Thurl Bailey
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Personal information | |
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Born | Washington, D.C., U.S. | April 7, 1961
Listed height | 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) |
Listed weight | 247 lb (112 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Bladensburg (Bladensburg, Maryland) |
College | NC State (1979–1983) |
NBA draft | 1983: 1st round, 7th overall pick |
Selected by the Utah Jazz | |
Playing career | 1983–1999 |
Position | Power forward / center |
Number | 41 |
Career history | |
1983–1991 | Utah Jazz |
1991–1994 | Minnesota Timberwolves |
1994–1995 | Panionios |
1995–1997 | Polti Cantù |
1997–1998 | Olimpia Stefanel Milano |
1999 | Utah Jazz |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Career NBA statistics | |
Points | 11,834 (12.8 ppg) |
Rebounds | 4,718 (5.1 rpg) |
Blocks | 1,086 (1.2 bpg) |
Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Thurl Lee Bailey (born April 7, 1961) is an American former professional
Basketball career
Bailey attended
Bailey was a starter with the Jazz for most of his first two seasons, but with the drafting of Karl Malone, Jazz coach Frank Layden made Bailey one of the first options off the bench. As a result, Bailey had his two finest NBA seasons in 1987–88 (19.6 ppg, played in all 82 games and started 10 times) and 1988–89 (19.5 ppg, 82 games, 3 starts). Both seasons saw him finish second in Sixth Man of the Year voting. During Bailey’s Utah tenure, he played in 665 games, missing only 4 games he was eligible to play in.[2]
On November 25, 1991, he was traded by the Jazz along with a 1992 second-round draft pick to the Minnesota Timberwolves for
Career after the NBA
Bailey is a
Bailey is chairman of Big T Productions, Fertile Earth (which has a patent pending on a fertilizer that works through irrigation sprinkler systems), and FourLeaf Films.[5]
He works with various charities, including
Coaching career
Bailey continues to coach in the Salt Lake City area using the private coaching service, CoachUp.[6]
Politics
Bailey gave the opening prayer at the 2008 Republican National Convention.[7][8]
Personal life
Bailey was born in Washington, D.C., and grew up in a high-crime neighborhood of Capitol Heights, Maryland bordering D.C.[5]
Bailey is the father of six children. He has a daughter, Chonell, with his high school sweetheart and two sons, Thurl, Jr., and TeVaun from his first marriage. Bailey and his wife, Sindi (
Religion
Bailey was raised
Career statistics
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 |
* | Led the league |
NBA
Source[10]
Regular season
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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1983–84 | Utah | 81 | 54 | 24.8 | .512 | – | .752 | 5.7 | 1.6 | .5 | 1.5 | 8.5 |
1984–85 | Utah | 80 | 68 | 31.0 | .490 | 1.000 | .842 | 6.6 | 1.7 | .6 | 1.2 | 15.2 |
1985–86 | Utah | 82 | 13 | 28.8 | .448 | .000 | .830 | 6.0 | 1.9 | .5 | 1.4 | 14.6 |
1986–87 | Utah | 81 | 2 | 26.6 | .447 | .000 | .805 | 5.3 | 1.3 | .5 | 1.1 | 13.8 |
1987–88 | Utah | 82 | 10 | 34.2 | .492 | .333 | .826 | 6.5 | 1.9 | .6 | 1.5 | 19.6 |
1988–89 | Utah | 82* | 3 | 33.9 | .483 | .400 | .825 | 5.5 | 1.7 | .6 | 1.1 | 19.5 |
1989–90 | Utah | 82* | 33 | 31.5 | .481 | .000 | .779 | 5.0 | 1.7 | .4 | 1.2 | 14.2 |
1990–91 | Utah | 82* | 22 | 30.3 | .458 | .000 | .808 | 5.0 | 1.5 | .6 | 1.1 | 12.4 |
1991–92 | Utah | 13* | 0 | 25.2 | .386 | .000 | .800 | 6.0 | 1.5 | .4 | 1.2 | 9.4 |
Minnesota | 71* | 18 | 25.0 | .448 | .000 | .795 | 5.7 | .8 | .4 | 1.4 | 11.7 | |
1992–93 | Minnesota | 70 | 3 | 18.2 | .455 | – | .838 | 3.1 | .9 | .3 | .7 | 7.5 |
1993–94 | Minnesota | 79 | 3 | 16.4 | .510 | – | .799 | 2.7 | .7 | .3 | .7 | 7.4 |
1998–99 | Utah | 43 | 0 | 12.6 | .446 | .000 | .735 | 2.2 | .6 | .2 | .7 | 4.2 |
Career | 928 | 229 | 26.8 | .473 | .114 | .812 | 5.1 | 1.4 | .5 | 1.2 | 12.8 |
Playoffs
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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1984 | Utah | 11 | 30.9 | .515 | .000 | .810 | 5.5 | .9 | .2 | 1.0 | 10.6 | |
1985 | Utah | 10 | 10 | 37.5 | .408 | – | .818 | 9.2 | 2.7 | .5 | 1.8 | 16.9 |
1986 | Utah | 4 | 4 | 36.8 | .364 | .000 | .727 | 8.0 | 3.3 | .5 | .5 | 16.0 |
1987 | Utah | 5 | 0 | 30.2 | .476 | – | 1.000 | 6.0 | 1.8 | .6 | 1.2 | 15.6 |
1988 | Utah | 11 | 0 | 40.8 | .488 | .000 | .838 | 5.7 | 1.6 | .5 | 2.1 | 23.2 |
1989 | Utah | 3 | 2 | 40.7 | .353 | – | .800 | 8.3 | 1.0 | .3 | 1.3 | 12.0 |
1990 | Utah | 5 | 5 | 38.0 | .489 | – | .792 | 6.4 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 21.0 |
1991 | Utah | 9 | 0 | 25.3 | .359 | – | .880 | 3.6 | 1.0 | .3 | .7 | 7.6 |
1999 | Utah | 11 | 0 | 10.5 | .515 | – | .750 | 1.4 | .2 | .3 | .5 | 3.4 |
Career | 69 | 21 | 30.7 | .449 | .000 | .834 | 5.5 | 1.4 | .4 | 1.2 | 13.5 |
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Note |
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1994 | Thurl: Forward with New Power | Himself | Documentary |
2001 | The Luck of the Irish | Mr. Holloway | Disney Channel Original Movie
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2002 | The Singles Ward
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A Traveler | Movie |
2005 | David and Goliath | Goliath of Gath
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Movie |
2006 | Church Ball | Moses Mahoney | Movie |
2007 | Heber Holiday | Mutumbo | Movie |
2013 | Running with the Pack | Himself | Documentary |
30 for 30 | Himself | Survive and Advance |
References
- ^ "Thurl Bailey Career High 41 Versus Nuggets". Statmuse. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
- ^ "IT'S T FOR TY AS JAZZ DEAL THURL TO MINNESOTA". Deseret News. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
- ^ a b Thurl Bailey NBA.com bio Archived 2009-04-19 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Luis Fernando Llosa (2003-11-03). "Thurl Bailey, Forward". SI Vault. Archived from the original on 2012-07-17. Retrieved 2009-06-01.
- ^ a b c Robinson, Doug (22 February 2003). "Thurl Bailey's wonderful life". Deseret News. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
- ^ www.coachup.com/coaches/thurlb
- ^ a b Playing Field Promotions. "Thurl Bailey Biography". Retrieved 18 August 2016.
- ^ Josh Loftin (2008-09-01). "Thurl Bailey opens GOP convention with prayer". Deseret News. Retrieved 2009-06-01.
- ^ "Former NBA Star Thurl Bailey Shares Incredible Conversion Story". LDS Living. 17 May 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
- Basketball Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
External links
- Official website
- Career statistics and player information from NBA.com and Basketball-Reference.com
- Historical Player Profile at NBA.com
- Thurl Bailey at IMDb
- Thurl Bailey Talks about His Life Purpose, video on YouTube
- Thurl Bailey — Former NBA player — Discussion 59 interview on the Mormon Channel