height_ft statvalue nationality birth_date career_start years draft_year team draft_pick number college stats_league name statlabel high_school weight_lb birth_place draft_team career_end position draft_round letter height_in bbr article_title
6 1,717 2,607 345 american 05 august 1961 1983 1983 1990 1990 -- 1994 1995 1995 1995 1995 -- 1996 -- 1988 1988 -- 1989 1989 1989 -- 1983 boston orlando magic new york knicks indiana pacers rapid city thrillers celtics -lrb- cba -rrb- fort wayne fury -lrb- cba -rrb- los angeles clippers charlotte hornets sacramento kings 21 50 , 32 , 34 , 40 , 54 byu -lrb- 1979 -- 1983 -rrb- nba greg kite points rebounds assists madison -lrb- houston , texas -rrb- 250 houston , texas boston celtics 1996 center 1 k 11 kitegr01 greg kite

greg kite

gregory fuller `` greg '' kite -lrb- born august 5 , 1961 -rrb- is a retired american professional basketball player .
a 6 ' 11 '' center from brigham young university , kite averaged 6.4 points and 7.6 rebounds per game over his four-year college career .
he was selected 21st overall by the boston celtics in the 1983 nba draft .
as a celtic , he won two championship rings in 1984 and 1986 before being waived by the team in early 1988 .
kite then played for the los angeles clippers and five other nba teams , including 12 games with the charlotte hornets in that team 's inaugural season of 1988-89 .
when he played for the orlando magic , he publicly criticized the team for not giving him a fair contract offer after they won the 1992 nba draft lottery and selected and signed shaquille o'neal ; the magic responded by cutting their offer to the veterans ' minimum -lrb- which kite accepted because no other nba teams wanted to sign him -rrb- and playing him as little as possible for the next two seasons while publicly stating what a huge upgrade o'neal was for the team .
his nba career came to an end in 1995 being released by the indiana pacers .
kite finished the season playing with the rapid city thrillers of the cba .
currently residing in central florida , kite is commissioner of the florida basketball association , while earning a living as a financial advisor .
