Perry Young (basketball)
Personal information | |
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Born | Baltimore, Maryland | August 4, 1963
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
Listed weight | 210 lb (95 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Mount Hebron (Ellicott City, Maryland) |
College | Virginia Tech (1981–1985) |
NBA draft | 1985 / Round: 3 / Pick: 61st overall |
Selected by the Portland Trail Blazers | |
Playing career | 1985–1992 |
Position | Shooting guard |
Number | 12, 24, 2 |
Career history | |
1985–1986 | Maine Windjammers |
1986 | Bay State Bombardiers |
1986–1987 | Wyoming Wildcatters |
1987 | Chicago Bulls |
1987 | Portland Trail Blazers |
1987 | Jersey Jammers |
1987–1988 | Charleston Gunners |
1988–1989 | Quad City Thunder |
1989 | Calgary 88's |
1989–1990 | Quad City Thunder |
1990–1991 | Oklahoma City Cavalry |
1991–1992 | Tri-City Chinook |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Perry Young (born August 4, 1963) is an American former professional basketball shooting guard who played one season in the National Basketball Association (NBA) with the Portland Trail Blazers and the Chicago Bulls during the 1986–87 season. He was drafted by the Trail Blazers during the third round (61st pick overall) in the 1985 NBA draft from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.[1]
Professional career[]
Originally from Baltimore, Maryland, Young started his career in 1985 with the Maine Windjammers in the Continental Basketball Association.[2][3] He then finished the season with the Bay State Bombardiers, playing 11 postseason games, averaging 19.9 points, 6 rebounds and 3.4 assists in 37.5 minutes per game.[2] He started the 1986–1987 season with the Wyoming Wildcatters, another CBA franchise, and played 25 games with the team, averaging 15.6 points, 3.7 rebounds and 3.4 assists[2] before being called up in the National Basketball Association by the Chicago Bulls. He also appeared for the Portland Trail Blazers during the season.
In 1987 he had a stint in the United States Basketball League, playing for the Jersey Jammers; he then joined the Charleston Gunners in the CBA,[3] and he transferred mid-season to the Quad City Thunder. He played two seasons with the Thunder (1988–89 and 1989–90), and in 1989 he also played for the Calgary 88's of the World Basketball League, leading the league in blocks with 1.33 blocks per game.[4] After his appearances in the WBL he played two more seasons in the CBA, one with the Oklahoma City Cavalry and one with the Tri-City Chinook.[2]
References[]
- ^ "1985 NBA Draft". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
- ^ a b c d "Perry Young". statscrew.com. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
- ^ a b Career and stats as per Trading Card #41 of the 1989–90 CBA players issued by ProCards, Inc.
- ^ "HISTORY OF THE WORLD BASKETBALL LEAGUE". apbr.org. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
External links[]
- Career statistics and player information from NBA.com
and Basketball-Reference.com
- College stats at Sports-reference.com
- 1963 births
- Living people
- American expatriate basketball people in Canada
- American expatriate basketball people in the Philippines
- American men's basketball players
- Basketball players from Baltimore
- Bay State Bombardiers players
- Charleston Gunners players
- Chicago Bulls players
- Oklahoma City Cavalry players
- Philippine Basketball Association imports
- Portland Trail Blazers draft picks
- Portland Trail Blazers players
- Quad City Thunder players
- Shell Turbo Chargers players
- Shooting guards
- Tri-City Chinook players
- Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball players
- Wyoming Wildcatters players
- American basketball biography, 1960s birth stubs