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Joseph William Kleine (born January 4, 1962) is a retired American professional basketball player who played fifteen seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and for the US national team. He won a gold medal as a member of the United States men's basketball team at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. In 1998, he won the NBA championship as a member of the Chicago Bulls. Kleine is now a restaurant proprietor, owning a number of successful Corky's Ribs & BBQ restaurants.

Joe Kleine
Kleine, circa 1986
Personal information
Born (1962-01-04) January 4, 1962 (age 60)
Colorado Springs, Colorado
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
Listed weight255 lb (116 kg)
Career information
High schoolSlater (Slater, Missouri)
College
  • Notre Dame (1980–1981)
  • Arkansas (1982–1985)
NBA draft1985 / Round: 1 / Pick: 6th overall
Selected by the Sacramento Kings
Playing career1985–2000
PositionCenter
Number35, 53
Coaching career2007–2015
Career history
As player:
1985–1989Sacramento Kings
1989–1993Boston Celtics
1993–1997Phoenix Suns
1997Los Angeles Lakers
1997New Jersey Nets
1997–1998Chicago Bulls
1999Phoenix Suns
1999–2000Portland Trail Blazers
As coach:
2007–2015Little Rock (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
  • NBA champion (1998)
  • First-team All-SWC (1985)
  • Second-team Parade All-American (1980)
Career NBA statistics
Points4,666 (4.8 ppg)
Rebounds3,991 (4.1 rpg)
Stats  at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals
Men’s basketball
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
1984 Los Angeles Team competition
World Championships
1982 Colombia Team competition

College career


Kleine, a seven-foot center, graduated from Slater High School in Slater, Missouri and originally enrolled to play basketball at the University of Notre Dame. After his freshman season, Kleine transferred to the University of Arkansas where he played alongside Darrell Walker and Alvin Robertson, who, like Kleine, would go on to have productive professional careers.

Kleine's first season at Arkansas, he helped the Razorbacks to a 26-4 record, finish second in the Southwest Conference (SWC), and make the second round the NCAA Tournament. His junior season, Kleine helped Arkansas to a record of 25-7, another second place finish in the SWC, and a first round loss in the NCAA Tournament. The biggest victory of the season came on February 12, 1984 at the Convention Center in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, when Kleine helped the Razorbacks upset the #1 ranked North Carolina Tarheels, led by Michael Jordan, thanks to a basket by teammate Charles Balentine at the end of the game. It is considered one of the greatest victory's in Razorback basketball history. Kleine finished that game with 20 points and 10 rebounds. As a senior in the 1984-85 season, Kleine was named 1st Team All-SWC. Arkansas (22-13) finished second in the SWC for the third year in a row, and a second round loss in the NCAA Tournament. During his career at Arkansas, Kleine's most memorable games were against fellow center Hakeem Olajuwon and the University of Houston. Olajuwon was nicknamed "The Dream", while Kleine was known as "The Nightmare".


Professional career


Kleine was selected by the Sacramento Kings with the sixth pick in the 1985 NBA Draft. Kleine went on to have a fifteen-year NBA career, playing with the Kings as well as the Boston Celtics, Phoenix Suns, Los Angeles Lakers, New Jersey Nets, Chicago Bulls, and Portland Trail Blazers. Kleine played on teams with legendary NBA players Michael Jordan, Charles Barkley, Larry Bird, Kevin McHale, Robert Parish, Scottie Pippen, and Dennis Rodman. He won an NBA championship in 1998, as a center, for a Chicago Bulls team that included Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, Dennis Rodman, and Steve Kerr.

His best season was with the Kings in 1985, when he averaged 9.8 PPG. At the time of his retirement from the NBA, he'd scored 4,666 points, had 3,991 total rebounds, and had scored 849 free throws out of 1,069 attempts.


National team career


Kleine played for the US national team in the 1982 FIBA World Championship, winning the silver medal.[1] Along with his college teammate Robertson, he also won a gold medal as a member of the 1984 U.S. Olympic basketball team coached by Bob Knight. Sportswriter Jon Goode would later write that "Joe Kleine was never a star, but what made Kleine great was that he accepted his role and was ready to play every night."[2]


Coaching career


After coaching AAU and high school basketball in Little Rock and serving as an analyst for Arkansas basketball games, Kleine was hired as an assistant coach at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2007.[3]


Movie appearances


Kleine appeared in the 1996 movie Eddie as himself.[4]


Career statistics



NBA


Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high
   Won an NBA championship

Source[5]


Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1985–86 Sacramento 801814.8.465.7234.7.6.3.45.2
1986–87 Sacramento 793121.0.471.000.7866.1.9.4.47.9
1987–88 Sacramento 826024.4.472.8147.11.1.3.79.8
1988–89 Sacramento 471119.4.383.000.9205.1.7.4.46.7
1988–89 Boston 28217.8.457.000.8284.91.1.5.26.1
1989–90 Boston 81416.9.480.000.8304.4.6.2.35.4
1990–91 Boston 72111.8.468.000.7833.4.3.2.23.6
1991–92 Boston 70314.2.491.500.7084.2.5.3.24.7
1992–93 Boston 78314.5.404.000.7074.4.5.2.23.3
1993–94 Phoenix 74411.5.488.455.7692.6.6.2.33.9
1994–95 Phoenix 754212.6.449.000.8573.5.5.2.23.7
1995–96 Phoenix 56911.8.420.286.8002.4.8.2.12.9
1996–97 Phoenix 231015.9.4001.000.7223.5.5.4.33.4
1996–97 L.A. Lakers 803.8.2501.0001.1.0.0.0.8
1996–97 New Jersey 28016.2.427.500.7224.1.8.3.43.0
1997–98† Chicago 4618.6.368.8331.7.7.1.12.0
1998–99 Phoenix 31512.1.405.000.6672.2.4.3.02.2
1999–2000 Portland 704.4.3641.000.9.3.1.01.6
Career 96520415.2.453.271.7944.1.6.3.34.8

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1986 Sacramento 3015.0.385.8334.7.3.3.35.0
1989 Boston 3021.7.545.000.7785.7.7.0.36.3
1990 Boston 5015.8.765.000.8332.8.4.4.66.2
1991 Boston 516.2.4442.2.2.0.01.6
1992 Boston 909.1.409.0001.0002.4.1.0.12.2
1993 Boston 407.3.6001.3.0.0.31.5
1994 Phoenix 8010.1.429.6672.1.4.1.53.5
1995 Phoenix 101016.7.574.5003.1.8.5.36.3
1996 Phoenix 204.0.000.5.0.5.0.0
1999 Phoenix 105.0.5001.0.01.01.02.0
Career 501111.8.515.200.7932.7.4.2.33.8

References


  1. 1982 USA Basketball Archived June 8, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  2. Jon Goode (April 14, 2005). "Better than average Joe". Boston.com. Retrieved February 9, 2020.
  3. "Joe Kleine Bio". Archived from the original on August 9, 2014. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
  4. Kyle Newport (August 13, 2014). "Former NBA Player Joe Kleine Received $0.38 Check for His Role in 'Eddie'". Bleacher Report. Retrieved February 9, 2020.
  5. "Joe Kleine". Basketball Reference. Sports Reference. Retrieved June 14, 2022.



На других языках


[de] Joe Kleine

Joseph William Kleine (* 4. Januar 1962 in Colorado Springs) ist ein ehemaliger US-amerikanischer Basketballspieler.
- [en] Joe Kleine

[es] Joe Kleine

Joseph William "Joe" Kleine (Colorado Springs, Colorado, 4 de enero de 1962) es un exjugador de baloncesto estadounidense que jugó durante 15 temporadas como profesional en la NBA. Con sus 2,13 metros de estatura, jugaba en la posición de pívot.

[fr] Joe Kleine

Joseph William Kleine (né le 4 janvier 1962, à Colorado Springs, Colorado) est un ancien joueur américain de basket-ball de NBA.

[it] Joe Kleine

Joseph William "Joe" Kleine (Colorado Springs, 4 gennaio 1962) è un ex cestista statunitense, professionista nella NBA.

[ru] Клейн, Джо

Джозеф Уильям «Джо» Клейн (англ. Joseph William "Joe" Kleine; родился 4 января 1962 года, Колорадо-Спрингс, штат Колорадо) — американский профессиональный баскетболист и тренер.



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