Peter Kelly Tripucka was born on February 16,1959 and is an American former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association from 1981 to 1991.
18 Facts About Kelly Tripucka
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Kelly Tripucka was a two-time NBA All Star and averaged over twenty points a game in five of the ten seasons that he played in.
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Kelly Tripucka grew up in Bloomfield, New Jersey, and was a three-year starter from 1974 to 1977 for the Bloomfield High School boys' basketball team.
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Kelly Tripucka was a four-year starter at Notre Dame, and led the Irish in scoring each year.
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Kelly Tripucka was selected 12th overall by the Detroit Pistons in the 1981 NBA draft.
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Kelly Tripucka proved to be a prolific scorer, averaging 21.6 points per game, and he made the All-Star team in his rookie year.
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Kelly Tripucka did start all 9 playoff games and helped the Pistons advance to the second round.
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Kelly Tripucka missed only one game during the regular season, averaged 20 points per game, and helped lead the Pistons to a third straight post-season appearance.
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Kelly Tripucka had two lackluster seasons with the franchise, averaging only 9.1 points per game during his two seasons with the team.
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The move was seen as a jab at Layden and Malone, who Kelly Tripucka felt ran him out of Utah.
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Kelly Tripucka was a color commentator for Detroit Pistons television for eight seasons, from 1993 to 2001.
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Kelly Tripucka joined the New York Knicks MSG broadcast team on November 7,2008, placing him alongside Walt "Clyde" Frazier, Gus Johnson and Mike Breen.
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Kelly Tripucka resided in 2013 in Boonton Township, New Jersey with his family.
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Kelly Tripucka is the son of former football quarterback Frank Tripucka, and father of professional football player Travis Tripucka.
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In 2000, Kelly Tripucka was named to the National Polish-American Hall of Fame, and the Star-Ledger named Kelly Tripucka the "New Jersey Boys' Basketball Player of the Century".
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Kelly Tripucka is one of six Pistons to have scored 40 or more in a playoff game, along with Dave Bing, Isiah Thomas, Jerry Stackhouse, Chauncey Billups and Richard Hamilton.
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Kelly Tripucka is the son of former Notre Dame Quarterback and Denver Broncos Hall of Fame QB Frank Tripucka.
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Kelly Tripucka is the uncle of football players Shane Tripucka and Travis Tripucka as well as the father of professional lacrosse player Jake Tripucka.