Derrick Allen Mahorn (born September 21, 1958) is an American former professional

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player who played

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and center for the

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, Philadelphia 76ers, and the New Jersey Nets of the

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(NBA). He is currently a radio analyst for the

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of the Aliens of the

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. Mahorn had a reputation for physical play, and was a member of the late 1980s

teams known as "The Bad Boys", and with them won the 1989 NBA Championship. After his playing career, Mahorn would go on to be an assistant coach under Pistons teammate and head coach Bill Laimbeer with the Detroit Shock of the

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(WNBA) and was part of two WNBA Championship teams (2006, 2008). He would eventually become head coach of the Shock, and later became head coach of

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of the

, leading the team to the inaugural BIG3 Championship in

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, making Mahorn the only one in history to have won a championship in the NBA, WNBA, and BIG3.

College career

Mahorn played

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at Hampton University. He was a three-time NAIA

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and owned 18 school records. He scored 2,418 points while playing for the Pirates, averaging 20.3 points per game.

Playing career

Mahorn was drafted by the

in the second round of the 1980 NBA draft. While on the Bullets, Mahorn and all-star teammate Jeff Ruland were dubbed the "Beef Brothers" for their physicality and tough play when paired together on the court. Mahorn's career is perhaps best known for the period after he was traded by the Bullets to the

. He was unhappy with the trade initially and, as he claimed in a 2014 ESPN documentary, showed up to training camp overweight and out of shape. After teammate Bill Laimbeer took him aside and spoke with him about what he was brought there for, Mahorn acquiesced and became an integral part of the Pistons’ core. In 1989, Mahorn - dubbed by Piston announcer George Blaha the "Baddest Bad Boy of them all" - won his only NBA championship with the Pistons. Two days after the Pistons won the championship in 1989, the NBA held an

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for its two newest franchises, the Orlando Magic and Minnesota Timberwolves. League rules dictated that only eight players on each roster could be protected from being drafted by either team, and the Pistons elected not to extend that protection to Mahorn. As such, he was made the second pick in the expansion draft and the first to be taken by the Timberwolves; the Pistons were conducting their victory celebration in Detroit while the draft was happening and Mahorn was taken aside during the festivities, so he could be told. Pistons

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Jack McCloskey tried to reacquire Mahorn to no avail, and years later Mahorn was shown to still be bothered by what transpired as the story of the expansion draft brought him to tears during the 2014 ESPN film about the team. Mahorn, as it turned out, would never play for Minnesota. After refusing to report to the Timberwolves, he ended up being traded instead to the Philadelphia 76ers, where he teamed with superstar Charles Barkley (despite previous rivalries with him) to form the top-rebounding duo of "Thump N' Bump". After two seasons, Mahorn signed a two-year contract with Il Messaggero Roma of the Italian

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in 1991. Teaming up with Dino Radja, Mahorn helped Roma win the 1992 FIBA Korać Cup. He started the 1992–1993 season with Roma but was kicked of the team in October after throwing a chair in a heated argument with head coach Paolo Di Fonzo. In November, he returned to the NBA and signed with the New Jersey Nets. He played with the Nets for four seasons, before returning to the Pistons in 1996–97 under coach Doug Collins. He retired after the 1999 season, after a second stint with the 76ers.

Coaching

WNBA

Mahorn then served as a color commentator for Pistons radio broadcasts, and as an assistant coach under former teammate Bill Laimbeer with the WNBA's Detroit Shock. Laimbeer and Mahorn led the Shock to two WNBA titles (2006, 2008). On July 22, 2008, at a Sparks-Shock game, Mahorn attempted to break up a brawl. When attempting to restrain

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, he put his left hand out and Leslie fell to the ground. Mahorn was suspended for two games. On June 15, 2009, he became the head coach of the Shock, a position he held until the franchise moved to

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after the season. Shortly afterward, Mahorn continued his work with Pistons radio, doing color commentary alongside Mark Champion.

BIG3

In 2017, Mahorn became head coach of

, the eventual champion of the

basketball league's inaugural season. His team's players included Al Harrington and Kenyon Martin.

NBA career statistics

Regular season

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, 63 , , 6 , , 20.3 , , .477 , , .000 , , .821 , , 6.0 , , 0.6 , , 0.5 , , .8 , , 6.1 , - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;",

, 67 , , 64 , , 29.3 , , .574 , , .500 , , .756 , , 8.4 , , 0.9 , , 0.6 , , .6 , , 10.7 , - , style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;", † , style="text-align:left;",

, 72 , , 61 , , 24.9 , , .517 , , .000 , , .748 , , 6.9 , , 0.8 , , 0.6 , , .9 , , 7.3 , - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;",

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, 75 , , 66 , , 30.3 , , .497 , , .222 , , .715 , , 7.6 , , 1.3 , , 0.6 , , 1.4 , , 10.8 , - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;",

, 80 , , 74 , , 30.5 , , .467 , , .000 , , .788 , , 7.8 , , 1.5 , , 1.0 , , .7 , , 8.9 , - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;",

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, 28 , , 0 , , 8.1 , , .489 , , .000 , , .650 , , 1.9 , , 0.2 , , 0.1 , , .2 , , 2.1 , - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;",

, 58 , , 7 , , 10.9 , , .523 , , .333 , , .796 , , 2.8 , , 0.4 , , 0.2 , , .2 , , 3.4 , - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;",

, 50 , , 0 , , 9.0 , , .352 , , .000 , , .723 , , 2.2 , , 0.3 , , 0.3 , , .3 , , 2.4 , - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;",

, 22 , , 7 , , 9.9 , , .370 , , .000 , , .727 , , 2.4 , , 0.3 , , 0.2 , , .1 , , 2.5 , - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;",

, 59 , , 0 , , 12.0 , , .457 , , .000 , , .676 , , 3.3 , , 0.3 , , 0.2 , , .1 , , 2.4 , - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;",

, 16 , , 0 , , 7.9 , , .278 , , .000 , , .375 , , 1.4 , , 0.1 , , 0.3 , , .1 , , 0.8 , -class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" , Career , 1117 , , 613 , , 23.1 , , .493 , , .132 , , .704 , , 6.2 , , 1.0 , , 0.6 , , .9 , , 6.9

Playoffs

, - , style="text-align:left;", 1982 , style="text-align:left;", Washington , 7 , , 7 , , 34.6 , , .438 , , .000 , , .714 , , 8.7 , , 1.9 , , 1.4 , , .7 , , 10.6 , - , style="text-align:left;", 1984 , style="text-align:left;", Washington , 4 , , 4 , , 38.5 , , .600 , , .000 , , .800 , , 10.8 , , 1.5 , , 0.3 , , 1.5 , , 9.5 , - , style="text-align:left;",

1985 The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a n ...

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, 4 , , 0 , , 15.3 , , .385 , , .000 , , 1.000 , , 3.0 , , 0.0 , , 0.3 , , .0 , , 3.0 , - , style="text-align:left;",

1987 Events January * January 1 – Bolivia reintroduces the Boliviano currency. * January 2 – Chadian–Libyan conflict – Battle of Fada: The Military of Chad, Chadian army destroys a Libyan armoured brigade. * January 3 – Afghan leader ...

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, 15 , , 15 , , 32.2 , , .541 , , .000 , , .800 , , 9.5 , , 0.3 , , 0.4 , , .7 , , 9.7 , - , style="text-align:left;", 1988 , style="text-align:left;",

, 23 , , 21 , , 17.8 , , .344 , , .000 , , .684 , , 3.9 , , 0.6 , , 0.2 , , .4 , , 3.3 , - , style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;",

1989 1989 was a turning point in political history with the "Revolutions of 1989" which ended communism in Eastern Bloc of Europe, starting in Poland and Hungary, with experiments in power-sharing coming to a head with the opening of the Berlin W ...

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, 17 , , 17 , , 21.2 , , .580 , , .000 , , .654 , , 5.1 , , 0.4 , , 0.5 , , .8 , , 5.7 , - , style="text-align:left;", 1990 , style="text-align:left;",

, 10 , , 10 , , 34.2 , , .430 , , .000 , , .769 , , 7.0 , , 1.0 , , 0.7 , , .8 , , 9.4 , - , style="text-align:left;",

1991 It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent State ...

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, 8 , , 8 , , 26.0 , , .556 , , .000 , , .786 , , 5.3 , , 1.8 , , 0.3 , , .5 , , 6.4 , - , style="text-align:left;",

1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...

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, 4 , , 2 , , 15.8 , , .400 , , .000 , , .000 , , 3.3 , , 0.8 , , 0.0 , , .5 , , 2.0 , - , style="text-align:left;",

1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

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, 3 , , 0 , , 6.3 , , .000 , , .000 , , .000 , , 1.3 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , .3 , , 0.0 , - , style="text-align:left;",

1997 Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 1 ...

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, 2 , , 1 , , 9.0 , , .000 , , .000 , , .000 , , 0.5 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , .0 , , 0.0 , - , style="text-align:left;",

1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

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, 5 , , 0 , , 5.8 , , .333 , , .000 , , .500 , , 1.6 , , 0.2 , , 0.2 , , .0 , , 1.6 , -class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" , Career , 106 , , 86 , , 22.9 , , .427 , , .000 , , .750 , , 5.5 , , 0.7 , , 0.4 , , .6 , , 5.8

Personal life

Mahorn played himself in a 2017 episode of '' Detroiters'' titled "Quick Rick Mahorn of Dearborn."

Awards and honors

*1989 NBA Champion (as a player with the

) *Two-time WNBA Champion (2006, 2008 - as an assistant coach with the Detroit Shock) *2017

Champion (as head coach of

) * Virginia Sports Hall of Fame (class of 2018)

References

External links

WNBA.com profile
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College career

Playing career

Coaching

WNBA

BIG3

NBA career statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

Personal life

Awards and honors

See also

References

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