| Chad Kinch | |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 4 |
| Weight Lb: | 190 |
| Birth Date: | 22 May 1958 |
| Birth Place: | Perth Amboy, New Jersey |
| Death Place: | Carteret, New Jersey |
| Nationality: | American |
| High School: | Perth Amboy (Perth Amboy, New Jersey) |
| College: | Charlotte (1976–1980) |
| Draft Year: | 1980 |
| Draft Round: | 1 |
| Draft Pick: | 22 |
| Draft Team: | Cleveland Cavaliers |
| Career Start: | 1980 |
| Career End: | 1981 |
| Career Number: | 20, 21 |
| Career Position: | Point guard / shooting guard |
| Team1: | Cleveland Cavaliers |
| Team2: | Dallas Mavericks |
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Chadwick Oliver Kinch (22 May 1958 -) was an American professional 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.
He 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]
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