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Corie Kasoun Blount (born January 4, 1969 in Monrovia, California) is a retired American professional basketball player. A 6'9" power forward/center, Blount starred at the University of Cincinnati during the early 1990s, where he helped his team reach the Final Four in 1992 and the Elite Eight in 1993. He was then selected by the Chicago Bulls with the 25th pick of the 1993 NBA Draft, and he would spend 11 seasons in the league as a member of the Bulls (1994-1995; 2002-2004), the Los Angeles Lakers (1995-1999), the Cleveland Cavaliers (1999), the Phoenix Suns (1999-2001), the Golden State Warriors (2001), the Philadelphia 76ers (2001-2002), and the Toronto Raptors (2004). Initially drafted for his athleticism, Blount developed a reliable midrange jumpshot over the course of his career, and he retired in 2004 with 2,287 career points and 2,690 career rebounds. Blount also appeared as himself in the 1996 film Eddie. |
