Rolando Blackman

Rolando Antonio Blackman ( born February 26, 1959 in Panama City, Panama ) is a former American professional basketball player. The majority of his NBA career he spent with the Dallas Mavericks. Blackman played as a shooting guard and was a four-time All-Star. From 2001 to 2002 he was next to Armin Andres assistant coach Henrik Dettmann of, the former national coach of the German men 's national team, and was on the bronze medal involved in the Basketball World Championship 2002.

College

Blackman, who grew up in Brooklyn, New York, played at Kansas State University basketball successfully. So it is with 1844 points, achieved the second best scorer of all time Kansas State. He belonged in 1980 to the squad of the American national team, which did not participate because of the U.S. Olympic boycott the Olympic Games in Moscow. Blackmans Collgetrikotnummer 25 is no longer awarded in his honor.

NBA

Rolando Blackman was in the 1981 NBA Draft selected at 9 out of the Dallas Mavericks. He played for the Mavericks to 1992 and reached at this time six times the playoffs, as well as four nominations for the NBA All-Star Game. Blackman held with 16,643 points until 8 March 2008, the franchise record for most points scored, but this was surpassed by Dirk Nowitzki. His last two NBA seasons spent Blackman at the New York Knicks, with whom he reached the NBA Finals in 1994. His career statistics amount to 17 623 points, 3,278 rebounds and 2,981 assists. His jersey number 22 was retired by the Dallas Mavericks.

Europe

Halfway through the season 1994/1995 Blackman was joined by the Greek basketball team AEK Athens. His last season he graduated with Olimpia Milano, where he helped with over 15 points per game to win the Italian championship and the Cup.