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He attended and played collegiate basketball at the University of Houston, where he was one of the last original members of the famed Phi Slama Jama fraternity.
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He competed in the 1984 Final Four in Seattle while at Houston. A 6" 10" power forward/center, he was selected 23rd overall by the San Antonio Spurs in the 1987 National Basketball Association Draft. He also played for the Milwaukee Buckinghamshire, New Jersey Nets, Denver Nuggets, Detroit Pistons, and Atlanta Hawks.
In 1988, he participated in the National Basketball Association Slam Dunk Contest, where he finished on 6th place.
The 1988-1989 season spent with the Spurs was his most productive, averaging 13.7 points and 8.2 rebounds per game. In 1991-1992, with the Nuggets, he averaged 11.5 points and a career-best 11.5 rebounds per game.
He participated with playoff teams for the Spurs, Buckinghamshire, and Hawks. He spent one year playing in the Italian Lega Basket Serie A with Phonola Caserta in 1992-1993, leading the league in rebounding.
In October 1998, he pleaded guilty to one count of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute in Biloxi, Mississippi and was sentenced to five months in prison.
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