Derrick Coleman
Derrick Coleman was born in Mobile, Alabama, United States on June 21st, 1967 and is the Basketball Player. At the age of 56, Derrick Coleman biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Derrick D. Coleman (born June 21, 1967) is an American retired basketball player.
Coleman was born in Mobile, Alabama, but grew up and attended high school in Detroit, and attended Syracuse University.
The New Jersey Nets had selected him first in the 1990 NBA draft. Coleman, a left-handed basketist, was an excellent low post scorer, averaging 16.5 points and 9.3 rebounds throughout his career.
He loved his time as a member of the New Jersey Nets, where he averaged 19.8 points and 10.6 rebounds per game.
Coleman was compared to top power forwards like Karl Malone and Charles Barkley, and was forecast to put up similar figures, but with the added ability to shoot from three points range.
Rather, his career was dominated by a slew of injuries.
"Coleman may have been the finest power forward ever," Sports Illustrated once said, but instead he did a good job to guarantee his next paycheck. "His Syracuse jersey number, 44, was retired on March 5, 2006." He was working in Detroit as a designer and entrepreneur as of 2007.
He has also served as an occasional studio analyst for NBA TV's "NBA Gametime Live" coverage.
NBA career
Coleman was the first overall pick in the 1990 NBA draft after a successful college career. He had a solid rookie season and went on to win the NBA Rookie of the Year Award in 1991.
Coleman went on to improve during the 1991–92 season, averaging close to 20 points and 10 rebounds a game. The Nets were an up-and-coming team as well, with young players like Coleman, Kenny Anderson, Chris Morris and Mookie Blaylock teaming up with solid veteran players like Sam Bowie, Chris Dudley, Terry Mills and Dražen Petrović. The addition of coach Chuck Daly, who won two NBA championships with the Detroit Pistons as head coach, was enough to get the Nets a winning record and into the playoffs during the 1992–93 season. The 1993–94 season was the peak for Coleman and the Nets during his time with the team. The Nets made it to the playoffs for the third straight season, while Coleman averaged his second straight 20 points, 10 rebounds season and was selected to represent the Nets in the All-Star game along with teammate Kenny Anderson. In 1995, the Nets traded Coleman, Rex Walters, and Sean Higgins to the Philadelphia 76ers for Shawn Bradley, Tim Perry, and Greg Graham.
During a 1995 game featuring Coleman's Nets and rival Karl Malone's Utah Jazz, Coleman controversially referred to Malone as an 'Uncle Tom'.
In 1999, Coleman signed with the Charlotte Hornets. In 2001, he was reacquired by the Philadelphia 76ers in a three-team trade involving the Golden State Warriors, where the Hornets acquired Chris Porter, Robert Traylor, George Lynch, and Jérôme Moïso.
He played for the US national team in the 1994 FIBA World Championship, winning the gold medal.
In 2004, Coleman and Amal McCaskill were traded to the Detroit Pistons for Corliss Williamson. The 2004–05 season would be Coleman's last, as he was cut by the team in January 2005. He was one of nine NBA players that faced suspension for his role in the infamous November 2004 Pacers–Pistons brawl.
Coleman is one of only three players in NBA history to record a five-by-five in a game with at least 20 points and 10 rebounds (the other two being Hakeem Olajuwon and Draymond Green).