David Thirdkill (born April 12, 1960) is an American retired

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player. He played in the NBA, and was the 1993

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NBA career

He was selected by the

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in the first round (15th overall) of the 1982 NBA draft.In '80s, Bradley spread the news
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from the

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and

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, Thirdkill played in five NBA seasons from 1982 to 1987. Born in

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and nicknamed "The Sheriff", he played for the Suns,

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and

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. On January 24, 1986, he scored a career-high 20 points and grabbed a career-high 8 rebounds in a 135-114 win over the Golden State Warriors. He earned a championship ring with the 1985-86 Celtics. In his NBA career, Thirdkill played in 179 games and scored a total of 510 points. Thirdkill made one 3 point shot as a rookie with Phoenix, then never made another three pointer. He finished his career one for 11 from three point land.

NBA career statistics

Regular season

, - , align="left" , 1982–83 , align="left" , Phoenix , 49 , , 2 , , 10.6 , , .435 , , .143 , , .577 , , 1.5 , , 0.7 , , 0.4 , , 0.1 , , 4.0 , - , align="left" , 1983–84 , align="left" ,

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, 46 , , 0 , , 6.3 , , .431 , , .000 , , .484 , , 0.7 , , 0.6 , , 0.2 , , 0.1 , , 1.7 , - , align="left" , 1984–85 , align="left" ,

, 10 , , 1 , , 11.5 , , .522 , , .000 , , .455 , , 0.8 , , 0.1 , , 0.3 , , 0.2 , , 2.9 , - , align="left" , 1984–85 , align="left" ,

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, 6 , , 0 , , 2.7 , , .750 , , .000 , , .500 , , 0.3 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 1.2 , - , align="left" , 1984–85 , align="left" ,

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, 2 , , 2 , , 26.0 , , .455 , , .000 , , .833 , , 3.5 , , 1.5 , , 1.0 , , 0.5 , , 7.5 , - , style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;" , 1985–86† , align="left" ,

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, 49 , , 0 , , 7.9 , , .491 , , .000 , , .625 , , 1.4 , , 0.3 , , 0.2 , , 0.1 , , 3.3 , - , align="left" , 1986–87 , align="left" ,

, 17 , , 0 , , 5.2 , , .417 , , .000 , , .313 , , 1.1 , , 0.1 , , 0.1 , , 0.0 , , 1.5 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 179 , , 5 , , 8.2 , , .457 , , .091 , , .565 , , 1.2 , , 0.5 , , 0.3 , , 0.1 , , 2.8

Playoffs

, - , align="left" , 1984–85 , align="left" ,

, 5 , , 0 , , 4.4 , , .250 , , .000 , , .500 , , 0.4 , , 0.4 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 0.8 , - , style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;" , 1985–86† , align="left" ,

, 13 , , 0 , , 3.6 , , .333 , , .000 , , .455 , , 0.6 , , 0.2 , , 0.2 , , 0.0 , , 1.3 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 18 , , 0 , , 3.8 , , .318 , , .000 , , .467 , , 0.6 , , 0.3 , , 0.1 , , 0.0 , , 1.2

International career

In 1987, Thirdkill played in a tournament (Open Conference) for the

Tanduay Rhum Masters The Tanduay Rhum Makers (1975-1987) and Tanduay Rhum Masters (1999-2001) were two basketball franchises associated with the same liquor brand that played in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The original franchise, owned by Elizald ...

team in the

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and won the championship aside from being named "Best Import" of the conference. He returned for another conference in 1988, this time for the newly formed Purefoods team, which he led to another finals appearance. Thereafter, he played in

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for Virtus Roma, in

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for

Chorale Roanne Basket Chorale Roanne Basket is a professional basketball club that is based in Roanne, France. The club plays in the first division LNB Pro A. Their home arena is Halle André Vacheresse. The club was founded in 1937 and the team's colors are blue and ...

and Saint-Quentin Basket-Ball. He then played most notably in

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

for a spell of five years, mainly for Hapoel Tel Aviv, finally retiring in 1996. He was the 1993

References

External links

Basketball-Reference.com: David ThirdkillVirtus Roma 88-89
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