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Glen Anthony Rice (born May 28 1967 in Flint, Michigan) is a former NBA basketball player. Rice was a small forward well known for his pin point accuracy in shooting, ranking 4th in NBA history with 1,559 three-point field goals made.

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Full Name: Glen Anthony Rice
Born: May 28 1967, in Flint, Michigan
Height/Weight: 6'7" (2.01 m), 215 lb (98 kg)
High School: Northwestern Community High School (Flint)
College: University of Michigan

College career

Rice played college basketball at Michigan from 1985–1989, where he became the school's all-time leading scorer (2,442 points). He led Michigan to the 1989 national championship, scoring an NCAA-record 184 points in tournament play and was voted the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.

NBA career

Rice holds career averages of 18.6 points and 4.4 rebounds in 982 games with Miami Heat, Charlotte Hornets, the Los Angeles Lakers, New York Knicks, Houston Rockets and Los Angeles Clippers. He ranks the 48th on the all-time NBA scoring list with 18,270 career points.

Early in his career, Rice was the primary scorer for the Heat and the Hornets. When he was traded to the Lakers, he became a third scorer behind Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant. He won his first championship ring with the LA Lakers in 2000 leading the team alongside Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal.

His personal outstanding achievement in the NBA came when he was named MVP the 1997 All-Star game, which was commerating the 50th anniversary of NBA. In the game, he set All-Star game records of 20 points in the third quarter and 24 points in the second half.

Glen Rice ranks 4th all-time in career three-point field goals made.

NBA transactions

Selected by Miami Heat in 1st round (4th overall) of 1989 NBA Draft.
Traded by Miami with Matt Geiger
, Khalid Reeves and 1996 1st-round pick to Charlotte Hornets for LeRon Ellis, Alonzo Mourning
and Pete Myers
on November 3, 1995.
Traded by Charlotte with B.J. Armstrong
and J.R. Reid
to Los Angeles Lakers for Elden Campbell
and Eddie Jones
on March 10, 1999.
Traded by Lakers with Travis Knight and conditional 2001 1st-round pick to New York Knicks as part of four-team deal on September 20, 2000 (Lakers received Emanual Davis, Greg Foster
, Horace Grant
and Chuck Person
from Seattle SuperSonics; New York also received Luc Longley and two 2nd-round picks from Phoenix Suns and Lazaro Borrell, Vernon Maxwell, Vladimir Stepania and conditional 2001 1st-round pick from Seattle; Phoenix received Chris Dudley
, conditional 2001 1st-round pick and cash from New York; Seattle received Patrick Ewing
from New York).
Traded by New York to Houston Rockets as part of three-team deal on August 17, 2001 (Dallas Mavericks received Muggsy Bogues
from New York; Houston also received draft rights to Kyle Hill and future considerations from Dallas; New York received Shandon Anderson
from Houston and Howard Eisley
from Dallas).
Traded by Houston with draft considerations and cash to Utah Jazz for John Amaechi and future 2nd-round pick on September 30, 2003.
Waived by Utah on October 3, 2003.
Signed as free agent by Los Angeles Clippers on October 10, 2003.
Waived by Clippers on January 13, 2004.

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