Thurl Bailey





Born: April 7, 1961
Position: Small/Power Forward
Height: 6-11 (2.11 m)
Jerseys worn: #41


In the NBA:

Nickname: "Big T"

His Game:
Thurl Bailey was a good scoring forward who could also block shots but not rebound as well, for his height. He was too tall and not a great outside shooter to be a small forward and not strong enough to be a power forward. In his heyday he created great matchup problems to his opponents though, especially at SF by driving to the basket against smaller players and blocking their shots on defense. After his first year in Europe and despite his age he changed his game, bulked up and became an inside force as a scorer and rebounder.

His Career:
Selected at the 7th spot of the 1983 NBA Draft by the Utah Jazz.

Honors:
A member of the 1984 All-Rookie team. Won the 1989 Citizenship Award.



Statistics:

YEAR Team Games Pts FT % FG % 3PM 3-pt % Reb. Trn Ast St Blk Min. Star?
1984 Utah 81 8.5 .752 .512 0 .000 5.7 1.3 1.6 0.5 1.5 24.8 No
1985 Utah 80 15.2 .842 .490 1 1.000 6.6 1.9 1.7 0.6 1.3 31.0 YES
1986 Utah 82 14.6 .830 .448 0 .000 6.0 1.8 1.9 0.5 1.4 28.8 YES
1987 Utah 81 13.8 .805 .447 0 .000 5.3 1.5 1.3 0.5 1.1 26.6 No
1988 Utah 82 19.6 .826 .492 1 .333 6.5 1.5 1.9 0.6 1.5 34.2 YES
1989 Utah 82 19.5 .825 .483 2 .400 5.5 2.5 1.7 0.6 1.1 33.9 YES
1990 Utah 82 14.2 .779 .481 0 .000 5.0 1.7 1.7 0.4 1.2 31.5 YES
1991 Utah 82 12.4 .808 .458 0 .000 5.0 1.6 1.5 0.6 1.1 30.3 No
1992 Utah / Minnesota 84 11.3 .796 .440 0 .000 5.8 1.3 0.9 0.4 1.4 25.0 No
1993 Minnesota 70 7.5 .838 .455 0 .000 3.1 0.9 0.9 0.3 0.7 18.2 No
1994 Minnesota 79 7.4 .799 .510 0 .000 2.7 0.7 0.7 0.3 0.7 16.4 No
1999 Utah 43 4.2 .735 .446 0 .000 2.2 0.6 0.6 0.2 0.7 12.6 No
Career Career 928 12.8 .812 .473 4 .114 5.1 1.6 1.4 0.5 1.2 26.8 No




In Europe:

In Greece:
Bailey played alongside Travis Mays for Panionios (N. Smyrni) during the 1994-'95 season and averaged 20 points and 8 rebounds.

In Italy:
He spent 3 seasons in Italy (1996-1998). In 90 games there, he averaged 19.4 points, 9 rebounds and 2 blocks. He won the Italian Championship with Polti Cantu in 1996. He played for the same team the next season and moved to Milano where he averaged 18.3 points and 7.7 rebounds in 1998.

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