1. Derrick Allen Mahorn was born on September 21,1958 and is an American former professional basketball player who played power forward and center for the Washington Bullets, Detroit Pistons, Philadelphia 76ers, and the New Jersey Nets of the National Basketball Association.
Rick Mahorn was a three-time NAIA All-American and owned 18 school records.
Rick Mahorn scored 2,418 points while playing for the Pirates, averaging 20.3 points per game.
Rick Mahorn was drafted by the Washington Bullets in the second round of the 1980 NBA Draft.
Rick Mahorn's career is perhaps best known for the period after he was traded by the Bullets to the Detroit Pistons.
Rick Mahorn was unhappy with the trade initially and, as he claimed in a 2014 ESPN documentary, showed up to training camp overweight and out of shape.
In 1989, Rick Mahorn - dubbed by Piston announcer George Blaha the "Baddest Bad Boy of them all" - won his only NBA championship with the Pistons.
Rick Mahorn retired after the 1999 season, after a second stint with the 76ers.
Rick Mahorn then served as a color commentator for Pistons radio broadcasts, and as an assistant coach under former teammate Bill Laimbeer with the WNBA's Detroit Shock.
Laimbeer and Rick Mahorn led the Shock to two WNBA titles.
On July 22,2008, at a Sparks-Shock game, Rick Mahorn attempted to break up a brawl.
Shortly afterward, Rick Mahorn continued his work with Pistons radio, doing color commentary alongside Mark Champion.
In 2017, Rick Mahorn became head coach of Trilogy, the eventual champion of the BIG3 basketball league's inaugural season.