Thurl Bailey

Thurl Lee Bailey ( born April 7, 1961 in Washington, DC ) is a retired American professional basketball player who played in both the NBA and in Europe.

Career

During his studies, Bailey played for the Wolfpack called high school team from North Carolina State University in the NCAA Division I. In his senior year Bailey led the team in points and rebounds per game in which titled the team after victories at the last minute as Cardiac Pack up penetrated into the finals of the national finals, where they alias Phi Slamma Jamma the University of Houston defeated the heavily favored Cougars to the future NBA stars and members of the Basketball Hall of Fame Hakeem Olajuwon and Clyde Drexler by a game-winning dunk in the last minute of Lorenzo Charles and the championship won in 1983. In honor of Bailey 's shirt number # 41 was retired by the University team later and is no longer awarded. In NBA Draft 1983 Bailey was selected by the Utah Jazz as a seventh player. The Jazz Bailey immediately took a key role in the system of Frank Layden and dropped 8.5 points, 5.7 rebounds and 1.5 blocks per game to go a decent rookie season. As a reward, he was elected to the NBA All- Rookie Team. The following year he improved his point yield to 15.2 points per game and was in 68 of 80 games on the grid.

After the Jazz Karl Malone in the 1985 Draft had obliged henceforth Bailey came in sixth man off the bench and scored an average of 14 points per game. His best time was Bailey between 1987 and 1989, as he hung up over 19 points per game and behind Malone was the main attack option of jazz. In the following seasons, his performances fell away, so that he was transferred in 1991 in exchange for Tyrone Corbin to the Minnesota Timberwolves. In the chronically unsuccessful Wolves, he spent two and a half years before he went to Europe as a free agent.

In 1989, Bailey was recognized for his involvement with the J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award.

After playing four years in the Greek and Italian Leagues Basketball, Bailey returned in 1999 to the Jazz back. After the season, he announced his retirement from professional sports. In his 16- year career, Bailey played twelve years in the NBA, at this time it brought Bailey to 12.8 points, 5.1 rebound and 1.2 blocks per game.

After the end of his career, Bailey settled with his family in Salt Lake City and works as a TV analyst for the Games of the Utah Jazz and University of Utah. He also works as a musician; he already released three albums.

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