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David Thirdkill (born April 12, 1960) is an American former professional basketball player. He played in the NBA, and was the 1993 Israeli Basketball Premier League MVP.
Born in St. Louis, Missouri and nicknamed "The Sheriff", he played for the Suns, Detroit Pistons, Milwaukee Bucks, San Antonio Spurs and Boston Celtics. On January 24, 1986, he scored a career-high 20 points and grabbed a career-high 8 rebounds in a 135–114 win over the Golden State Warriors. He earned a championship ring with the 1985–86 Celtics.
In his NBA career, Thirdkill played in 179 games and scored a total of 510 points. Thirdkill made one 3 point shot as a rookie with Phoenix, then never made another three pointer. He finished his career one for 11 from three point land.
He then played most notably in Israel for a spell of five years, mainly for Hapoel Tel Aviv, finally retiring in 1996. He was the 1993 Israeli Basketball Premier League MVP.
NBA career statistics
Regular season
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| align="left" | 1982–83
| align="left" | Phoenix
| 49 || 2 || 10.6 || .435 || .143 || .577 || 1.5 || 0.7 || 0.4 || 0.1 || 4.0
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| align="left" | 1983–84
| align="left" | Detroit
| 46 || 0 || 6.3 || .431 || .000 || .484 || 0.7 || 0.6 || 0.2 || 0.1 || 1.7
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| align="left" | 1984–85
| align="left" | Detroit
| 10 || 1 || 11.5 || .522 || .000 || .455 || 0.8 || 0.1 || 0.3 || 0.2 || 2.9
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| align="left" | 1984–85
| align="left" | Milwaukee
| 6 || 0 || 2.7 || .750 || .000 || .500 || 0.3 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 1.2
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| align="left" | 1984–85
| align="left" | San Antonio
| 2 || 2 || 26.0 || .455 || .000 || .833 || 3.5 || 1.5 || 1.0 || 0.5 || 7.5
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| style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;" | 1985–86†
| align="left" | Boston
| 49 || 0 || 7.9 || .491 || .000 || .625 || 1.4 || 0.3 || 0.2 || 0.1 || 3.3
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| align="left" | 1986–87
| align="left" | Boston
| 17 || 0 || 5.2 || .417 || .000 || .313 || 1.1 || 0.1 || 0.1 || 0.0 || 1.5
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career
| 179 || 5 || 8.2 || .457 || .091 || .565 || 1.2 || 0.5 || 0.3 || 0.1 || 2.8
|}
Playoffs
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| align="left" | 1984–85
| align="left" | San Antonio
| 5 || 0 || 4.4 || .250 || .000 || .500 || 0.4 || 0.4 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.8
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| style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;" | 1985–86†
| align="left" | Boston
| 13 || 0 || 3.6 || .333 || .000 || .455 || 0.6 || 0.2 || 0.2 || 0.0 || 1.3
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career
| 18 || 0 || 3.8 || .318 || .000 || .467 || 0.6 || 0.3 || 0.1 || 0.0 || 1.2
|}
International career
In 1987, Thirdkill played in a tournament (Open Conference) for the Tanduay Rhum Masters team in the Philippine Basketball Association and won the championship aside from being named "Best Import" of the conference. He returned for another conference in 1988, this time for the newly formed Purefoods team, which he led to another finals appearance. Thereafter, he played in Italy for Virtus Roma, in France for Chorale Roanne Basket and Saint-Quentin Basket-Ball.
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