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Mark Anthony Aguirre ( ; born December 10, 1959) is a Mexican-American former professional
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player in the
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(NBA). Aguirre was chosen as the first overall pick of the
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by the
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after playing three years at
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. Aguirre played in the NBA from 1981 until 1994 and won two championships with the
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after being traded to Detroit from Dallas in exchange for
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. Aguirre was a three-time
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for Dallas. Aguirre was inducted into the
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in 2016.


Early life

Aguirre's mother, Mary, was living in
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when she became pregnant with him at the age of sixteen. She moved to
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, to be with her family who helped to raise Aguirre. Aguirre did not meet his father until he was aged six. Aguirre was raised in Chicago and played basketball at playgrounds on the city's west side. He began his high school playing career at Austin High School in Chicago. When his coach was fired, Aguirre transferred to George Westinghouse College Prep where he led the team to the Chicago Public High School League championship during his senior year.


College career

While playing at
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, Aguirre averaged 24.5 points over three seasons with the Blue Demons under coach Ray Meyer. In 1981, Aguirre was ''
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'' and Helms Foundation College Player of the Year. He also was the USBWA College Player of the Year and James Naismith Award winner in 1980, and a two-time member of ''The Sporting News'' All-America first team. As a freshman in 1978–1979, he led the Demons to the
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, where they lost to Indiana State, led by future Basketball Hall of Famer
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. The Chicago native played alongside Terry Cummings at DePaul, and found himself in the national spotlight during his three years at the university. Aguirre averaged 24.0 points as a freshman in 1978–79, and led the Blue Demons to the NCAA Final Four. Over the next two seasons he scored 26.8 and 23.0 points per game, respectively, and was named College Player of the Year in 1980–81.


1980 US Olympic Team

Aguirre was a member of the 1980 U.S. Olympic basketball team but was unable to compete due to the
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. He did however receive one of 461
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s created especially for the spurned athletes. Aguirre declared for the NBA draft after his junior year at DePaul. The Dallas Mavericks selected him with the first overall pick in the
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.


Professional career


Dallas Mavericks (1981–1989)

Aguirre averaged 20 points per game over the course of his 13-year NBA career. He was selected as the first overall pick by the
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in the
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and remained with the Mavericks until 1989. In his first season Aguirre was limited to 51 games and averaged 18.7 points, second on the team to Jay Vincent (21.4 ppg). The Mavericks improved by 13 games in the win column and finished ahead of the
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, but were still twenty games behind division-leading
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. Beginning with the 1982–83 season Aguirre reeled off six straight campaigns in which his average topped 22 points per game. In the first of those seasons he scored 24.4 points per contest, tops on the team and sixth in the league. The Mavericks continued their ascent, bettering their record to 38–44 to finish ahead of Utah and the
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in the Midwest Division. During the 1983–84 NBA season Aguirre averaged 29.5 points per game, second in the league to Dantley's 30.6 ppg. He finished the season with 2,330 total points. Although Aguirre was the Mavericks' main weapon, he was helped by the emergence of Rolando Blackman (22.4 ppg) and the contributions of role players Brad Davis and
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. Dallas finished second in the Midwest at 43–39, and the team made its first playoff trip, beating the Seattle SuperSonics in the opening round before losing to the
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in the conference semifinals. In each of the next two seasons the Mavericks posted identical 44–38 records. In 1984–85 they made a quick exit from the playoffs, bowing to the
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in the first round; in 1985–86 they defeated Utah and then took the Lakers to six games in the conference semifinals. Aguirre averaged 25.7 and 22.6 points for those seasons. In 1986–87 and 1987–88 he made the All-Star Team and averaged 25.7 and 25.1 points, respectively, during the regular season. The Mavericks won more than 50 games each year. The 1987–88 edition of the franchise went 53–29, beat Houston and the
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in the first two rounds of the postseason, then extended the Lakers to seven games before losing in the Western Conference Finals. It was the longest postseason run in the Mavs' eight-year history. His 13,930 points as a Maverick rank third in the franchise's history, behind Rolando Blackman's 16,643 points and
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's 31,560. While Aguirre's time in Dallas was full of high-scoring efforts and playoff visits, the Mavericks were postseason underachievers (their only Western Conference Finals visit was the 1988 loss to the Lakers), and Aguirre had repeated conflicts with coach Dick Motta and players like Blackman, Derek Harper and James Donaldson. Then-team owner Donald Carter was a huge fan of Aguirre and hoped he would remain in Dallas for his entire career, but eventually conceded that the gulf between Aguirre and the team was unbridgeable. Midway through the 1988–89 season Aguirre was traded to the
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for
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, who was also one of the league's top scorers, and a first round draft pick on February 15, 1989.


Detroit Pistons (1989–1993)

After Aguirre was traded to the team, the Pistons won the NBA title in 1989. Despite not being a lead scoring option like he was in Dallas, Aguirre played a key role in Detroit's championship run, especially in the Eastern Conference Finals against the
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, where he led the team in scoring with 25 points in a narrow Game 3 loss and averaged 13.7 points and 4.8 rebounds over the rest of the six-game series. He showed he could blend into a successful team by taking fewer shots, playing hard on defense, and not complaining when his younger teammate
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's minutes increased. In the 1990 playoffs, which culminated with Detroit repeating as champions with a five-game
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win over Portland, Aguirre averaged 11 points a game. The following postseason, Aguirre scored his highest postseason total as a Piston, with 34 points in a Game 4 win over the
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in the Eastern Conference Semifinals. However, in the following round, the Pistons would be defeated by
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and the Bulls, bringing their title defense to a close. Aguirre played two more seasons with the Pistons in an increasingly limited role, due to both Rodman's play and his own age and injury issues.


Los Angeles Clippers (1993–1994)

In 1993, the Pistons released Aguirre. After he cleared waivers the
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signed him for $150,000 for a partial campaign in 1993–94. Through the 1993–94 season Aguirre had accumulated 18,458 points for a career average of 20.0 points per game. He retired in 1994.


Post-playing career

Aguirre joined
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Athletics as Special Assistant to the Athletic Director in October 2023 where he would provide strategic counsel to the Vice President/Director of Athletics while maintaining relationships with DePaul alumni.


Personal life

Aguirre has been married to Angela Bowman since January 1988. Aguirre, whose father was from Mexico, at one point considered playing for team Mexico at the 1992 Olympics, and was offered citizenship in an effort to convince him to do so.AGUIRRE MIGHT PLAY FOR MEXICO
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Honors

* Aguirre was inducted into the
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in 2016. * Aguirre's #24 was retired by the DePaul Blue Demons.


NBA career statistics


Regular season

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, 81 , , 75 , , 34.4 , , .483 , , .211 , , .728 , , 6.3 , , 4.1 , , 1.0 , , .3 , , 24.4 , - , align="left" , 1983–84 , align="left" ,
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, 79 , , 79 , , 36.7 , , .524 , , .268 , , .749 , , 5.9 , , 4.5 , , 1.0 , , .3 , , 29.5 , - , align="left" , 1984–85 , align="left" ,
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, 80 , , 79 , , 33.7 , , .506 , , .318 , , .759 , , 6.0 , , 3.1 , , .8 , , .3 , , 25.7 , - , align="left" , 1985–86 , align="left" ,
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, 74 , , 73 , , 33.8 , , .503 , , .286 , , .705 , , 6.0 , , 4.6 , , .8 , , .2 , , 22.6 , - , align="left" , 1986–87 , align="left" ,
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, 80 , , 80 , , 33.3 , , .495 , , .353 , , .770 , , 5.3 , , 3.2 , , 1.1 , , .4 , , 25.7 , - , align="left" , 1987–88 , align="left" ,
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, 77 , , 77 , , 33.9 , , .475 , , .302 , , .770 , , 5.6 , , 3.6 , , .9 , , .7 , , 25.1 , - , align="left" , 1988–89 , align="left" ,
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, 44 , , 44 , , 34.8 , , .450 , , .293 , , .730 , , 5.3 , , 4.3 , , .7 , , .7 , , 21.7 , - , style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;", 1988–89† , align="left" ,
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, 78 , , 40 , , 25.7 , , .488 , , .333 , , .756 , , 3.9 , , 1.9 , , .4 , , .2 , , 14.1 , - , align="left" , 1990–91 , align="left" ,
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, 78 , , 13 , , 25.7 , , .462 , , .308 , , .757 , , 4.8 , , 1.8 , , .6 , , .3 , , 14.2 , - , align="left" , 1991–92 , align="left" ,
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, 75 , , 12 , , 21.1 , , .431 , , .211 , , .687 , , 3.1 , , 1.7 , , .7 , , .1 , , 11.3 , - , align="left" , 1992–93 , align="left" ,
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, 51 , , 15 , , 20.7 , , .443 , , .361 , , .767 , , 3.0 , , 2.1 , , .3 , , .1 , , 9.9 , - , align="left" , 1993–94 , align="left" , L.A. Clippers , 39 , , 0 , , 22.0 , , .468 , , .398 , , .694 , , 3.0 , , 2.7 , , .5 , , .2 , , 10.6 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 923 , , 639 , , 30.0 , , .484 , , .312 , , .741 , , 5.0 , , 3.1 , , .7 , , .3 , , 20.0 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", All-Star , 3 , , 0 , , 14.0 , , .542 , , .400 , , .800 , , 1.3 , , 1.3 , , .7 , , .3 , , 12.0


Playoffs

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External links


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