Martin McBride Conlon (born January 19, 1968) is an Irish-American former professional

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player whose career in the

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(NBA) lasted from 1992 through 2000. Conlon started his basketball career at

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. In his freshman year in college he played on the

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team that went to the

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. His coach that year was

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. He played for eight different teams during his NBA career. Conlon played for the

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, the

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, the

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, the

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, the

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, the

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, the

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, and the

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. After his NBA career came to an end, he continued to play professional basketball in Europe, where he played in Italy, Greece, Spain, and Ireland where he was the captain of the Irish national basketball team.

Season with Celtics

The only season he spent with the Celtics came in the 1996–97 season. The Celtics only won 15 games. Conlon was an important member of that team for 74 games (starting 15) averaging around 7.5 ppg and 4.5 rebounds for 21 minutes per game.

NBA career statistics

Regular season

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, 74 , , 1 , , 12.9 , , .468 , , .167 , , .764 , , 2.4 , , 0.9 , , 0.3 , , 0.1 , , 5.3 , - , align="left" , 1996–97 , align="left" ,

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, 7 , , 0 , , 5.0 , , .231 , , .000 , , 1.000 , , 0.7 , , 0.1 , , 0.0 , , 0.1 , , 1.1 , - , align="left" , 1999–00 , align="left" ,

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Playoffs

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, 3 , , 0 , , 15.3 , , .429 , , .000 , , .500 , , 1.3 , , 1.0 , , 0.3 , , 0.3 , , 2.3 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 4 , , 0 , , 11.8 , , .375 , , .000 , , .750 , , 1.3 , , 0.8 , , 0.3 , , 0.3 , , 2.3

Personal life

Conlon was born to parents who had immigrated from

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in Ireland to

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. He was raised in Ireland and

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References

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