Brad Daugherty
Center, Cleveland CavaliersCollege: North Carolina
Height: 7'0" Weight: 263
Age: 27 Years in league: 7th
All-Star Game appearances: 5th
'92-93 regular season averages:
Pts. Reb. Ast. Blk. Stl.
20.6 9.6 4.2 0.7 0.8
Gameplan: Unquestionably the league's best passer from the center position. Daugherty is also dangerous on the low blocks where he often puts up the jump hook. Is among NBA leaders at field goal percentage.
Career notes: Selected by Cleveland Cavaliers in first round (first pick overall) of 1986 NBA Draft. Named to NBA All-Rookie Team (1987), All-NBA third team (1992).
Quotebook: "He had the reputation of being soft, but he's proved the experts wrong. He might not be physically in the same class as Ewing, but he can do all the things you need to win." - NBA scout.
Joe Dumars
Guard, Detroit Pistons
College: McNeese State
Height: 6'3" Weight: 195
Age: 29 Years in league: 8th
All-Star Game appearances: 4th
'92-93 regular season averages:
Pts. Reb. Ast. Blk. Stl.
23.3 1.8 4.1 0.0 1.0
Gameplan: Dumars is one of those rare players who can wreak havoc on both ends of the court. A punishing defensive stopper, he can shut down both point guards and shooting guards. But he's far from one-dimensional - Dumars is scoring at the fastest clip of his career.
Career notes: Selected by Detroit Pistons in first round (18th pick overall) of 1985 NBA Draft. Named to All-NBA third team (1990, 1991), NBA All-Defensive first team (1989, 1990, 1992), NBA All-Defensive second team (1991), NBA All-Rookie team (1986). Voted NBA Finals Most Valuable Player (1989). Member of NBA championship teams (1989, 1990).
Quotebook: "What I like is that he's a fantastic defender. He might be the best there is in terms of guarding either backcourt spot." - NBA scout.
Patrick Ewing
Center, New York Knicks
College: Georgetown
Height: 7'0" Weight: 240
Age: 30 Years in league: 8th
All-Star Game appearances: 7th
'92-93 regular season averages:
Pts. Reb. Ast. Blk. Stl.
22.7 12.4 1.9 1.9 1.1
Gameplan: Ewing was originally pegged to be a Bill-Russell type, defensive dominator in the pros. So what did he become? One of the league's premier offensive threats. The former Hoya has all kinds of moves around the basket, but prefers the turnaround jumpshot from 15 feet on in.
Career notes: Selected by New York Knicks in first round (first pick overall) of 1985 NBA Draft. Named NBA Rookie of the Year (1986). Named to All-NBA first team (1990), All-NBA second team (1988, 1989, 1991, 1992), NBA All-Defensive second team (1988, 1989, 1992), NBA All-Rookie team (1985). Member of gold-medal winning U.S. Olympic basketball teams (1984, 1992).
Quotebook: "When you have a guy like him, you always have a chance to win." - Philadelphia 76ers' Hersey Hawkins.
Larry Nance
Forward, Cleveland Cavaliers
College: Clemson
Height: 6'10" Weight: 235
Age: 34 Years in league: 12th
All-Star Game appearances: 3rd
'92-93 regular season averages:
Pts. Reb. Ast. Blk. Stl.
17.6 9.0 3.0 2.7 0.7
Gameplan: It would be hard to find a steadier performer over the last decade than Larry Nance. Though he may have lost half a step from his Slam-Dunk-contest-winning days, Nance can still get up in the air when he needs to, as evidenced by his 2.7 block-per-game average.
Career notes: Selected by Phoenix Suns in first round (20th pick overall) of 1981 NBA Draft. Traded by Suns with Mike Sanders and first-round draft choice to Cleveland Cavaliers for Tyrone Corbin, Kevin Johnson and Mark West (Feb. 25, 1988). Named to NBA All-Defensive first team (1989), NBA All-Defensive second team (1992).
Quotebook: "Larry can shoot from the outside, post up inside, block shots and run the floor. He's very versatile." - NBA scout.
Mark Price
Guard, Cleveland Cavaliers
College: Georgia Tech
Height: 6'0" Weight: 178
Age: 29 Years in league: 7th
All-Star Game appearances: 3rd
'92-93 regular season averages:
Pts. Reb. Ast. Blk. Stl.
19.6 2.7 7.6 0.1 1.4
Gameplan: Another of the NBA's premier long-distance gunners. Far from one-dimensional, though. Price can burn past his man on the dribble and zip all the way in for the layup (right or left handed) or pull up and nail the ten-footer. One of the league's best free throw shooters ever, leads all current players with a .904 career completion rate.
Career notes: Selected by Dallas Mavericks in second round (25th pick overall) of 1986 NBA Draft. Draft rights traded by Mavericks to Cleveland Cavaliers for 1989 second-round draft choice and cash (June 17, 1986). Named to All-NBA third team (1989, 1992).
Quotebook: "You have to give him constant attention once he crosses half court. He's such a threat with that quick shot." - NBA scout.
Detlef Schrempf
Forward, Indiana Pacers
College: Washington
Height: 6'10" Weight: 230
Age: 30 Years in league: 8th
All-Star Game appearances: 1st
'92-93 regular season averages:
Pts. Reb. Ast. Blk. Stl.
19.7 9.6 5.9 0.4 0.9
Gameplan: Is there anything Detlef Schrempf cannot do? If there is, opponents haven't found it yet. The versatile German can play any of the five positions, but is probably most comfortable at the forward slot. Schrempf can dribble, pass, shoot, rebound, you name it. He's the first European player to be selected to the NBA All-Star team.
Career notes: Selected by Dallas Mavericks in first round (eighth pick overall) of 1985 NBA Draft. Traded by Mavericks with second-round draft choice to Indiana Pacers for Herb Williams (Feb. 21, 1989). Won NBA Sixth Man Award (1991, 1992). Member of West German Olympic basketball team (1984). Member of German Olympic basketball team (1992).
Quotebook: "I feel very honored, also a little surprised, because I thought the way we have been playing as a team lately was hurting everybody's chances to make the All-Star team." - Schrempf on being selected to his first NBA All-Star team.
Dominique Wilkins
Forward, Atlanta Hawks
College: Georgia
Height: 6'8" Weight: 215
Age: 33 Years in league: 11th
All-Star Game appearances: 7th
'92-93 regular season averages:
Pts. Reb. Ast. Blk. Stl.
28.3 6.9 3.2 0.5 1.3
Gameplan: Flat out, 'Nique knows how to put the ball in the hole. After a decade in the league and a major injury (ruptured Achilles tendon), "The Human Highlight Film" is seemingly as good as ever. With his great quickness, jumping ability and strength, Dominique dominates with bank shots from all angles and put-back dunks.
Career notes: Selected as undergraduate by Utah Jazz in first round (third pick pverall) of 1982 NBA Draft. Draft rights traded by Jazz to Atlanta Hawks for John Drew, Freeman Williams and cash (Sept. 2, 1982). Named to All-NBA first team (1986), All-NBA secnd team (1987, 1988, 1991), All-NBA third team (1989), NBA All-Rookie team (1983).
Quotebook: "He has that reputation as a scorer, but he's as far as you can get from being a selfish player. The focal point of his game is to score and that's his main way of contributing, but he's a team player. The way he's worked hard twice to come back from injury proves that." - Atlanta general manager Pete Babcock.