Tyrone Hill

Infobox NBA Player
name = Tyrone Hill


caption =
position = Power forward
height_ft = 6
height_in = 9
weight_lb = 240
nationality = American
birth_date = birth date and age|1968|3|19
birth_place = Cincinnati, Ohio
college = Xavier
draft = 11th overall
draft_year = 1990
draft_team = Golden State Warriors
career_start = 1990
career_end = 2004
former_teams = Golden State Warriors (1990–1993)
Cleveland Cavaliers (1993–1997, 2001–2003)
Milwaukee Bucks (1997)
Philadelphia 76ers (1998–2001, 2003)
Miami Heat (2003–2004)
awards =1994-95 NBA All-Star

Tyrone Hill (born March 19, 1968 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is an American former National Basketball Association player and current assistant coach for the Atlanta Hawks. Hill spent four years playing collegiately at Xavier University, in his last season averaging 20.2 points and 12.6 rebounds per game, while shooting 58.1% from the field. The Golden State Warriors selected him with the eleventh pick of the 1990 NBA Draft.

After three years in Golden State, Hill was traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers in the summer of 1993. Playing under Mike Fratello, Hill earned an All-Star Game appearance in 1995. Hill was sent to the Milwaukee Bucks in 1997 in a deal involving notably Terrell Brandon and Shawn Kemp, and spent the remainder of his career between the Philadelphia 76ers, Cleveland, and the Miami Heat.

As the starting power forward for Philadelphia, Hill teamed up with Theo Ratliff and later Dikembe Mutombo with whom he played in the 2001 NBA Finals, losing to the Los Angeles Lakers.

Hill had a career field-goal shooting percentage of 50.2 and free-throw percentage of 63. He is an assistant coach for the Atlanta Hawks.

ee also

*List of college men's basketball players with 2000 points and 1000 rebounds

External links

*cite news|url=http://www.cincypost.com/sports/1997/hill071097.html|title=Hill repaying community for success|author=Todd Archer|first=Todd|last=Archer|work=The Kentucky Post|publisher=E. W. Scripps Company|date=1997-07-10|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20050505095511/http://www.cincypost.com/sports/1997/hill071097.html|archivedate=2005-05-05
* [http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/h/hillty01.html Career statistics at Basketball-reference.com]