Dave Popson
{{short description|American basketball player}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Dave Popson
| image =
| width =
| caption =
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 10
| weight_lb = 220
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|05|17}}
| birth_place = Kingston, Pennsylvania, U.S.
| high_school = Bishop O'Reilly
(Kingston, Pennsylvania)
| college = North Carolina (1983–1987)
| draft_year = 1987
| draft_round = 4
| draft_pick = 88
| draft_team = Detroit Pistons
| career_start = 1987
| career_end = 1992
| career_number = 45, 41, 42, 50
| career_position = Power forward
| years1 = 1987
| team1 = West Palm Beach Stingrays
| years2 = 1987–1988
| team2 = AS Monaco
| years3 = {{nbay|1988|start}}
| team3 = Los Angeles Clippers
| years4 = 1988–1989
| team4 = Albany Patroons
| years5 = {{nbay|1988|end}}
| team5 = Miami Heat
| years6 = 1989
| team6 = Albany Patroons
| years7 = 1989–1990
| team7 = Oximesa Granada
| years8 = {{nbay|1990|full=y}}
| team8 = Boston Celtics
| years9 = 1991
| team9 = Albany Patroons
| years10 = 1991–1992
| team10 = Birmingham Bandits
| years11 = {{nbay|1991|end}}
| team11 = Milwaukee Bucks
| highlights =
- First-team Parade All-American (1983)
- Third-team Parade All-American (1982)
}}
David Gerard Popson (born May 17, 1964) is an American former basketball player who enjoyed a brief National Basketball Association (NBA) career from 1988 until 1992. He played college basketball for the North Carolina Tar Heels.
Biography
Popson, a 6'10" center, played college basketball at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for four years (1983–87). Popson was selected by the Detroit Pistons in the fourth round of the 1987 NBA draft.
Born in Kingston, Pennsylvania, Popson attended Bishop O'Reilly High School where he held nearly all the basketball records.{{Citation needed|date=July 2021}}
Career statistics
{{NBA player statistics legend}}
=NBA=
{{NBA player statistics start}}
|-
| align="left" | 1988–89
| align="left" | Los Angeles
| 10 || 0 || 6.8 || .440 || .000 || .500 || 1.6 || 0.6 || 0.1 || 0.2 || 2.3
|-
| align="left" | 1988–89
| align="left" | Miami
| 7 || 0 || 5.4 || .333 || .000 || .500 || 1.6 || 0.3 || 0.0 || 0.1 || 1.6
|-
| align="left" | 1990–91
| align="left" | Boston
| 19 || 0 || 3.4 || .406 || .000 || .900 || 0.7 || 0.1 || 0.1 || 0.1 || 1.8
|-
| align="left" | 1991–92
| align="left" | Milwaukee
| 5 || 0 || 5.2 || .429 || .000 || .500 || 1.0 || 0.6 || 0.4 || 0.2 || 1.4
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career
| 41 || 0 || 4.8 || .405 || .000 || .750 || 1.1 || 0.3 || 0.1 || 0.1 || 1.9
|}
=College=
{{NBA player statistics start}}
|-
| align="left" | 1983–84
| align="left" | North Carolina
| 29 || - || 6.4 || .431 || - || .600 || 1.2 || 0.4 || 0.1 || 0.2 || 1.9
|-
| align="left" | 1984–85
| align="left" | North Carolina
| 35 || - || 14.5 || .529 || - || .738 || 2.5 || 0.5 || 0.2 || 0.3 || 6.0
|-
| align="left" | 1985–86
| align="left" | North Carolina
| 34 || 17 || 12.1 || .504 || - || .846 || 2.6 || 0.6 || 0.2 || 0.4 || 3.9
|-
| align="left" | 1986–87
| align="left" | North Carolina
| 36 || 34 || 22.3 || .541 || .000 || .771 || 4.8 || 1.3 || 0.7 || 0.8 || 10.0
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career
| 134 || 51 || 14.2 || .521 || .000 || .756 || 2.9 || 0.7 || 0.3 || 0.4 || 5.7
|}
External links
{{Basketballstats|bbr=p/popsoda01}}
- [https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/dave-popson-1.html College Stats]
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Category:20th-century American sportsmen
Category:Albany Patroons players
Category:American expatriate basketball people in Monaco
Category:American expatriate basketball people in Spain
Category:American men's basketball players
Category:AS Monaco Basket players
Category:Basketball players from Pennsylvania
Category:Birmingham Bandits players
Category:Boston Celtics players
Category:Detroit Pistons draft picks
Category:Los Angeles Clippers players
Category:McDonald's High School All-Americans
Category:Milwaukee Bucks players
Category:North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball players
Category:Parade High School All-Americans (boys' basketball)
Category:Sportspeople from Kingston, Pennsylvania
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