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Alonzo Mourning
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American basketball player
Key facts
- Title
- Vice president of player programs and development
- League
- NBA
- Born
- ( 1970-02-08 ) February 8, 1970 (age 56) , Chesapeake, Virginia , U.S.
- Listed height
- 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
- Listed weight
- 261 lb (118 kg)
- High school
- Indian River , (Chesapeake, Virginia)
- College
- Georgetown (1988–1992)
- Nba draft
- 1992 : 1st round, 2nd overall pick
- Drafted by
- Charlotte Hornets
- Playing career
- 1992–2008
- Position
- Center
- 1992 1995
- Charlotte Hornets
- 1995 2003
- Miami Heat
- 2003 2004
- New Jersey Nets
- 2005 2008
- Miami Heat
- Points
- 14,311 (17.1 ppg)
- Rebounds
- 7,137 (8.5 rpg)
- Blocks
- 2,356 (2.8 bpg)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Chesapeake
- Occupation
- basketball player
- Native language
- English language
- Award
- FIBA Hall of Fame
- Participant in
- 1994 FIBA World Championship
- Sport
- basketball
- Position played
- center
- Country for sport
- United States
- Mass
- 109
- Image
- Alonzo Mourning.jpg
- Height
- 208
- Residence
- Chesapeake
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- Commons category
- Alonzo Mourning
- date of birth
- 1970-02-08
- drafted by
- Charlotte Hornets
- end of work period
- 2008-00-00
- start of work period
- 1992-00-00
- nickname
- Zo
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Encyclopedic overview
Alonzo Harding Mourning Jr. (born February 8, 1970) is an American former professional basketball player who has served as vice president of player programs and development for the Miami Heat since June 2009. Mourning played most of his 15-year National Basketball Association (NBA) career for the Heat.
Nicknamed "Zo", Mourning played the center position. Following his college basketball career at Georgetown University, his tenacity on defense twice earned him the NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award and twice placed him on the NBA All-Defensive Team. Mourning made a comeback after undergoing a kidney transplant and later won the 2006 NBA championship with the Heat. Mourning also played for the Charlotte Hornets and New Jersey Nets. On March 30, 2009, Mourning became the first Miami Heat player to have his number retired. In 2010, Mourning was inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame. In August 2014, Mourning was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, and in August 2019 he was inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame.
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