Derrick McKey

Derrick Wayne McKey (born October 10, 1966) is an American retired basketball player who played the most part of his National Basketball Association (NBA) career at the small forward and the power forward positions.\n', ' McKey attended Meridian High School in his Mississippi hometown, where he excelled on the team\'s basketball squad. In addition to being a star basketball player in high school, he was a shortstop on the baseball team despite being 6\'10". He attended the University of Alabama for three years, leading the Tide to a regional No. 2 seed in 1986–87 and to the Sweet 16 (where they were eliminated by Providence). He played for the US national team in the 1986 FIBA World Championship, winning the gold medal.\n', ' He declared for the NBA after his junior season and was selected by the Seattle SuperSonics with the ninth overall pick of the 1987 NBA draft, ahead of, notably, Reggie Miller, Horace Grant and Reggie Lewis. In the 1988–89 season, McKey averaged 15.9 PPG, his best scoring average in a season.\n', '