Mark West (basketball)

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Medal record
Competitor for United States
World Championships
Silver	1982 Colombia	USA

Mark Andre West (born November 5, 1960 in Petersburg, Virginia) is a retired American professional basketball player. A 6'10" center from Old Dominion University, he played 17 seasons (1983-2000) in the NBA as a member of the Dallas Mavericks, Milwaukee Bucks, Cleveland Cavaliers, Phoenix Suns, Detroit Pistons, Indiana Pacers, and Atlanta Hawks. West was a key player on the Phoenix Suns team that lost to the Chicago Bulls in the 1993 NBA Finals, and he compiled 6,259 points and 5,347 rebounds in his career. He also ranks second all-time (behind Artis Gilmore) in career field-goal percentage (58.03%).

He played for the US national team in the 1982 FIBA World Championship, winning the silver medal.^[1]

West is currently employed by the Suns as Vice President of Player Programs.

[edit] References

^ 1982 USA Basketball

[edit] External links

Mark West Statistics at Basketball-Reference.com

v • d • e United States squad - 1982 FIBA World Championship Finalists - Silver medal

4 Carr \| 5 Turner \| 6 Jones \| 7 Kitchel \| 8 Kleine \| 9 Pinone \| 10 Reynolds \| 11 Rivers \| 12 Sundvold \| 13 Thomas \| 14 West \| 15 Wiggins \| Coach: Weltlich

v • d • e 1983 NBA Draft

First Round Ralph Sampson • Steve Stipanovich • Rodney McCray • Byron Scott • Sidney Green • Russell Cross • Thurl Bailey • Antoine Carr • Dale Ellis • Jeff Malone • Derek Harper • Darrell Walker • Ennis Whatley • Clyde Drexler • Howard Carter • Jon Sundvold • Leo Rautins • Randy Breuer • John Paxson • Roy Hinson • Greg Kite • Randy Wittman • Mitchell Wiggins • Stewart Granger

Second Round Sidney Lowe • Leroy Combs • John Garris • Rod Foster • Larry Micheaux • Mark West • Glenn Rivers • Michael Britt • Dirk Minniefield • Guy Williams • Darrell Lockhart • Scooter McCray • David Russell • Chris McNealy • Granville Waiters • Jim Thomas • Ted Kitchel • Mike Davis • Pace Mannion • Horace Owens • Paul Williams • Kevin Williams • Ken Lyons

Draft Templates 83 • 84 • 85 • 86 • 87 • 88 • 89 • 90 • 91 • 92 • 93 • 94 • 95 • 96 • 97 • 98 • 99 • 00 • 01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08

v • d • e Phoenix Suns

Phoenix, Arizona

The Franchise	Franchise • History • Seasons • Records • Players

Arenas	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum • US Airways Center

Culture & Lore	The Gorilla • 1976 NBA Finals • The Shot 'Heard' Round the World • 1993 NBA Finals • Curse of the Coin Flip • 1993 Runner-up Curse

Important Figures	Alvan Adams • Danny Ainge • Leandro Barbosa • Charles Barkley • Raja Bell • Cedric Ceballos • Tom Chambers • Rex Chapman • Walter Davis • Boris Diaw • Armon Gilliam • Gail Goodrich • A.C. Green • Tom Gugliotta • Penny Hardaway • Connie Hawkins • Gar Heard • Jeff Hornacek • Dennis Johnson • Eddie Johnson • Joe Johnson • Kevin Johnson • Jason Kidd • Dan Majerle • Danny Manning • Stephon Marbury • Shawn Marion • Xavier McDaniel • Larry Nance • Steve Nash • Elliot Perry • Kurt Rambis • Charlie Scott • Paul Silas • Amare Stoudemire • Wayman Tisdale • Dick Van Arsdale • Tom Van Arsdale • Nick Vanos • Neal Walk • Mark West • Paul Westphal • Shaquille O'Neal

Ring of Honor & Retired Numbers	5 Dick Van Arsdale • 6 Walter Davis • 7 Kevin Johnson • 9 Dan Majerle • 24 Tom Chambers • 33 Alvan Adams • 34 Charles Barkley • 42 Connie Hawkins • 44 Paul Westphal • 832 Cotton Fitzsimmons • Jerry Colangelo • Joe Proski

Hall of Famers	Charles Barkley • Jerry Colangelo • Gail Goodrich • Connie Hawkins

Key Personnel	Owner: Robert Sarver • General Manager: Steve Kerr • Head Coach: Terry Porter • Voice of the Suns: Al McCoy

Head Coaches	Kerr • Colangelo • Fitzsimmons • van Breda Kolff • Colangelo • MacLeod • Van Arsdale • Wetzel • Fitzsimmons • Westphal • Fitzsimmons • Ainge • Skiles • Johnson • D'Antoni • Porter

Western Conference Championships (2)	1976 • 1993

Pacific Division Championships (6)	1981 • 1993 • 1995 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007

Seasons (40)	1968-69 • 1969-70 • 1970-71 • 1971-72 • 1972-73 • 1973-74 • 1974-75 • 1975-76 • 1976-77 • 1977-78 • 1978-79 • 1979-80 • 1980-81 • 1981-82 • 1982-83 • 1983-84 • 1984-85 • 1985-86 • 1986-87 • 1987-88 • 1988-89 • 1989-90 • 1990-91 • 1991-92 • 1992-93 • 1993-94 • 1994-95 • 1995-96 • 1996-97 • 1997-98 • 1998-99 • 1999-2000 • 2000-01 • 2001-02 • 2002-03 • 2003-04 • 2004-05 • 2005-06 • 2006-07 • 2007-08

D-League Affiliate	Albuquerque Thunderbirds (NBA Development League)

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