Rick Fox
Ulrich Alexander Fox is a Canadian-Bahamian retired basketball player, actor, businessman, and former esports franchise owner. He played in the National Basketball Association for the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers, and played college basketball for the North Carolina Tar Heels. He was the owner of the esports franchise Echo Fox until his departure from the franchise in October 2019.
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Ulrich Alexander Fox is a Canadian-Bahamian retired basketball player, actor, businessman, and former esports franchise owner. He played in the National Basketball Association for the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers, and played college basketball for the North Carolina Tar Heels. He was the owner of the esports franchise Echo Fox until his departure from the franchise in October 2019. Fox was born in Toronto, the son of Dianne Gerace, who was an Olympic high jumper and women’s pentathlete, and Ulrich Fox. His father is Bahamian and his mother is Canadian of Italian and Scottish descent. Fox’s family moved to his father’s native Bahamas when he was young. He attended Kingsway Academy in Nassau. He then went on to star collegiately at the University of North Carolina where his highlights included leading theTar Heels to the 1991 NCAA Final Four. In the summer of 1997, the Celtics released Fox, and he signed with the Lakers. He recorded career highs of 15. 4 points a game and 2. 2 steals a game and made 101 three-point field goals in the 1996–97 campaign. Fox played and started in all 82 games in the regular season and in all of the Lakers’ 19 playoff games. He missed 40 games in 2003–04 season due to foot injury, but started in 34 of 38 playoff games in 2004 Finals. In 2002 Finals, Fox averaged 6. 7 points, including 11 in the Lakers’ game 1 victory. In game 6, he hit a critical three-pointer in the fourth quarter to help the Lakers lead the series 3–2, and they won the game and the NBA title, Fox’s first.
Fox became the first rookie starter on opening night since Larry Bird in 1979 and made the 1992 NBA All-Rookie Second Team after averaging 8 points per game. He started 77 of 82 games for the Lakers in the 2000–01 season, posting an average of 9. 6 points agame while shooting 39% from three-points range. In 1999–2000 season playoffs, Fox played all 23 games as the Lakers advanced to the 2000 NBA Finals against the Indiana Pacers. In the beginning of the 2002 season, Fox was suspended 6 games after fighting with Sacramento Kings player Doug Christie in the preseason. He would only start in 3 of 16 games while active while active in the last season of his playing career. In 2004 Finals, the Lakers defeated the San Antonio Spurs 4–2 but lost to the Detroit Pistons 4-2 in the Western Conference Semifinal series. The Lakers would win the next four games of the series, securing their second straight championship. Fox contributed with 20 points, and hit all three of his three- point field goal attempts, and hit all four of his shots in the fifth game against the New Jersey Nets in their third straight win. He also scored 13 points in the LA Lakers’ game 7 victory in Sacramento Kings, with Fox averaging 9 points, 3 rebounds and 5 steals.
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