Tony Guy Explained

Tony Guy
Birth Date:4 July 1959
Birth Place:Towson, Maryland, U.S.
Height Ft:6
Height In:6
Weight Lbs:203
High School:Loyola Blakefield (Towson, Maryland)
College:Kansas (1978–1982)
Draft Year:1982
Draft Round:2
Draft Pick:46
Draft Team:Boston Celtics
Career Start:1982
Career End:1984
Career Number:31
Career Position:Shooting guard
Years1:1982
Team1:Maine Lumberjacks
Years2:1982–1983
Team2:Wyoming Wildcatters
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Anthony Robert Guy (born July 4, 1959) is an American former professional basketball player. He was a McDonald's All-American while playing at Loyola High School in Towson, Maryland. Guy played collegiately for the Kansas Jayhawks, where he served as team captain during his final two seasons.[1] He was selected by the Boston Celtics as the 46th overall pick in the 1982 NBA draft but was told by Celtics general manager Red Auerbach that he would not make the team and should instead hone his skills in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) that season.[2] Guy split the 1982–83 season in the CBA with the Wyoming Wildcatters and the Maine Lumberjacks before receiving an unsuccessful tryout with the New York Knicks.[3] He played in Switzerland for one season and then returned to tryout for the Cleveland Cavaliers. A hamstring injury suffered two weeks before the start of the 1984–85 NBA season derailed his chances of making the team and he retired from playing basketball.

Guy enrolled in the University of Missouri–Kansas City graduate business school. After graduating, he received a position with State Farm in the Kansas City Area, where he has worked for 30 years.

Career statistics

College

|-| style="text-align:left;"| 1978–79| style="text-align:left;"| Kansas| 29 || 29 || 29.4 || .461 || – || .711 || 3.6 || 2.2 || 1.3 || .1 || 9.2|-| style="text-align:left;"| 1979–80| style="text-align:left;"| Kansas| 29 || 17 || 30.6 || .481 || – || .785 || 3.6 || 2.5 || 1.1 || .1 || 10.9|-| style="text-align:left;"| 1980–81| style="text-align:left;"| Kansas| 32 || 32 || 36.2 || .537 || – || .776 || 3.5 || 2.8 || 1.9 || .1 || 15.8|-| style="text-align:left;"| 1981–82| style="text-align:left;"| Kansas| 27 || 27 || 37.5 || .433 || – || .681 || 3.5 || 3.8 || 1.1 || .1 || 14.9|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career| 117 || 105 || 33.4 || .480 || – || .740 || 3.5 || 2.8 || 1.4 || .1 || 12.7

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2019-20 Kansas Men's Basketball Media Guide . Issuu . Kansas Jayhawks.
  2. Web site: Keegan . Tom . Tom Keegan: Ex-Jayhawk Tony Guy battled Michael Jordan and Magic Johnson . KU Sports . 12 February 2020 . 25 September 2017.
  3. News: 8 Cut by Knicks . 12 February 2020 . The New York Times . 1 August 1983.