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Podcast: Sports Spectrum Podcast
Episode: Former NBA All-Star Ricky Pierce on marriage, faith and the best shooter in NBA history
Description: Ricky Pierce played 16 NBA seasons from 1982-1998 with nine different teams including the Milwaukee Bucks and Seattle Supersonics. He was originally selected 18th overall in the first round of the 1982 NBA Draft by the Detroit Pistons. In 1984, he joined the Bucks and was named the NBA's Sixth Man of the Year twice in 1987 and 1990.Β In 1991, he was named to the NBA's Eastern Conference All-Star team and five days after playing in the All-Star Game,he was traded from Milwaukee to Seattle for Dale Ellis. Β Pierce was known as one of the best mid-range shooters in the NBA an...