- Tom LaGarde
Thomas (Tom) Joseph LaGarde (born
February 10 ,1955 inDetroit, Michigan ) is a retired Americanbasketball player who played in theNBA from 1977 to 1985. After playing collegiately at the University of North Carolina, LaGarde was selected 9th overall in the first round of the1977 NBA Draft by theDenver Nuggets .At 6'10" and 220 lb, LaGarde played forward and center in the NBA. After spending his rookie season with the Nuggets, LaGarde spent the following two seasons with the
Seattle SuperSonics .In 1980, he was selected by the expansion
Dallas Mavericks that offseason in theexpansion draft . LaGarde was the only team member who played all 82 games for the Mavericks in their inaugural 1980-81 season, [ [http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/misc/where/stories/080805dnspowherenow.7fa8768.html Ex-Mavs center Ralph Drollinger is now living by the book] , "dallasnews.com", posted August 8, 2005] finishing second on the team in points toJim Spanarkel and leading the team in rebounds and block shots.LaGarde saw his playing time diminish the following season, averaging just 19 minutes per game in 47 games for the Mavericks. LaGarde then left the NBA to play in Italy for a season, before returning to the NBA for the 1984-85 season with the
New Jersey Nets . LaGarde appeared in only one game that season before suffering a season-ending calf injury.In 2008 he created a video parody of
McCain-Palin called the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grP9Msfk5Oo Original Mavericks for Truth] .Notes
External links
* [http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/l/lagarto01.html Career statistics]
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