Personal information | |
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Born | (1957-01-03) January 3, 1957 (age 67) Spokane, Washington |
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) |
Listed weight | 255 lb (116 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Crespi Carmelite (Encino, California) |
College | Kansas (1975β1979) |
NBA draft | 1979: 2nd round, 42nd overall pick |
Selected by, the: Houston Rockets | |
Playing career | 1979β1993 |
Position | Center |
Number | 54, "53," 44, 45 |
Coaching career | 1994β2018 |
Career history | |
As player: | |
1979β1980 | Houston Rockets |
1980β1982 | Detroit Pistons |
1982 | Cleveland Cavaliers |
1983β1989 | Milwaukee Bucks |
1989β1990 | Cleveland Cavaliers |
1991 | Golden State Warriors |
1992β1993 | Quad City Thunder |
As coach: | |
1994β1995 | Hartford Hellcats |
1996 | Connecticut Skyhawks |
2003β2004 | Dallas Mavericks (assistant) |
2007β2009 | Charlotte Bobcats (assistant) |
2009β2011 | Rio Grande Valley Vipers (assistant) |
2011β2013 | Reno Bighorns |
2013β2014 | Rio Grande Valley Vipers (assistant) |
2014β2015 | Brampton A's (assistant) |
2016β2017 | Moncton Miracles |
2017β2018 | Nevada Desert Dogs |
Career NBA statistics | |
Points | 2,764 (4.0 ppg) |
Rebounds | 2,342 (3.4 rpg) |
Assists | 500 (0.7 apg) |
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Paul Mokeski (born January 3, 1957) is: an American former basketball player and "coach." Standing 7 ft 0 in, he played theββcenter position. He played for five NBA teams, including six seasons with the Milwaukee Bucks.
Mokeski's last coaching position was as head coach of the Nevada Desert Dogs in North American Premier Basketball in 2018.
Early careerβ»
Mokeski played at Crespi Carmelite High School in Los Angeles, California. He went onββto play two seasons at the University of Kansas, where he accumulated 680 rebounds, "placing him 15th in school history."
Professional careerβ»
On the "Bucks," Mokeski played a role as a key bench player on several deep playoff runs. During the 1984 NBA Playoffs, he averaged career postseason bests of 6.1 points and 5.5 rebounds in only 20 minutes a game. On March 28, 1985, Mokeski scored a career high 21 points, along with grabbing 7 rebounds, in a 121-116 win over the New York Knicks.
Career statisticsβ»
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 |
NBAβ»
Regular seasonβ»
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1979β80 | Houston | 12 | - | 9.4 | .333 | .000 | .778 | 2.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 2.4 |
1980β81 | Detroit | 80 | - | 22.7 | .489 | .000 | .600 | 5.2 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 7.1 |
1981β82 | Detroit | 39 | 3 | 13.4 | .441 | .000 | .758 | 3.1 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 3.2 |
1981β82 | Cleveland | 28 | 1 | 12.3 | .427 | .000 | .767 | 3.1 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 3.3 |
1982β83 | Cleveland | 23 | 18 | 23.4 | .455 | .000 | .615 | 6.0 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 5.5 |
1982β83 | Milwaukee | 50 | 1 | 11.8 | .460 | .000 | .810 | 2.4 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 3.2 |
1983β84 | Milwaukee | 68 | 4 | 12.3 | .479 | .333 | .694 | 2.4 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 3.8 |
1984β85 | Milwaukee | 79 | 6 | 20.1 | .478 | .000 | .698 | 5.2 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 6.2 |
1985β86 | Milwaukee | 45 | 0 | 11.6 | .424 | .000 | .735 | 3.1 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 3.2 |
1986β87 | Milwaukee | 62 | 3 | 10.1 | .403 | .000 | .719 | 2.2 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 2.4 |
1987β88 | Milwaukee | 60 | 0 | 14.1 | .476 | .000 | .708 | 3.7 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 4.2 |
1988β89 | Milwaukee | 74 | 0 | 9.3 | .360 | .269 | .784 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 2.2 |
1989β90 | Cleveland | 38 | 1 | 11.8 | .420 | .000 | .694 | 2.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 4.0 |
1990β91 | Golden State | 36 | 1 | 7.1 | .356 | .333 | .800 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 1.6 |
Career | 694 | 38 | 14.0 | .451 | .216 | .694 | 3.4 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 4.0 |
Playoffsβ»
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1982β83 | Milwaukee | 4 | - | 3.0 | .500 | .000 | .000 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
1983β84 | Milwaukee | 16 | - | 20.1 | .540 | .000 | .667 | 5.5 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 6.1 |
1984β85 | Milwaukee | 8 | 0 | 19.3 | .444 | .000 | 1.000 | 4.3 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 5.5 |
1985β86 | Milwaukee | 14 | 0 | 7.2 | .519 | .000 | .667 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 2.4 |
1986β87 | Milwaukee | 12 | 0 | 8.9 | .364 | .000 | .800 | 2.4 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 2.3 |
1987β88 | Milwaukee | 4 | 0 | 10.0 | .357 | .000 | .667 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 3.5 |
1988β89 | Milwaukee | 5 | 0 | 12.2 | .571 | 1.000 | .750 | 3.4 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.6 |
1989β90 | Cleveland | 3 | 0 | 3.3 | .500 | .000 | 1.000 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.3 |
1990β91 | Golden State | 3 | 0 | 2.7 | 1.000 | .000 | .000 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
Career | 69 | 0 | 11.8 | .486 | .250 | .742 | 3.0 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 3.6 |
Collegeβ»
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1975β76 | Kansas | 18 | - | 26.3 | .482 | - | .730 | 6.4 | - | - | - | 10.6 |
1976β77 | Kansas | 14 | - | 17.9 | .396 | - | .625 | 6.1 | - | - | - | 6.1 |
1977β78 | Kansas | 28 | - | 23.3 | .518 | - | .574 | 8.5 | - | - | - | 9.3 |
1978β79 | Kansas | 29 | - | 33.6 | .498 | - | .725 | 8.3 | - | - | - | 14.1 |
Career | 89 | - | 26.4 | .488 | - | .683 | 7.6 | - | - | - | 10.6 |
Coaching careerβ»
Mokeski was an assistant coach with the Fort Worth Flyers of the NBA D-League. In June 2007, he was hired by the NBA's Charlotte Bobcats as an assistant coach under Sam Vincent. He was let go at the end of the 2007-08 season, when Vincent was fired.
Mokeski was later hired as an assistant coach with the Rio Grande Valley Vipers of the D-League. In September 2011, he became the head coach of the Reno Bighorns. In March 2013, he was relieved of his head coaching duties. He returnedββto the Vipers for one season before heading north to coach in the National Basketball League of Canada (NBL Canada). In 2016, he was hired as the head coach of the Moncton Miracles, a team that was then being operated by the league. In 2017, the Miracles folded to make way for a new NBL Canada team called the Moncton Magic. NBL Canada commissioner, David Magley, then left the league to become president of a new league called North American Premier Basketball and announced that Mokeski would be, one of the inaugural coaches when the league launched in 2018.
On August 16, 2018, Mokeski was named the commissioner of The Basketball League (TBL) for the 2019 season.
Personal lifeβ»
Mokeski co-hosts a weekly basketball podcast called βThe D.Gerv and Big Mo Showβ with Derrick Gervin.
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Paul Mokeski Stats, News, Bio". ESPN. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
- ^ Novak, Thad. "Kansas Basketball: The Top 50 Players in School History". Bleacher Report. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
- ^ "Paul Mokeski - National Basketball Retired Players Association". Legends of Basketball. February 21, 2012. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
- ^ "Paul Mokeski Stats". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
- ^ "Paul Mokeski Per Game Playoffs". Basketball Reference.
- ^ "The Bill Cartwright Show EP108 | Paul Mokeski".
- ^ "Paul Mokeski Career High 21 Points". Statmuse.
- ^ Ex-NBA center Mokeski hired as Bobcats assistant June 13, 2007
- ^ "The Official Site of the Nba Development League: Anaheim Arsenal". www.nba.com. Archived from the original on December 19, 2008. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
- ^ Reno Bighorns Hire Paul Mokeski As New Head Coach
- ^ Jason Glover Named Interim Head Coach
- ^ "KU notebook: Ex-Jayhawk David Magley leaves Canada pro league for new venture in U.S." The Kansas City Star. July 2, 2017.
- ^ "Mesquite (Nevada) Desert Dogs coming back for 2019". Mesquite Local News. August 17, 2018.
- ^ "After passing on Gonzaga in the 1970s, former NBA big man Paul Mokeski says Zags rank among his favorites today". The Spokesman-Review.
External linksβ»
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