Personal information | |
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Born | Perth Amboy, New Jersey | May 22, 1958
Died | April 3, 1994 Carteret, New Jersey | (aged 35)
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
Listed weight | 190 lb (86 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Perth Amboy (Perth Amboy, New Jersey) |
College | Charlotte (1976–1980) |
NBA draft | 1980: 1st round, 22nd overall pick |
Selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers | |
Playing career | 1980–1981 |
Position | Point guard / shooting guard |
Number | 20, 21 |
Career history | |
1980–1981 | Cleveland Cavaliers |
1981 | Dallas Mavericks |
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Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Chadwick Oliver Kinch (basketball player. He was a 6'4" (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) shooting guard and played collegiately at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte after starring at Perth Amboy High School in Perth Amboy, New Jersey,[1] his place of birth.
May 22, 1958 – April 3, 1994) was an American professionalHe was selected with the 22nd pick in the first round of the 1980 NBA draft by the Cleveland Cavaliers.[2] He spent his only NBA season (1980–81) split between the Cavaliers and the Dallas Mavericks. The Cavs traded Kinch, along with a 1985 first-round draft choice, to the Mavericks in exchange for Geoff Huston and a 1983 third-round draft choice on February 7, 1981.[2] Kinch averaged 2.9 points per game in his only season in the NBA.
The tragic loss of his brother, Raymond, in a house fire reportedly had a profound effect on Kinch and impacted his NBA career. After leaving the NBA and starting a family, he descended further into a fierce drug habit, eventually contracting HIV.[3] Kinch died of AIDS-related complications in 1994,[4] aged 35, at his home in Carteret, New Jersey.[1][3]