For other uses, see Kevin Johnson (disambiguation). ... Jacques Dominique Wilkins (born January 12, 1960, in Paris, France) is a retired American professional basketball player in the NBA and Basketball Hall of Famer. ... Shaquille Rashaun ONeal (pronounced sha-KEEL) (born March 6, 1972), frequently referred to simply as Shaq, is an American professional basketball player, regarded as one of the most dominant in the history of the National Basketball Association (NBA). ... Alonzo Harding Mourning, Jr. ... For the American basketball player of the 1970s, see Larry Johnson (Buffalo Braves). ... Donald Arvid Nelson (born May 15, 1940 in Muskegon, Michigan) is an NBA head coach. ...