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Career Highlights
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Recorded season highs with 14 points and 10 rebounds against the Cleveland Cavaliers on 2/16/99
Established career-bests in 1997-98 with 12.7 ppg, 7.4 rpg and 24 blocked shots and recorded 16 double-doubles
Grabbed his 1,900th career rebound, totaling 21 points and 12 rebounds, against the Charlotte Hornets on 4/19/98
Scored a 1997-98 season-high 25 points (9-13 FG) and grabbed 10 rebounds against the Phoenix Suns on 1/31/98
Posted an NBA Playoff career-high 18 points and 16 rebounds against the Miami Heat in Game 2 of the 1997 Eastern Conference First Round
Has appeared in 10 career NBA Playoff games, averaging 7.6 ppg and 7.4 rpg
Scored a career-high 27 points and grabbed 9 rebounds against the Miami Heat on 4/19/97
Recorded 12 points and 10 rebounds, in his first start with the Magic, against the Atlanta Hawks on 11/27/96
Named 1992-93 CBA Most Valuable Player and Newcomer of the Year after averaging 20.0 ppg and 11.3 rpg for Quad City
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BACKGROUND
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A native of Los Angeles...6-8 forward Derek Strong logged many miles in his professional career...played with five different NBA teams before landing back in Los Angeles with the Clippers in the summer of 2000...
1999-2000:
Played in only 20 games last season for Orlando, averaging 2.7 points and 2.2 rebounds in 7.4 minutes...missed 43 games due to injury...opened the regular season on the injured list (11/1/99) with bi-lateral Achilles tendinitis and sat out the first 38 games...missed five more games after being placed on the injured list on 2/1/00 with a lower back strainb
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PERSONAL
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Full name is Derek Lamar Strong
Majored in Communication Arts at Xavier
- Names pasta and fish as his favorite foods
- His first job was at a Firestone tire store
- Lists Denzel Washington and Halle Berry as his favorite actor and actress
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