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per ESPN:
Mychal Thompson was drafted No. 1 overall by the Portland Trail Blazers in 1978. A native of the Bahamas and an All-American at the University of Minnesota, he was selected ahead of Michael Ray Richardson, Larry Bird and Reggie Theus among others.
His career winded from Portland (eight seasons) to San Antonio (49 games) to Los Angeles, where he helped Magic Johnson's Showtime Lakers win back-to-back titles in 1987 and '88. Mychal's former teammate Clyde Drexler remembers him as a complete player: "[He] ran the court like a guard and was the first of the very mobile big men who could defend anyone on the floor," Drexler says.
"Good midrange shooter, great post-up player. He was like an 18-point, 10-rebound guy on a nightly basis. Today he would be a perennial All-Star."
http://espn.go.com/nba/playoffs/2015/story/_/id/12819951/splash-fathers-dell-curry-mychal-thompson
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Mychal Thompson was drafted No. 1 overall by the Portland Trail Blazers in 1978. A native of the Bahamas and an All-American at the University of Minnesota, he was selected ahead of Michael Ray Richardson, Larry Bird and Reggie Theus among others.
His career winded from Portland (eight seasons) to San Antonio (49 games) to Los Angeles, where he helped Magic Johnson's Showtime Lakers win back-to-back titles in 1987 and '88. Mychal's former teammate Clyde Drexler remembers him as a complete player: "[He] ran the court like a guard and was the first of the very mobile big men who could defend anyone on the floor," Drexler says.
"Good midrange shooter, great post-up player. He was like an 18-point, 10-rebound guy on a nightly basis. Today he would be a perennial All-Star."
http://espn.go.com/nba/playoffs/2015/story/_/id/12819951/splash-fathers-dell-curry-mychal-thompson
Go Gophers!!