Walter Bond

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Walter Bond
Personal information
Born (1969-02-01) February 1, 1969 (age 56)
Chicago, Illinois
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High schoolCollins (Chicago, Illinois)
CollegeMinnesota (1987–1991)
NBA draft1991: undrafted
Playing career1991–1999
PositionShooting guard
Number40, 20, 9
Career history
1991–1992Wichita Falls Texans
1992–1993Dallas Mavericks
1993–1994Utah Jazz
1994Detroit Pistons
1995Utah Jazz
1995Chicago Rockers
1996Gymnastikos Larissa
1996–1997Connecticut Pride
1997La Crosse Bobcats
1997–1998Yakama Sun Kings
1998Select Avellino
1998–1999TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Career highlights
  • CBA All-Rookie Team (1992)
Career NBA statistics
Points873
Rebounds289
Assists177
Stats at NBA.com Edit this at Wikidata
Stats at Basketball Reference

Walter Thomas Bond (born February 1, 1969) is an American former professional basketball player. A 200-pound, 6'5" shooting guard from the University of Minnesota, Bond was not drafted by an NBA team,[1] but did manage to play in 3 NBA seasons.

Career

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He was born in Chicago, Illinois. Bond played for the Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team from 1987 to 1991, averaging 8.1 points and 3.8 rebounds in 93 contests.[2]

Coming out of college, he made his professional debut in the World Basketball League with the Saskatchewan Storm.[1]

In the NBA, he played for the Dallas Mavericks (1992/93), Utah Jazz (1993/94) and Detroit Pistons (1994/95). In January 1995 Bond signed two 10-day contracts with Utah Jazz.[3]

In his NBA career, Bond played in 157 games (154 in regular season), and scored a total of 874 points.[4] He scored 590 points in 1 season with the Dallas Mavericks, 273 points in two seasons with Utah Jazz, and 10 points in one season with the Detroit Pistons[3] On November 10, 1992, in just his second professional game in the NBA, he scored a career high 25 points as a Maverick against the Minnesota Timberwolves. His single game scoring stats declined for the rest of his 151 NBA games.[4]

Bond played for five different teams in the Continental Basketball Association between 1991 and 1998. In 1992, he made the CBA All-Rookie Team.[5] His best CBA season came in 1994–95, when he scored 24 points a contest for the Chicago Rockers.[5]

He also played professionally in Italy for Cirio Avellino (Serie A2, Jan–Jun '98)[6] and for TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen in the German Basketball Bundesliga. For Leverkusen, Bond averaged 16.4 points per contest in Bundesliga play during the 1998–99 season.[7]

Bond was a member of the Minnesota Timberwolves' broadcast team and is a motivational speaker.[1] He is the host of Food Network series Giving You The Business, which premiered in April 2013.[8]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Walter Bond and The Career That Was - GopherHole.com". gopherhole.com. Retrieved April 8, 2022.
  2. ^ "2021-22 Men's Basketball Media Guide: All-Time Players" (PDF). University of Minnesota Athletics. Retrieved April 8, 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Walter Bond". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
  4. ^ a b "Walter Bond | Utah Jazz". www.nba.com. Retrieved April 8, 2022.
  5. ^ a b "Walter Bond minor league basketball Statistics on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com. Retrieved April 8, 2022.
  6. ^ "Walter Bond Profilo Serie A 1997". www.legabasket.it (in Italian). Retrieved April 8, 2022.
  7. ^ "Saisonscouting Walter Bond". leverkusen.com. September 13, 2003. Archived from the original on September 13, 2003. Retrieved April 8, 2022.
  8. ^ "Ex-NBAer Bond hosts Food Network show". ESPN.com. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
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