Cherokee Parks

Retired • Retired after 2012 season • PF/C • 9 years of NBA experience

Height6'11

Born11th October 1972 (age 53)

Weight240 lbs

Nationality🇺🇸USA

NBA Draft12th pick, 1995

Pre-draft teamDuke

HandRight

Agentn/a

Email address on file

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Stats

11 seasons

Year	League	Team	G	GS	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS/G
1995-96	NBA	Dallas Mavericks	64	3	13.6	1.6	3.9	40.9%	0.1	0.4	26.9%	1.5	3.5	42.5%	.423	0.6	1.0	66.1%	1.0	2.3	3.4	0.5	0.4	0.5	0.5	1.6	3.9
1996-97	NBA	Minnesota Timberwolves	76	0	12.6	1.4	2.7	51.0%	0.0	0.0	0.0%	1.4	2.6	51.2%	.510	0.6	1.0	60.5%	1.1	1.5	2.6	0.4	0.5	0.6	0.4	2.0	3.3
1997-98	NBA	Minnesota Timberwolves	79	43	21.6	2.8	5.7	49.9%	0.0	0.0	0.0%	2.8	5.7	50.0%	.499	1.4	2.1	65.1%	1.8	3.8	5.5	0.7	0.5	1.1	0.8	3.0	7.1
1998-99	NBA	Vancouver Grizzlies	48	41	23.3	2.5	5.7	42.9%	0.0	0.0	0.0%	2.5	5.7	43.1%	.429	0.6	1.1	54.5%	1.6	3.5	5.1	0.8	0.6	0.6	1.0	2.4	5.5
1999-00	NBA	Vancouver Grizzlies	56	14	14.4	1.3	2.6	49.7%	0.0	0.0	0.0%	1.3	2.6	50.0%	.497	0.4	0.7	64.9%	1.0	2.3	3.3	0.6	0.5	0.8	0.5	2.1	3.0
2000-01	NBA	L.A. Clippers	52	31	16.8	2.2	4.5	49.2%	0.0	0.1	0.0%	2.2	4.4	50.4%	.492	0.4	0.5	70.4%	1.1	2.5	3.6	0.8	0.4	0.5	0.6	2.0	4.8
2000-01	NBA	Total (NBA)	65	31	16.2	2.1	4.2	48.9%	0.0	0.1	0.0%	2.1	4.1	50.0%	.489	0.5	0.7	70.5%	1.1	2.4	3.5	0.7	0.4	0.6	0.6	1.9	4.6
2000-01	NBA	Washington Wizards	13	0	13.7	1.4	2.9	47.4%	0.0	0.0	—	1.4	2.9	47.4%	.474	0.9	1.3	70.6%	1.0	2.1	3.1	0.5	0.5	0.8	0.8	1.5	3.7
2001-02	NBA	San Antonio Spurs	42	1	5.6	0.7	2.0	36.1%	0.0	0.0	—	0.7	2.0	36.1%	.361	0.1	0.2	37.5%	0.6	0.8	1.4	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.8	1.5
2002-03	NBA	L.A. Clippers	30	18	21.6	2.7	5.4	50.3%	0.0	0.1	50.0%	2.7	5.4	50.3%	.506	0.8	1.3	60.5%	1.5	2.9	4.4	0.7	0.5	0.7	0.6	1.7	6.3
2003-04	NBA	Golden State Warriors	12	0	5.3	0.3	0.8	40.0%	0.0	0.0	—	0.3	0.8	40.0%	.400	0.3	0.5	66.7%	0.3	0.5	0.8	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.2	0.6	1.0

NBA Salary

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Contract seasons currently held for Cherokee Parks. The panel is omitted entirely when a player has no applicable salary rows.

Listed total $23,850,000

2025/26	2026/27	2027/28	2028/29
$5,025,000 Retired Fully guaranteed	$5,650,000 Retired Fully guaranteed	$6,275,000 Retired $3,137,500 guaranteed Team option	$6,900,000 Retired $3,450,000 guaranteed Player option

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Bookkeeping The Retired Guys, 2013 Edition

19th March 2013

Cherokee Parks - Inexplicably, Parks - who had not played since December 2003 - came out of retirement last season to sign with French fourth division team, Aubenas. There must be a reason why he travelled across the globe to play semi-professional basketball, but whatever it is, I don't know it. It did, however, definitely happen - here's some tape to prove it. It's only of a missed jumpshot, but, still.

Parks was even due to re-sign there for another season (see the link for an enthusiastic if crudely translated blurb on Parks's virtues), yet this contract was later cancelled after the death of a family member.

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Where Are They Now, 2011: Bookkeeping The Retired Guys

19th April 2011

Cherokee Parks - Parks owns a punk club in his home town of Huntingdon Beach.

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Where Are They Now, 2010; Part 50

13th April 2010

- Cherokee Parks

It was six years and five months ago that Cherokee Parks was last on the roster of a professional basketball team. The Warriors waived him in December 2003, and yet parks, aged only 31, never played again. He now owns a music club in is hometown of Huntingdon Beach called "The Brigg."

Unbelievably, the NBA's Cherokee Parks is not the only man in the world with that name.

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