Tyrone Hill
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| Position | Power forward |
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| Height | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) |
| Weight | 240 lb (110 kg) |
| Born | March 19, 1968 Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Nationality | American |
| College | Xavier |
| Draft | 11th overall, 1990 Golden State Warriors |
| Pro career | 1990–2004 |
| Former teams | Golden State Warriors (1990–1993) Cleveland Cavaliers (1993–1997, 2001–2003) Milwaukee Bucks (1997) Philadelphia 76ers (1998–2001, 2003) Miami Heat (2003–2004) |
| Awards | 1994-95 NBA All-Star |
Tyrone Hill (born March 19, 1968 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is an American former National Basketball Association player who usually played power forward. Hill spent four years playing collegiately at Xavier University, in his last season averaging 20.2 points and 12.6 rebounds per game, while shooting 58.1% from the field. The Golden State Warriors, in desperate need of some size and athleticism, selected him with the eleventh pick of the 1990 NBA Draft.
Hill had some trouble finding his niche with the fast-paced Warriors, centered on the "Run TMC" trio made up of Tim Hardaway, Mitch Richmond and Chris Mullin and had often to play the center position. However, traded to Cleveland in the summer of 1993, he truly blossomed with the Cleveland Cavaliers under Mike Fratello, earning an All-Star Game appearance in 1995. Hill was then sent to the Milwaukee Bucks in 1997 in a blockbuster deal involving notably Terrell Brandon and Shawn Kemp, and spent the remainder of his career between the Philadelphia 76ers, Cleveland, and the Miami Heat.
As the starting power forward for Philadelphia, Hill teamed up with Theo Ratliff and later Dikembe Mutombo while creating a defensive and rebounding nightmare for opponents. As a result, they made a trip to the 2001 NBA Finals, but lost to the defending champions, the Los Angeles Lakers.
Hill had a career field-goal shooting percentage of 50.2 and free-throw percentage of 63.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Archer, Todd. "Hill repaying community for success", The Kentucky Post, E. W. Scripps Company, 1997-07-10. Archived from the original on 2005-05-05.
- Career statistics at Basketball-reference.com
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