Otis Thorpe
Otis Henry Thorpe (* August 5, 1962 in Boynton Beach, Florida) is a former American basketball player. The forward - center played 14 seasons for various teams in the NBA, the most successful from 1988 to 1995 for the Houston Rockets; there he was elected Master in 1994 and 1992 All-Star team in the West.
Thorpe was the third of eleven children; even though he had played only 1.5 years on the high school basketball, he was the entire four years of his college years at Providence College is a very successful rebounder. He was the best rebounder of the Big East Conference in his last two college years 1982-84; in his senior year was elected to the All- Conference team in the Big East and missed inclusion in the All-American team as honorably mentioned just barely.
After college, he was in 1984 when a total of 9 players committed in the first round of the NBA Drafts of the Kings, at that time a resident of Kansas City. Already in his rookie season, he played in every single game, including 23 as a starting player, arguing in particular because of its impact safety talked about; with a hit rate of exactly 60 %, it was the third safest shooter in the league, he also missed sixth of the vote just inclusion in the NBA All- Rookie Team. Seven games with a knee injury in December 1985 should be the last ones he should miss to 1992, 1986 to the championship in 1992, he was also in every single game starting player. After the 1988 season, he moved to Houston, where he continued to remained a regular player and both continue with its excellent throw percentage shone in defense of the dirty work for Hakeem Olajuwon had to do. Nevertheless, he was traded in the middle of the season after the first championship for Rockets Clyde Drexler of the Portland Trail Blazers. After this change, the performance Thorpe were unsettled; in the last seven years of his career from 1995-2001, he played for as many NBA teams. 1995 Portland, 1996/97 for the Detroit Pistons, 1997/98 for the Vancouver Grizzlies and in 1998 he moved even twice within three months the team. First, in February from Vancouver to his old team the Sacramento Kings, and in May then continue to the Washington Wizards. 1999/2000 he belonged to the squad of the Miami Heat to end after the 2000/ 01 season with the Charlotte Hornets his career.
Overall, Thorpe heard with 1257 games ( 22 ), a field throw percentage of 54.6 % ( 17 ) and total offensive rebounds 3446 ( 14 ) the best in the NBA history in these categories. His total of 4146 committed fouls have been surpassed only by nine players. Also in the lists for defensive rebounds ( 6924 - 26 ), total rebounds ( 10370 - 33 ), successful field throws ( 6872 - 68 ), successful free throws ( 3853 - 78 ), total points ( 17600 - 70 ), and the rebound rate per game ( 8.2 - 94 ) he belongs to each top 100