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Kenneth Darnel Norman (born September 5, 1964) is an American former professional
The 6'8" 215 pound-Norman played six seasons with the Clippers. His best year as a professional was the 1988–89 NBA season as a Clipper, when he averaged 18.1 points, 8.3 rebounds, and 3.5 assists in 80 games. He was also a member of the team when they made their first play-off appearance in
Ken Norman NBA statistics
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basketball
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player. After graduating from Crane High School in Chicago
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, Kenny was an outstanding forward for the Illinois Fighting Illini
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The university op ...
who was selected 19th overall by the Los Angeles Clippers
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of the 1987 NBA draft. Norman was elected to the " Illinois Men's Basketball All-Century Team" in 2004. He earned the nickname, "Snake", that he kept throughout his college and professional careers, as a youth playing basketball at Touhy-Herbert Park, on Chicago's West Side.
NBA career
Los Angeles Clippers
The 6'8" 215 pound-Norman played six seasons with the Clippers. His best year as a professional was the 1988–89 NBA season as a Clipper, when he averaged 18.1 points, 8.3 rebounds, and 3.5 assists in 80 games. He was also a member of the team when they made their first play-off appearance in Los Angeles
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in 1992.
Milwaukee Bucks
In 1993, he signed as a free agent with theMilwaukee Bucks
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, where he averaged 11.9 points per game in all 82 games.
Atlanta Hawks
After playing one season with the Bucks, he was traded to theAtlanta Hawks
The Atlanta Hawks are an American professional basketball team based in Atlanta. The Hawks compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Southeast Division (NBA), Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference (NBA), Easte ...
. He averaged 12.7 points per game in 74 games and hit 98 three-point field goals during the 1994–95 NBA season
The 1994–95 NBA season was the 49th season of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The season ended with the Houston Rockets defeating the Orlando Magic 4–0 in the NBA Finals to be crowned champions.
Notable occurrences
*The Housto ...
. He spent the rest of his career in Atlanta before retiring in 1997. In his NBA career, Norman played in a total of 646 games and scored 8,717 points.
Honors
Basketball
* 1986 - 1st Team All-Big Ten
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* 1987 - Team Captain
* 1987 - Team MVP
* 1987 - 1st Team All-Big Ten
* 1987 - 2nd Team All American
* 2004 - Elected to the " Illini Men's Basketball All-Century Team".
* 2008 - Honored as one of the thirty-three honored jerseys which hang in the State Farm Center
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to show regard for being the most decorated basketball players in the University of Illinois' history.
* 2015 - Inducted into the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association's Hall of Fame as a player.
College statistics
University of Illinois
NBA career statistics
Regular season
, - , align="left" , 1987–88 , align="left" ,Los Angeles
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, 66 , , 28 , , 21.7 , , .482 , , .000 , , .512 , , 4.0 , , 1.2 , , 0.7 , , 0.5 , , 8.6
, -
, align="left" , 1988–89
, align="left" , Los Angeles
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, 80 , , 79 , , 37.8 , , .502 , , .190 , , .630 , , 8.3 , , 3.5 , , 1.3 , , 0.8 , , 18.1
, -
, align="left" , 1989–90
, align="left" , Los Angeles
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, 70 , , 64 , , 33.3 , , .510 , , .438 , , .632 , , 6.7 , , 2.3 , , 1.1 , , 0.8 , , 16.1
, -
, align="left" , 1990–91
, align="left" , Los Angeles
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, 70 , , 45 , , 33.0 , , .501 , , .188 , , .629 , , 7.1 , , 2.3 , , 0.9 , , 0.9 , , 17.4
, -
, align="left" , 1991–92
, align="left" , Los Angeles
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, 77 , , 24 , , 26.1 , , .490 , , .143 , , .535 , , 5.8 , , 1.6 , , 0.7 , , 0.9 , , 12.1
, -
, align="left" , 1992–93
, align="left" , Los Angeles
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, 76 , , 71 , , 32.6 , , .511 , , .263 , , .595 , , 7.5 , , 2.2 , , 0.8 , , 0.8 , , 15.0
, -
, align="left" , 1993–94
, align="left" , Milwaukee
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, style="background:#cfecec;" , 82* , , 75 , , 31.0 , , .448 , , .333 , , .503 , , 6.1 , , 2.7 , , 0.7 , , 0.6 , , 11.9
, -
, align="left" , 1994–95
, align="left" , Atlanta
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, 74 , , 27 , , 25.4 , , .453 , , .344 , , .457 , , 4.9 , , 1.3 , , 0.5 , , 0.3 , , 12.7
, -
, align="left" , 1995–96
, align="left" , Atlanta
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, 34 , , 28 , , 22.6 , , .465 , , .393 , , .354 , , 3.9 , , 1.9 , , 0.4 , , 0.5 , , 8.9
, -
, align="left" , 1996–97
, align="left" , Atlanta
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, 17 , , 0 , , 12.9 , , .287 , , .158 , , .333 , , 2.3 , , 0.7 , , 0.4 , , 0.2 , , 3.8
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, style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career
, 646 , , 441 , , 29.4 , , .486 , , .312 , , .567 , , 6.1 , , 2.1 , , 0.8 , , 0.7 , , 13.5
Playoffs
, - , align="left" , 1991–92 , align="left" ,Los Angeles
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, 5 , , 5 , , 36.8 , , .509 , , .000 , , .529 , , 9.8 , , 3.0 , , 0.8 , , 0.6 , , 12.6
, -
, align="left" , 1992–93
, align="left" , Los Angeles
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, 5 , , 5 , , 32.8 , , .373 , , .375 , , .500 , , 8.2 , , 2.4 , , 0.8 , , 0.0 , , 12.8
, -
, align="left" , 1994–95
, align="left" , Atlanta
Atlanta ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Georgia (U.S. state), most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. It is the county seat, seat of Fulton County, Georg ...
, 3 , , 0 , , 14.0 , , .389 , , .125 , , .143 , , 3.0 , , 1.0 , , 0.0 , , 0.3 , , 5.3
, - class="sortbottom"
, style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career
, 13 , , 10 , , 30.0 , , .428 , , .222 , , .457 , , 7.6 , , 2.3 , , 0.6 , , 0.3 , , 11.0
References
External links
Ken Norman NBA statistics
at ''basketball-reference.com'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Norman, Ken 1964 births Living people 20th-century African-American sportsmen All-American college men's basketball players American men's basketball players Atlanta Hawks players Basketball players from Chicago Crane High School (Chicago) alumni Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball players Los Angeles Clippers draft picks Los Angeles Clippers players Milwaukee Bucks players Small forwards Wabash Valley Warriors men's basketball players