1. Thomas James Gugliotta was born on December 19,1969 and is an American former professional basketball player.
15 Facts About Tom Gugliotta
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Tom Gugliotta was formerly an All-American college player for the NC State Wolfpack.
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Tom Gugliotta was born in Huntington Station on New York's Long Island.
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Tom Gugliotta is the youngest of seven children, and has far Italian descents.
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Tom Gugliotta's father called an old friend, Jim Valvano at North Carolina State University, during his senior season and told Valvano that his youngest son was going to be a special basketball player.
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Valvano took a chance on Tom Gugliotta and brought him to Raleigh.
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Tom Gugliotta was drafted in 1992 out of NC State with the sixth overall pick by the National Basketball Association's Washington Bullets.
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On November 21,1992, Tom Gugliotta scored a career-best 39 points during a win over the Utah Jazz.
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In 1994, Tom Gugliotta was traded, alongside draft considerations, to the Golden State Warriors for Chris Webber.
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Halfway through the season, Tom Gugliotta was traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves for rookie Donyell Marshall.
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In total, Tom Gugliotta played in 13 NBA seasons and averaged 13.0 points per game, 7.3 rebounds per game, and 2.8 assists per game over 763 regular season games, though he appeared in only 12 playoff games.
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Tom Gugliotta met his wife, Nikki, at North Carolina State and the two have a daughter, Greer.
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Tom Gugliotta was inducted into the Suffolk Sports Hall of Fame on Long Island in the Basketball Category with the Class of 1994.
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Tom Gugliotta was talking to his wife on his phone when he collapsed and stopped breathing.
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Tom Gugliotta's wife heard the commotion and called the wife of teammate Rex Chapman, who was able to call her husband on the bus and instruct him to check his bag for the supplement bottle.