Kevin Douglas Gamble was born on November 13,1965 and is an American former professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association and currently a scout with the Toronto Raptors.
18 Facts About Kevin Gamble
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Kevin Gamble entered Springfield's Lanphier High School; by his senior season, Kevin Gamble led the Lions to the 1983 Illinois Class AA State Basketball Championship.
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In 2009 Kevin Gamble was named that year's inductee into the Lanphier Hall of Fame.
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Under coach George Raveling Kevin Gamble played off the bench in his first season at Iowa.
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Against UNLV, Kevin Gamble attempted a 3-pointer as time expired, but the shot bounced off the rim, ending what was arguably Tom Davis's most successful season at Iowa.
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Kevin Gamble was selected with the 17th pick of the third round by the Portland Trail Blazers in the 1987 NBA draft.
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Kevin Gamble only played in 19 minutes with Portland before being waived on December 9,1987.
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Kevin Gamble then headed to the Continental Basketball Association for the Quad City Thunder, where he averaged 21.1 points per game with the team in 1988.
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Kevin Gamble then played in the Philippine Basketball Association for the Anejo Rum 65 in the spring and Chicago Express of the World Basketball League in the summer of 1988.
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Kevin Gamble played in one playoff game before going down with an injury; the Celtics were swept by the Detroit Pistons in the first round.
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Kevin Gamble placed second to Scott Skiles of Orlando in the voting for the NBA Most Improved Player Award, the closest finish in the history of the award, with a winning margin of four votes.
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Kevin Gamble's minutes were cut dramatically in the playoffs and he averaged just six points per game against the Indiana Pacers and Detroit Pistons.
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Kevin Gamble played in all 82 games the next season, starting 77 of them, but the Celtics were eliminated by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the second round of the playoffs.
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Kevin Gamble then saw his starting time drop dramatically in his final two seasons in Boston, playing in 75 games but starting only 29 in 1994.
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Kevin Gamble averaged 2.2 rebounds and 2.0 assists in 22.4 minutes per game for 649 games.
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In 2002, Kevin Gamble was named the first head men's basketball coach at the University of Illinois Springfield, who began play in the American Midwest Conference of the NAIA that season.
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In June 2010, Kevin Gamble resigned as head coach of the University of Illinois Springfield to become the Director of Player Development and Video Operations for Providence College under head coach Keno Davis, whose father Tom Davis formerly coached Kevin Gamble at Iowa.
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On September 5,2018, it was announced that Kevin Gamble was resigning from CMU to take a scouting position with the Toronto Raptors.