Early years

Thorpe graduated in 1980 from Lake Worth Community High School in Florida. He played college ball at Providence College. He had the longest NBA career of any former Friars player. He ranks seventh all-time at the school in rebounds and was the school's first First-Team Big East player. During his tenure at Providence College he was also a two-time Honorable Mention All-America selection.

NBA career

Kansas City Kings

Thorpe was drafted by the Kansas City Kings as the ninth overall pick in the first round of the 1984 NBA draft and played seventeen seasons in the NBA, seven and a half of which were played with the Houston Rockets.

Houston Rockets

While with the Rockets, Thorpe made an All-Star appearance in 1992. Thorpe played in 542 consecutive games between 1986 and 1992 and, at one time, held the longest streak of consecutive games played in the NBA.

In 1994, Thorpe was an integral part of the Houston Rockets' first NBA Championship. He also holds the Rockets' all-time record for the highest field goal accuracy (55.9%).

Halfway through the next season, the Rockets realized that they were struggling and needed a change. The team sent Thorpe to the Portland Trail Blazers in a deal for Clyde Drexler.

Portland Trail Blazers

Halfway through the next season, the Rockets realized that they were struggling and needed a change. The team sent Thorpe to the Portland Trail Blazers in a deal for Clyde Drexler.He would only play 34 games for the Blazers before moving on to occupy the starting front court for the Detroit Pistons with Grant Hill for the next two years.

Memphis/Vancouver Grizzlies

Before the start of the 1997-98 season, the Pistons dealt Thorpe to the Vancouver Grizzlies for a future first-round draft pick. This deal came back to haunt the franchise during the 2003 NBA Draft Lottery when they would have received the second pick and had their choice of Carmelo Anthony, Chris Bosh, or Dwyane Wade, but they were forced to hand the pick over to the Pistons because they had yet to honor the trade. (The Pistons used the pick to choose Darko Miličić.)

Thorpe would play 47 games with the Grizzlies before returning to the Kings.

Bouncing Around the League and Career Endings

In the offseason, he was traded (along with Mitch Richmond) to the Washington Wizards for Chris Webber. He would finish his last two seasons with the Miami Heat and Charlotte Hornets. When Thorpe finished his last game in 2001, he was the last remaining member of the Kansas City Kings to retire.

Thorpe holds career averages of 14.0 points and 8.2 rebounds per game. He retired from the Charlotte Hornets in 2001, finishing his career with over 17,000 points and 10,000 rebounds in the NBA.

Personal life

Thorpe is married to Donella Thorpe and lives in the Austin TX area. The couple have two children. One is Daniel Thorpe who also plays basketball at Lake Travis High School.

NBA career statistics

† NBA championship Led the league

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

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1984-85	Kansas City	82	23	23.4	.600	.000	.620	6.8	1.4	.4	.5	12.8
1985-86	Sacramento	75	18	22.3	.587	.000 !-	.661	5.6	1.1	.5	.5	9.9
1986-87	Sacramento	82	82	36.0	.540	.000	.761	10.0	2.5	.6	.7	18.9
1987-88	Sacramento	82	82	37.5	.507	.000	.755	10.2	3.2	.8	.7	20.8
1988-89	Houston	82	82	38.2	.542	.000	.729	9.6	2.5	1.0	.5	16.7
1989-90	Houston	82	82	35.9	.548	.000	.688	9.0	3.2	.8	.3	17.1
1990-91	Houston	82	82	37.1	.556	.429	.696	10.3	2.4	.9	.2	17.5
1991-92	Houston	82	82	37.3	.592	.000	.657	10.5	3.0	.6	.5	17.3
1992-93	Houston	72	69	32.7	.558	.000	.598	8.2	2.5	.6	.3	12.8
1993-94†	Houston	82	82	35.5	.561	.000	.657	10.6	2.3	.8	.3	14.0
1994-95	Houston	36	35	33.0	.563	.000	.528	8.9	1.6	.6	.4	13.3
1994-95	Portland	34	0	26.7	.568	.000	.649	6.9	1.6	.6	.4	13.5
1995-96	Detroit	82	82	34.6	.530	.000	.710	8.4	1.9	.6	.5	14.2
1996-97	Detroit	79	79	33.7	.532	.000	.653	7.9	1.7	.7	.2	13.1
1997-98	Vancouver	47	46	33.5	.477	.000	.694	7.9	3.4	.6	.5	11.2
1997-98	Sacramento	27	20	23.1	.459	.000	.657	6.1	2.3	.7	.3	8.3
1998-99	Washington	49	38	31.4	.545	.000	.698	6.8	2.1	.9	.4	11.3
1999-2000	Miami	51	1	15.2	.514	.000	.604	3.3	.6	.5	.2	5.5
2000-01	Charlotte	49	4	13.2	.450	.000 !-	.833	3.0	.6	.2	.1	2.8
All-Star		1	0	4.0	1.000	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.0
Career		1,257	989	31.7	.546	.047	.687	8.2	2.2	.7	.4	14.0

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1986	Sacramento	3	0	11.7	.231	-	.462	4.0	.0	.0	.3	4.0
1989	Houston	4	4	38.0	.649	-	.762	5.0	3.0	1.3	.3	16.0
1990	Houston	4	4	41.0	.600	-	.684	8.3	1.8	1.3	.0	20.0
1991	Houston	3	3	38.7	.579	-	.500	8.3	2.7	.7	.0	15.7
1993	Houston	12	12	34.9	.635	-	.651	8.6	2.6	.5	.1	14.5
1994†	Houston	23	23	37.1	.572	.500	.567	9.9	2.3	.6	.4	11.3
1995	Portland	3	0	22.0	.571	-	.700	4.3	.7	.0	.0	10.3
1996	Detroit	3	3	33.7	.542	-	.750	11.7	2.3	.0	.0	11.7
1997	Detroit	5	5	30.4	.512	-	.778	6.4	.8	.4	.0	9.8
2000	Miami	10	0	13.6	.481	.000	.500	2.9	.3	.0	.2	3.3
2001	Charlotte	8	0	7.1	.222	-	-	2.1	.0	.0	.0	.5
Career		78	54	28.9	.569	.333	.631	7.0	1.6	.4	.2	10.1

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