Gregory Alan Dreiling (born November 7, 1962) is a former American professional

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player. Dreiling played

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. He attended high school at

Kapaun Mt. Carmel Catholic High School Kapaun Mt. Carmel Catholic High School, sometimes called Kapaun, is a private, four year, co-educational, secondary school operated by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wichita. It is located in the east side of Wichita, Kansas. The school colors a ...

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. He initially attended

Wichita State University Wichita State University (WSU) is a public research university in Wichita, Kansas, United States. It is governed by the Kansas Board of Regents. The university offers more than 60 undergraduate degree programs in more than 200 areas of study in ...

and later transferred to the

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after his freshman year. He was selected by the

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in the second round of the 1986 NBA draft. Dreiling played ten seasons in the NBA, primarily as a backup center. He also played for the

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and

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in the NBA. He also played in the

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for the

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and

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1986 Duke v Kansas - Billy King high leg

He serves as an advance scout for the

Career stats

NBA

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Regular season

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Playoffs

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1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of ...

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Utah Utah ( , ) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. Utah is a landlocked U.S. state bordered to its east by Colorado, to its northeast by Wyoming, to its north by Idaho, to its south by Arizona, and to its ...

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College

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Wichita State Wichita State University (WSU) is a public research university in Wichita, Kansas, United States. It is governed by the Kansas Board of Regents. The university offers more than 60 undergraduate degree programs in more than 200 areas of stud ...

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Kansas Kansas () is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita. Kansas is a landlocked state bordered by Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to ...

, 32 , , 30 , , 23.2 , , .531 , , , , .742 , , 4.8 , , .9 , , .4 , , 1.2 , , 9.7 , - , style="text-align:left;", 1984–85 , style="text-align:left;",

, 34 , , 34 , , 29.0 , , .577 , , , , .727 , , 6.9 , , 1.2 , , .4 , , 1.6 , , 13.1 , - , style="text-align:left;", 1985–86 , style="text-align:left;",

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1962 births Living people American expatriate basketball people in France American men's basketball players Basketball players from Wichita, Kansas Centers (basketball) Cleveland Cavaliers players Dallas Mavericks players Indiana Pacers draft picks Indiana Pacers players Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball players McDonald's High School All-Americans Oklahoma City Cavalry players Parade High School All-Americans (boys' basketball) Rockford Lightning players Wichita State Shockers men's basketball players Universiade medalists in basketball Universiade silver medalists for the United States {{1960s-US-basketball-bio-stub