Danny Manning
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| Full name | Daniel Ricardo Manning | |
| birthday | 17th May 1966 | |
| place of birth | Hattiesburg , United States | |
| size | 208 cm | |
| position | Power forward | |
| college | Kansas | |
| NBA draft | 1988 , 1st pick, Los Angeles Clippers | |
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1988–1994 Los Angeles Clippers 1994 Atlanta Hawks 1994–1999 Phoenix Suns 1999–2000 Milwaukee Bucks 2000–2001 Utah Jazz 2001–2002 Dallas Mavericks 2003 Detroit Pistons
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| Clubs as coaches | ||
| 2003–2006 Kansas (Team Manager) 2006–2012 Kansas (AC) 2012–2014 Tulsa Since 2014 Wake Forest
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Daniel Ricardo "Danny" Manning (born May 17, 1966 in Hattiesburg , Mississippi , United States ) is a former American basketball player and current coach who played between 1988 and 2003 in the National Basketball Association . Manning was the first overall pick in the 1988 NBA draft . In 1998 he won the NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award . Since 2014 he has been coaching the basketball team at Wake Forest University .
college
Manning played for the University of Kansas for four years . In 1988 he won the NCAA championship with the Jayhawks . Manning ended his college career as one of the greatest players of all time. So he left his university as the best point collector and rebounder in university history, as well as the most successful point collector of the Big Eight Conference . He was later named Big Eight Player of the Decade for this. Manning also took part in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul and won the bronze medal with the national team.
NBA
In the 1988 NBA Draft , Manning was selected by the Los Angeles Clippers in 1st place. He played for the Clippers for a total of six years. In 1993 and 1994 he was called up to the NBA All-Star Game . During the 1993-1994 season he was traded to the Atlanta Hawks in exchange for Dominique Wilkins . He stayed with the Hawks only until the end of the season and then moved to the Phoenix Suns . With the Suns he took on the role of the sixth man . In 1998 he was honored for his achievements with the NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award for best banker in the league.
In the last few years of his career, Manning played for various teams, but without playing a key role. In 2003 Manning ended his career.
During his 15-year NBA career, Manning posted 14.0 points, 5.2 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game.
Coaching career
After the end of his career, he returned to his former University of Kansas, where he was able to win the NCAA championship again as an assistant coach in 2008 . In 2012 Manning took over the position of trainer at the University of Tulsa . With this he reached the second round of the NCAA tournament in 2014. For this achievement he was voted Coach of the Year in Conference USA . He has been a trainer at Wake Forest University since 2014 .
Web links
- Danny Manning - player profile on NBA.com
- Danny Manning - player profile on basketball-reference.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from October 2, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Wake Forest hires Danny Manning
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| SURNAME | Manning, Danny |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Manning, Daniel Ricardo (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American basketball player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17th May 1966 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hattiesburg , Mississippi, United States |