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Terry Duerod (July 29, 1956 – November 13, 2020) was an American professional
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player. Ginebra San Miguel Philippines 1986


Amateur career

A 6'2"
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out of Highland Park Community High School in the
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area, Duerod played college basketball under
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at the
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(UD). Boyd established himself quickly with a Detroit program that would produce an unprecedented run during his time with the Titans (1975–1979). Vitale added future
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players such as John Long, Terry Tyler and Dennis Boyd and built a dominating independent program at the Jesuit university. Duerod played shooting guard for the team, averaged 23.3 ppg on a .525 shooting percentage as a senior. UD advanced to the 1977 NCAA Division I basketball tournament defeating
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in the first round before losing to
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in the Sweet 16 86–81 to end a stellar season, finishing #12 in the polls. The team was left out of the
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in Duerod's junior year, 1977–78, playing in the 1978 NIT, despite a 25–4 record and a #18 ranking, but would return to the 1979 NCAA Division I basketball tournament, with Duerod and future NBA center Earl Cureton leading the Titans. Detroit lost to Lamar 95–87 in the first round. Detroit finished ranked #20 on the season. In four seasons at Detroit, Duerod scored 1,690 points, sixth in school history, and was inducted into the Detroit Mercy Titans Hall of Fame in 1993.


Professional career

When Vitale accepted the coaching job with the NBA's
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in 1979, the Pistons selected Duerod in the third round of the 1979 NBA draft. Duerod averaged 9.3 points per game during his rookie season in the NBA, shooting 47 percent from the field. After the Pistons replaced Vitale with
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, however, Duerod was left unprotected in the 1980 NBA
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, in which he was selected by the
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. During his time with the Pistons, Terry would play alongside University of Detroit teammates Terry Tyler and John Long. Duerod played only eighteen games for Dallas before being waived. He was then signed by the
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, with whom he would become a fan favorite as the team's twelfth man. Celtics fans often chanted "Doooo!" whenever Duerod entered games, and he became a frequent subject of discussion among the Celtics' television and radio announcers. Duerod earned a championship ring when the Celtics won the 1981 NBA Finals over the
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. On the Celtics' fans, Duerod said "Best fans in the world. Period. They treat the players great, and support the team no matter what the record is. It was a super experience for me to play in front of them!" Duerod played part of one more season with the Celtics, then played five games for the
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during the 1982–83 season. In his NBA career, he averaged 6.7 points per game. He was inducted into the University of Detroit Mercy Titans Hall of Fame in 1993. Duerod won a CBA championship while playing for the Detroit Spirits of the
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(CBA) during the 1982–83 season.


Later life

Duerod served as a Detroit firefighter for 27 years. The majority of his career was spent as an FEO (Fire Engine Operator). Duerod also played on the fire department's basketball team. He retired because of the department's mandatory retirement policy. Duerod died on November 13, 2020, in Westland, Michigan, after suffering from leukemia. He was 64 years old. Former teammate Earl Cureton said, "He did so many things in his life, made so many great transitions. Not just in basketball, but being a husband, being a friend, being a firefighter and everything he did, he excelled at. That is the only way I can sum him up, he was a one-of-a-kind guy." Duerod was survived by his wife Rosemary.


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Career statisticsDetroit Mercy Hall of Fame
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