Dave Corzine

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Dave Corzine
Personal information
Born (1956-04-25) April 25, 1956 (age 67)
Arlington Heights, Illinois
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
Listed weight250 lb (113 kg)
Career information
High schoolJohn Hersey
(Arlington Heights, Illinois)
CollegeDePaul (1974–1978)
NBA draft1978: 1st round, 18th overall pick
Selected by the Washington Bullets
Playing career1978–1992
PositionCenter
Number40, 42
Career history
As player:
1978–1980Washington Bullets
1980–1982San Antonio Spurs
1982–1989Chicago Bulls
1989–1990Orlando Magic
1990–1991Seattle SuperSonics
1991–1992Filanto Forlì
As coach:
1995–1996Chicago Rockers
Career highlights and awards
Career NBA statistics
Points7,615 (8.5 ppg)
Rebounds5,262 (5.9 rpg)
Assists1,477 (1.7 apg)
Stats Edit this at Wikidata at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

David John Corzine (born April 25, 1956) is an American retired professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Biography[edit]

A Chicago-area native who went to John Hersey High School in Arlington Heights and DePaul University in Chicago, Corzine was the 18th overall pick of the 1978 NBA draft by the Washington Bullets. With the Bullets, Corzine participated in the 1979 NBA Finals but they lost in five games to the Seattle SuperSonics. After two years with the Bullets and two more with the San Antonio Spurs, Corzine returned to his hometown to play for the Chicago Bulls for seven seasons, where he started in 285 out of 556 games played for the team.

He was then traded to the Orlando Magic for two second-round picks (which the Chicago Bulls used to select Toni Kukoč and P.J. Brown, respectively) on June 27, 1989. He began the 1989–90 season as the inaugural Orlando Magic's first starting center, but just as early as in a game no.3 against the Cleveland Cavaliers (won by the Magic in overtime giving them 2–1 record) in a first quarter he got serious ligament damage in his left knee, and was subsequently forced to miss a lot of time.[1] He returned to play a few minutes in three late-December games the same year, but hurt the knee again, and never suited up for the team again after that. After the season, he signed with the Seattle SuperSonics as a Free Agent on October 4, 1990. At the time of his signing, his attorney, Herb Rudoy allegedly said: "Dave is excited, but he's going to get into it slowly. He's looking to play four or five more years in this league."[2] – As it turned out, most likely because of the injuries and lack of playing time, he would only play that one final season to finish his NBA career.

He averaged 8.5 points, 5.9 rebounds, 0.4 steals, and 1.0 blocks per game in the NBA and his best season was arguable with the Chicago Bulls in 1982–83 when he averaged 14.0 points and 8.7 rebounds per game, or the 1983–84 NBA season, where he played and started all 82 games and had career-highs in many statistical categories, including steals, assists, blocks, FT%, and 3-PT%.[3]

NBA career statistics[edit]

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

Regular season[edit]

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1978–79 Washington 59 – 9.0 .534 – .778 2.5 0.8 0.2 0.2 3.0
1979–80 Washington 78 – 10.6 .417 – .662 3.5 0.8 0.1 0.4 2.9
1980–81 San Antonio 82 – 23.9 .490 .000 .714 7.8 1.4 0.5 1.2 10.5
1981–82 San Antonio 82 21 26.7 .519 .250 .746 7.7 1.6 0.4 1.5 10.1
1982–83 Chicago 82 71 30.4 .497 .000 .720 8.7 1.9 0.6 1.3 14.0
1983–84 Chicago 82 82 32.6 .467 .333 .840 7.0 2.5 0.7 1.5 12.2
1984–85 Chicago 82 50 25.1 .486 .000 .745 5.1 1.7 0.4 0.8 8.5
1985–86 Chicago 67 4 25.5 .491 .250 .743 6.5 2.2 0.4 0.8 9.6
1986–87 Chicago 82 39 27.9 .475 .000 .736 6.6 2.5 0.5 1.1 8.3
1987–88 Chicago 80 32 29.1 .481 .111 .752 6.6 1.9 0.5 1.2 10.1
1988–89 Chicago 81 7 18.3 .461 .250 .740 3.9 1.3 0.4 0.6 5.9
1989–90 Orlando 6 3 13.2 .379 – .000 3.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 3.7
1990–91 Seattle 28 0 5.3 .447 – .591 1.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 1.7
Career 891 309 23.3 .484 .189 .747 5.9 1.7 0.4 1.0 8.5

Playoffs[edit]

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1979 Washington 12 – 5.3 .267 – – 2.1 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.7
1980 Washington 2 – 4.5 .800 – 1.000 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.0
1981 San Antonio 7 – 23.0 .491 – .692 6.9 2.3 0.6 1.1 9.0
1982 San Antonio 9 – 28.7 .462 – .706 9.4 1.9 0.7 1.0 13.6
1985 Chicago 4 4 19.3 .667 – .833 5.5 0.8 0.5 0.3 8.3
1986 Chicago 3 3 34.3 .552 – 1.000 9.0 2.0 0.3 0.7 12.0
1987 Chicago 3 3 40.7 .455 – .778 7.0 2.3 0.3 1.0 9.0
1988 Chicago 10 10 30.8 .355 – .538 5.7 0.8 0.3 0.8 6.1
1989 Chicago 16 0 13.7 .422 – .647 2.6 0.6 0.3 0.4 4.1
1991 Seattle 2 0 6.0 .667 – 1.000 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.5
Career 68 20 19.6 .455 – .707 4.9 1.0 0.3 0.5 6.3

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Poof! Magic Loses Corzine To Knee Injury - tribunedigital-chicagotribune". articles.chicagotribune.com. Archived from the original on 2016-08-17.
  2. ^ "Supersonics To Sign Ex-bulls Center Corzine - tribunedigital-chicagotribune". articles.chicagotribune.com. Archived from the original on 2016-08-17.
  3. ^ "Dave Corzine Stats".
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