Kelly Tripucka
Kelly Tripucka was born in Bloomfield, New Jersey, United States on February 16th, 1959 and is the Basketball Player. At the age of 65, Kelly Tripucka 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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Peter Kelly Tripucka (born February 16, 1959) is a retired American professional basketball player who competed in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1981 to 1991.
He was a two-time NBA All Star and averaged over 20 points per game in five of the ten seasons in which he competed.
Tripucka appeared for the Detroit Pistons, Utah Jazz, and was a Charlotte Hornets fan during the NBA's inaugural season.
Frank Tripucka, a former NFL Pro-Bowl (and CFL) quarterback, played for four years for the New York Knicks, retiring with the 2011–12 season.
Later life
Tripucka appeared on Detroit Pistons television for eight seasons, from 1993 to 2001. Following the 2000–01 season, he left FSN Detroit and WKBD before going to work a full-time radio with the New Jersey Nets. On the YES Network, he appeared as the color commentator for New Jersey Nets telecasts from 2003 to 2005. Tripucka joined the New York Knicks MSG broadcast team on November 7, 2008, putting him alongside Walt "Clyde" Frazier, Gus Johnson, and Mike Breen. He remained with the broadcast team until 2012. Tripucka has also called out college basketball for Westwood One radio.
Tripucka and his family now live in Boonton Township, New Jersey. He is the son of former football quarterback Frank Tripucka and the father of professional football player Travis Tripucka.
Personal life
Frank Tripucka, the son of former Notre Dame Quarterback and Denver Broncos Hall of Fame QB Frank Tripucka, is the son of former Notre Dame Quarterback and Denver Broncos. Shane Tripucka and Travis Tripucka's uncle, as well as the father of professional lacrosse player Jake Tripucka, is also an uncle.
Professional career
In the 1981 NBA draft, Tripucka was ranked 12th overall by the Detroit Pistons. He was a prolific scorer, scoring 21.6 points per game, and he was a member of the All-Star team in his rookie year. Tripucka's season was his best as a professional, with a career-best 26.5 points and 4.1 assists per game. Nevertheless, he appeared in only 58 games. Tripucka's third season with the Pistons, he was averaging 21.3 points per game, and he qualified for the All-Star squad for the second time in three seasons. He coached the Pistons to their first playoff appearance since the 1976–77 season, but they were eliminated in five games in the first round. Tripucka played in only 55 games this season and averaged 19.1 points per game. He appeared in all 9 playoff games, but he also helped the Pistons advance to the second round. Tripucka's fifth season, 1985–86, was another fruitful one. He appeared in only one game during the regular season, averaged 20 points per game, and was a part of the Pistons' third straight post-season appearance. However, the Pistons were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs.
After five years in Detroit, the Pistons traded Tripucka and teammate Kent Benson to the Utah Jazz for Adrian Dantley and future draft picks. Frank Layden, the Tripucka and Jazz coach, didn't get along with each other; at the time, Layden was starting to build the team around John Stockton and Karl Malone's abilities, and Tripucka was furious over his absence from being involved in the offense. During his two seasons with the franchise, he had two lackluster seasons, averaging only 9.1 points per game. Both of those seasons, the Jazz made the playoffs, but he didn't have a huge effect. He would only be involved in two games during the 1988 NBA playoffs.
Mike Brown was traded to the Charlotte Hornets after two miserable seasons with the Jazz (a new expansion team at the time) for Mike Brown. In his first season with the Hornets, he returned to his All-Star form, leading the Hornets with 22.6 points per game. Karl Malone, the Hornets' coach, expressed his love to Layden immediately after Layden resigned as the Jazz's coach, tagging "FRANK" on the heels of his sneakers. Tripucka responded with a "DICK" on the back of his shoes (for then-Hornets coach Dick Harter). Layden and Malone, who Tripucka felt ran him out of Utah, were seen as a jab at the time. In Tripucka's second season with the Hornets, he averaged 15.6 points per game, but the team fell short of their inaugural season's record. Tripucka's third season with the Hornets and tenth overall saw him average career lows of 7 points, 2.3 rebounds, and 2.1 assists per game as he came off the bench.
Tripucka joined French Nationale 1A club CSP Limoges for the 1991–1992 season after struggling to find suitors in the NBA. Tim Legler was fired in February 1992 after being replaced by Tim Legler. He averaged 17.6 points per game in seven league games.