Jack McCloskey

John William "Jack" McCloskey (* October 19, 1925 ) is a retired American professional basketball player. In the NBA, he worked as a player, coach and manager. During World War II he served as a lieutenant in the Navy. In the NBA he played during the 1953 season, a game for the Philadelphia Warriors, scoring six points. Two decades later, he was from 1972 to 1974 coach of the Portland Trail Blazers. He had a record of 48 wins and 116 defeats. After that, he stuck to it and was with Jerry West (then coach ) and his Lakers as an assistant coach. When West was appointed as general manager, McCloskey made ​​his hopes for the coaching job with the Lakers, but the presented Paul Westhead as coach one. In 1979, McCloskey was appointed General Manager of the Detroit Pistons.

During the next thirteen are looking for " Trader Jack ," was his nickname, more than thirty trades, where he mostly improved his team, so that it became a true challenger for the Boston Celtics. His most famous acts were that he selected Joe Dumars and Dennis Rodman in the final laps of NBA Drafts, the trading three players in exchange for Bill Laimbeer and the trading of superstars Adrian Dantley for Mark Aguirre during the 1988-1989 season, which the Pistons helped to NBA titles in 1989 and 1990. After the Chicago Bulls a sweep had succeeded over the ailing Pistons in the Eastern Conference Finals in 1991, made " Trader Jack" his last official acts. He received Darrell Walker, Brad Sellers and Orlando Woolridge in exchange for Vinnie Johnson and James Edwards, which he tried to make the team younger. He also draftete Doug Overton at NBA Draft 1991 in the second round and gave it away the first round pick of the Pistons. That was a very dubious decision since Overton in the next season, did not contest a game for the Pistons. The team chemistry the Pistons was no longer appropriate and they won in the following season, only 48 games. In the playoffs, they lost in the first round in five games against the New York Knicks and McCloskey left the team. Later he was again in the front office of the Minnesota Timberwolves and the Toronto Raptors works.

On 29 March 2008, he was honored by the Pistons and a banner with his name was hung under the ceiling of the Palace of Auburn Hills.

He currently lives with his wife Leslie in Georgia.

  • Basketball player (United States)
  • Born in 1925
  • Man
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