Tom LaGarde
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| Born |
February 10, 1955 Detroit, Michigan | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 220 lb (100 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| High school |
Detroit Catholic Central (Novi, Michigan) | ||||||||||||||||||
| College | North Carolina (1973–1977) | ||||||||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 1977 / Round: 1 / Pick: 9th overall | ||||||||||||||||||
| Selected by the Denver Nuggets | |||||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1977–1984 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Center / Power forward | ||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 45, 23, 25, 34 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 1977–1978 | Denver Nuggets | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1978–1980 | Seattle SuperSonics | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1980–1982 | Dallas Mavericks | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1982-1984 | Ginnastica Goriziana | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1984 | New Jersey Nets | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Points | 2,376 (7.6 ppg) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rebounds | 1,593 (5.1 rpg) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Assists | 456 (1.5 apg) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |||||||||||||||||||
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Thomas Joseph "Tom" LaGarde (born February 10, 1955) is a retired American basketball player who played in the NBA from 1977 to 1985. After playing collegiately at the University of North Carolina, LaGarde was selected 9th overall in the first round of the 1977 NBA Draft by the Denver Nuggets.
At 6'10" and 220 lb, LaGarde played forward and center in the NBA. After spending his rookie season with the Nuggets, LaGarde spent the following two seasons with the Seattle SuperSonics.
In 1980, he was selected by the expansion Dallas Mavericks that offseason in the expansion draft. LaGarde was the only team member who played all 82 games for the Mavericks in their inaugural 1980-81 season,[1] finishing second on the team in points to Jim Spanarkel and leading the team in rebounds and block shots.
LaGarde saw his playing time diminish the following season, averaging just 19 minutes per game in 47 games for the Mavericks. LaGarde appeared in only one game that season before suffering a season-ending calf injury.
In 2008 he created a video parody of McCain-Palin called the Original Mavericks for Truth.
Tom and his wife, Heather, live in Saxapahaw, North Carolina, with their two children. Together, they redeveloped an old mill, which is now a 700-person music venue, called the Haw River Ballroom.
Notes
- ↑ Ex-Mavs center Ralph Drollinger is now living by the book, dallasnews.com, posted August 8, 2005