Daniel James O'Sullivan (born March 3, 1968) is an American former professional
basketball
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player.
A 6′10″ (2.08 m), 250 lb (114 kg)
center born in
The Bronx, New York
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, O'Sullivan attended
Fordham University
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. He played with the
Omaha Racers
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of the
Continental Basketball Association
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, and from the
1990–91 NBA season until
1996
1996 was designated as:
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, he played with five different
NBA
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teams:
Utah Jazz
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(1990–91),
New Jersey Nets
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(1992–93),
Milwaukee Bucks
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(1992–93),
Detroit Pistons
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(1993–94) and
Toronto Raptors
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(1995–96). He has played for
Washington Bullets
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during the 1993 pre-season (but not in the regular season). He also played with
Kinder Bologna,
Teamsystem Bologna and
Scavolini in the
Italian
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league, and also in Greece for
AEK (1999–2000).
Career statistics
NBA
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1990–91
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Utah
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1992–93
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New Jersey
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1992–93
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Milwaukee
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, 3 , , 0 , , 2.3 , , .500 , , .000 , , .750 , , 0.7 , , 0.3 , , 0.3 , , 0.0 , , 1.7
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1993–94
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Detroit
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, 13 , , 0 , , 4.3 , , .333 , , .000 , , .750 , , 0.8 , , 0.2 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 1.3
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1995–96
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Toronto
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, 5 , , 2 , , 27.8 , , .371 , , .000 , , .875 , , 6.4 , , 0.4 , , 0.4 , , 0.8 , , 6.6
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, 45 , , 2 , , 6.6 , , .397 , , .000 , , .743 , , 1.4 , , 0.2 , , 0.1 , , 0.1 , , 1.8
College
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1986–87
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Fordham
, 18 , , - , , 6.2 , , .524 , , - , , .462 , , 1.4 , , 0.1 , , - , , - , , 1.6
, -
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1987–88
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Fordham
, 33 , , - , , 28.5 , , .568 , , - , , .667 , , 5.8 , , 0.7 , , - , , - , , 9.8
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1988–89
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Fordham
, 29 , , - , , 30.9 , , .454 , , .000 , , .686 , , 7.4 , , 1.4 , , - , , - , , 10.8
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1989–90
, align="left" ,
Fordham
, 33 , , - , , 32.2 , , .489 , , .000 , , .578 , , 7.5 , , 2.0 , , - , , - , , 12.5
, - class="sortbottom"
, style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career
, 113 , , - , , 26.6 , , .501 , , .000 , , .634 , , 6.0 , , 1.2 , , - , , - , , 9.5
References
External links
Player profile at AEK
Italian stats @ legabasket.it
{{DEFAULTSORT:Osullivan, Dan
1968 births
Living people
AEK B.C. players
American expatriate basketball people in Canada
American expatriate basketball people in Greece
American expatriate basketball people in Italy
American expatriate basketball people in Spain
American men's basketball players
Centers (basketball)
Detroit Pistons players
Fordham Rams men's basketball players
Fortitudo Pallacanestro Bologna players
Irish men's basketball players
Liga ACB players
Milwaukee Bucks players
New Jersey Nets players
Omaha Racers players
Saski Baskonia players
Shreveport Storm players
Basketball players from the Bronx
Toronto Raptors players
Undrafted NBA players
Utah Jazz players
Victoria Libertas Pallacanestro players
Virtus Bologna players
20th-century American sportsmen
20th-century Irish sportsmen