Perry Moss (basketball)

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Perry Moss
Personal information
Born (1958-11-11) November 11, 1958 (age 65)
Tucson, Arizona, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High school Amherst Regional
(Amherst, Massachusetts)
College Northeastern (1978–1982)
NBA draft 1982: 3rd round, 69th overall pick
Selected by the Boston Celtics
Playing career1982–1989
Position Point guard
Number2, 9, 10
Career history
1982–1983 Maine Lumberjacks
1983–1984 Bay State Bombardiers
1985 Tampa Bay Thrillers
1985 Washington Bullets
1985–1986 Philadelphia 76ers
1986–1987 Golden State Warriors
1987–1988 Pensacola Tornados
1988 La Crosse Catbirds
1989 Topeka Sizzlers
Career highlights and awards
Stats   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Perry Victor Moss (born November 11, 1958) is an American former National Basketball Association (NBA) basketball player.

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Playing career

College

Moss played basketball at Northeastern University under coach Jim Calhoun, where he averaged 15.2 points per game and 3.7 rebounds per game in four seasons there. In his senior season, Moss was named the America East Conference Player of the Year in 1981–82. Moss graduated as the school's second-leading career scorer with 1,722 points and a 15.2 average in 113 games. In 1982, he went head-to-head with future NBA All-Star Dominique Wilkins and the Georgia Bulldogs in the first round of the Gotten State Classic. Despite a big game from Moss, the Huskies lost, but Los Angeles Lakers General Manager Jerry West, who was in attendance, noted that Moss was the best guard he had seen that year.

On his home court, Moss would dazzle the fans with his acrobatic dunks created by his 41-inch vertical leap. As a junior in 1981, Moss teamed with guard Pete Harris to lead the Huskies to their first of seven conference titles. His career included a number of clutch shots, including Moss's halfcourt bomb that sent the championship game versus Holy Cross into overtime, which Northeastern won 76–69. He also hit a last-second shot in the opening round of the NCAA tournament when Northeastern knocked off 20th ranked Fresno State before bowing out to Utah. Moss and the Huskies repeated the feat a year later, as Moss averaged 23.7 points per game. Northeastern defeated Saint Joseph's 63–62 in the first round, before dropping a triple-overtime contest to Villanova in the second round. Moss scored 23 and 31 points respectively, in those two games. For his career, Moss scored over 30 points eight times.

Professional

Moss was drafted with the 23rd pick in the third round of the 1982 NBA draft by the Boston Celtics, but he was released before playing a single game. Prior to the 1983-84 NBA season Moss was signed by the New Jersey Nets, but was once again released before playing a single game. He played three years in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) before making his NBA debut for the Washington Bullets in the 1985-86 NBA season. He was released mid-season. Moss finished the 1985–86 season by playing for the Philadelphia 76ers. After the season, Moss was once again released, but he did play for the Golden State Warriors in 1986–87. On September 27, 1989, he was signed by the Orlando Magic, but was waived before the start of the regular season. In total, he played in 136 NBA games and averaged 3.9 points and 1.5 assists. [1]

Moss spent the next decade playing with a string of CBA teams, including the La Crosse Catbirds and the Topeka Sizzlers (1988–1989), Rockford Lightning (1991–1992), Yakima Sun Kings (1993–1994), Hartford HellCats (Player/Coach 1994–1995), and the Connecticut Pride (Player/Coach 1995–1996).

In all he played on ten CBA teams in eleven years, and finished his CBA career in 1995 playing for the Connecticut Pride team that also featured future UConn coach Kevin Ollie in his rookie season. At the age of 39, he finished his final professional basketball season in 1997 playing for the Norwich Neptunes of the Atlantic Basketball Association.

Personal

He is the brother of Peter Moss, a former college player for Brown who was the 1980 Ivy League Player of the Year. [2] They also have a sister, Paula Moss, who graduated in 1982 as Tufts University's all-time leading scorer with 1,018 points (since surpassed). [2] [3]

On May 22, 2013, it was announced that Moss would be inducted into the New England Basketball Hall of Fame as part of its Class of 2013. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Perry Moss NBA statistics".
  2. 1 2 Grinold, Jack (1982). "Moss Marvels at Northeastern" (Press release). Boston, Massachusetts: Northeastern University . Retrieved September 15, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Tufts University Jumbos Women's Basketball Program Records (through 2021–22)". GoTuftsJumbos.com. Tufts University. 2022. Retrieved September 15, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Northeastern University Athletics - Hall call: NU greats named to N.E. Basketball Hall of Fame". gonu.com. Archived from the original on 2014-02-09.
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