Darnell Valentine

Darnell Valentine
Personal information
Born (1959-02-03) February 3, 1959
Chicago, Illinois
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight 183 lb (83 kg)
Career information
High school Wichita Heights (Wichita, Kansas)
College Kansas (1977–1981)
NBA draft 1981 / Round: 1 / Pick: 16th overall
Selected by the Portland Trail Blazers
Playing career 1981–1994
Position Point guard
Number 10, 14, 1
Career history
1981–1986 Portland Trail Blazers
1986–1988 Los Angeles Clippers
1988–1991 Cleveland Cavaliers
1991–1992 Marr Rimini
1992–1993 Burghy Modena
1994 Reggio Emilia
Career highlights and awards
Career NBA statistics
Points 5,400 (8.7 ppg)
Rebounds 1,318 (2.1 rpg)
Assists 3,080 (5.0 apg)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Darnell Terrell Valentine (born February 3, 1959) is an American former professional basketball player.

Early life

Valentine was born in Chicago, Illinois and graduated from Wichita Heights High School in Wichita, Kansas, in 1977.

College

He played college basketball at the University of Kansas where he was a three-time Academic All-American and was a member of the 1980 Summer Olympics men's basketball team. The team was unable to compete due to the 1980 Summer Olympics boycott. He did however receive one of 461 Congressional Gold Medals created especially for the spurned athletes.[1]

Professional

Selected by the Portland Trail Blazers in the first round (16th pick overall) of the 1981 NBA Draft, Valentine spent 4½ years with the Trail Blazers. In 300 regular season games with Portland, he averaged 9.8 points, 2.3 rebounds and 5.4 assists a game. Valentine also played for the Los Angeles Clippers and the Cleveland Cavaliers during his 10-year NBA career. He owns career averages of 8.7 points, 2.1 rebounds and 5.0 assists in 620 NBA games. After winding up his NBA career, Valentine played three seasons in the Italian Basketball League.

From 1994 to 2004 Valentine served as a Regional Representative for the National Basketball Players Association. Valentine worked for the Portland Trail Blazers as Director of Player Programs from September 2004[2] to December 2007.[3] He currently works for Precision Castparts Corp.[4][5] in Portland.

References

  1. ↑ Caroccioli, Tom; Caroccioli, Jerry. Boycott: Stolen Dreams of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games. Highland Park, IL: New Chapter Press. pp. 243–253. ISBN 978-0942257403.
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2006-03-06. Retrieved 2005-11-03.
  3. ↑ Eggers, Kerry (3 April 2007). "Valentine still feels the love". Retrieved 7 January 2012.
  4. ↑ Quick, Jason (26 November 2009). "Trail Blazers Top 40: No. 33 Darnell Valentine". Oregonian. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
  5. ↑ Darnell Valentine at LinkedIn.com
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