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Ricky  Pierce

Better known as  *THE DEUCES*

College:

Rice University Graduate

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Residence:

Houston, Texas

Birthplace:

Garland, Texas

NBA Career Highs

Highest score in a game

Rebounds

12
45 PTS
16

Free Throws made in a single game

6th man of the year award 

2 X

Consecutive Free Throws Made in a season

75
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1991 NBA All-Star

The Deets

Ricky was one of the NBA’S premier Sixth men. The 6’5 swingman enjoyed a long and successful career as a deadly scorer off the bench while playing 16 seasons, and 12 playoffs. He played with the Milwaukee Bucks 2X, the Seattle Supersonics and nine teams total.

 

He was named the NBA’s Sixth Man of the Year in 1987 by averaging 19.5 points in his third season with the Bucks.

He earned the same award three seasons later (1990), averaging 23.0 points without starting a single game, which was an NBA record.

 

In the week preceding the 1991 trade deadline, the Bucks traded Pierce to the Seattle SuperSonics for Dale Ellis. Pierce became a regular starter in 1991–92, his first full season with the Sonics.

He made 75 consecutive free throws through several games in November–December 1991, the second-longest such streak at that time.

 

In 1993, Pierce and teammates,  Eddie Johnson, Gary Payton, and Shawn Kemp led the Sonics to Game 7 of the Western Conference Finals but lost to the Phoenix Suns.

 

He retired after the 1997–98 season after his return to the Bucks.

Ricky Pierce returned to Rice University and received his B.A. in Kinesiology. 

He was honored to be inducted into the Southwest Conference Hall of Fame in 2015.

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