David Thompson

David Thompson

basketballplayer

BIRTHDAY July 13, 1954
BIRTH SIGN Cancer
BIRTHPLACE Shelby, NC
AGE 71 years old
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ABOUT DAVID THOMPSON

Four-time NBA All-Star who was selected first overall in the 1975 NBA Draft. He played for the Denver Nuggets and Seattle SuperSonics in a career that spanned from 1975 to 1984. He scored 73 points in a single game on April 9, 1978.

He grew up in Shelby, North Carolina with his cousin, future NBA coach Alvin Gentry .

In 1974, he led North Carolina State to its first-ever NCAA championship.

He married Kathy Thompson in 1978.

Michael Jordan said that Thompson was his basketball role model as a young man.