Eldridge David Recasner was born on December 14,1967 and is an American former professional basketball player.
26 Facts About Eldridge Recasner
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Eldridge Recasner subsequently played for several National Basketball Association teams including the Denver Nuggets, Houston Rockets, Atlanta Hawks, Charlotte Hornets and Los Angeles Clippers.
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Eldridge Recasner played in the NBA for seven more seasons.
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Eldridge Recasner later became an assistant coach for the Sioux Falls Skyforce.
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Eldridge Recasner's first organized game was in junior high school.
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Eldridge Recasner attended Alfred Lawless High School in New Orleans and was a high school teammate with Robert Pack.
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Eldridge Recasner was a better professional prospect than Pack and outscored Gary Payton five of nine times when the two point guards opposed each other in college.
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In junior high, Eldridge Recasner wore jersey number 32 before switching to number 14 in high school in honor of his birthday, December 14,1967.
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Eldridge Recasner attended University of Washington where he played for the Huskies.
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Eldridge Recasner was a member of the 1990 class at Washington, and he was a three-time All-Pac-10 guard who was selected to the Washington Huskies all-20th-century team.
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Eldridge Recasner was the first three-time captain of the Huskies.
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Eldridge Recasner led the Pac-10 in free throw shooting as a senior.
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Eldridge Recasner was an architecture major at Washington by his own account, but another account claims he was a black history major.
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Eldridge Recasner once scored 29 points against the undefeated and number one ranked Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team while guarding Sean Elliott.
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Eldridge Recasner played in the Philippine Basketball Association for the Presto Ice Cream Kings together with Allan Caidic, Vergel Meneses, Onchie dela Cruz and others while he played during the Third Conference.
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Eldridge Recasner played in the CBA for the franchise located in Yakima, Washington, which was near to the Seattle metropolitan area where the University of Washington was located.
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Eldridge Recasner himself considers being signed by the two-time defending NBA Champions Houston Rockets the highlight of his career.
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Eldridge Recasner earned the starting point guard spot over Kenny Smith and Sam Cassell.
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Eldridge Recasner's defense pressured Jordan into a travelling violation in the final minute of the game.
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Eldridge Recasner was such a good free throw shooter that once in 1998 during the midst of a 36 consecutive successful free throw streak he was fouled in a two-shot foul situation with his team down by three points and 2.3 seconds left.
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Eldridge Recasner's team needed him to make the first and miss the second, but he was unable to miss.
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Eldridge Recasner endured a fractured right shoulder, partially collapsed lung and other injuries, and a female passenger was hospitalized.
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Eldridge Recasner missed 52 games due to the accident and when he returned to the lineup he only played in seven games.
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Eldridge Recasner was very upset with Coleman who did not even check in on whether Eldridge Recasner was OK.
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On Christmas Eve 1999 during his time on the injured reserve, Eldridge Recasner dragged a Continental Airlines clerk across a table by his necktie in frustration while attempting to book a flight to Texas to visit his sister, who was involved in a serious car accident.
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Eldridge Recasner pleaded guilty to misdemeanor fourth-degree assault and was sentenced to a 24-month deferred sentence, 45 hours of community service and ordered to pay $200 in court costs.