1st. If you don't know. Mark West- Amare's Playa of the Week.Mark Andre West Born: 11/05/1960Hometown: Petersburg, VA.High School: Petersburg High SchoolCollege: Old Dominion UniversityNumber: 45Position: Center/FowardHeight: 6'10" Weight: 230 lbs.Pro Experience: 17 NBA SeasonsIn CollegePlayed basketball at Old Dominion University in Virginia, Scout Report- As a Professional StatsIn the PlayoffsPlayed a big part in the suns success during the playoffs for many years.Appeared in the 1993 NBA Finals, with the Phoenix Suns, against the Chicago BullsHas averaged 5.7 ppg and 4.8 rpg and shot .574 from the field in 86 career NBA Playoff gamesPersonalMark and his wife Elaina have one son, MarcusServed an internship on Wall Street during the summer of 1997Nickname is "Hammer" because of his physical playCareer Highs Points 27 vs. Washington 11/01/86 Total Rebounds 24 vs. Milwaukee 12/08/89 Blocks 9 @ San Antonio 3/01/88 *Had his consecutive games-played streak of 521 snapped on 12/16/94 after he tore ligaments in his left knee*Led the Suns in field-goal percentage each season from 1988-89 to 1991-92 and in rebounds in 1989-90 and 1990-91*Led the NBA in 1989-90 in field-goal percentage (.625) and established career-bests with 10.5 ppg and 8.9 rpgWest was very envolved in the Player Association where he served as a "player Rep" and Union Vice President. West's jersey number 45 was retired in 1984 and the Petersburg, VA. native ws inducted into the ODU Sports Hall of Fame in 1988. He was inducted into the Hampton Roads African American Sports Hall of Fame in October of 2004. He was inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame on April 22nd, 2006. He is currently the Assistant General Manager of the Phoenix Suns. / West is currently employed by the Suns as Vice President of Player Programs.My Thoughts On Mark WestA lot of this info above I have no idea about because I never really saw Mark West play but I did this player of the week thing on him because I had just watched a couple games of the 93 NBA Finals and that I can not really write that much this because im busy with homework! Now from watching Mark West in those couple of games he seemed like a pretty good post player and post defender and also he took the right shots on offense and was a defenint help to the team. He seemed like one of the players who goes out there and just plays the game of basketball.He may be forgotten or not.. but if anyone remembers him playing or anything that's good if not then here's the player of the week, thoughts.
Nice research,his career fg percentage of 58% is startling though, god job Amare. He wasnt that big though, He ways about as much as D-Wade and Lebron if I remember correctly. Im guessing he was relaly athletic. You should do more of these, I love learning old school NBA, it helps contrast with today's.
If anyone cares, they have Game 4 of the 1993 Finals on tv-links.co.uk if you would like to watch some of those players.
