Joe Kleine
Center, Basketball Player
1962 –
Who is Joe Kleine?
Joseph William Kleine is a retired American professional basketball player who played in the NBA.
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 Alvin Robertson, who like Kleine would go on to a productive 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. He won an NBA championship ring in 1998 as a reserve center for the Bulls. 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.
Kleine played for the US national team in the 1982 FIBA World Championship, winning the silver medal.
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- Born
- Jan 4, 1962
Colorado Springs - Also known as
- Joseph William Kleine
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- University of Notre Dame
- University of Arkansas
- Lived in
- Colorado Springs
- Little Rock
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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