{{Short description|American basketball player (1962–2016)}} {{About|the American basketball player|the Australian cartoonist|David Pope (cartoonist)|other people of the same name|David Pope (disambiguation){{!}}David Pope}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = David Pope | image = DavidPope.png | width = | caption = Pope in 1981 | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 7 | weight_lb = 220 | birth_date = {{birth date|1962|04|15}} | birth_place = [[Newport News, Virginia]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2016|10|21|1962|04|15}} | death_place = [[Hampton, Virginia]], U.S. | high_school = [[Menchville High School|Menchville]] (Newport News, Virginia) | college = [[Norfolk State Spartans men's basketball|Norfolk State]] (1980–1984) | draft_year = 1984 | draft_round = 3 | draft_pick = 62 | draft_team = [[Utah Jazz]] | career_start = | career_end = | career_position = [[Small forward]] | career_number = 30, 51 | years1 = 1984 | team1 = [[Albuquerque Silvers]] | years2 = {{nbay|1984|full=y}} | team2 = [[Kansas City Kings]] | years3 = 1985–1986 | team3 = [[Wyoming Wildcatters]] | years4 = {{nbay|1985|end}} | team4 = [[Seattle SuperSonics]] | years5 = 1986–1987 | team5 = Wyoming Wildcatters | highlights = * No. 34 [[Norfolk State Spartans men's basketball#Retired numbers|retired by Norfolk State Spartans]] }} '''David Pope''' (April 15, 1962 – October 21, 2016) was an American [[basketball]] player who played in the [[National Basketball Association]] (NBA). Born in [[Newport News, Virginia]], he attended [[Norfolk State University]].
A {{convert|6|ft|7|in|abbr=on}}, {{convert|220|lb|abbr=on}} [[small forward]], Pope was selected in the third round (62nd overall<ref>[http://www.nba.com/jazz/history/history_draft_alltime.html All-Time Jazz Draft Selections]</ref>) of the [[1984 NBA draft]] by the [[Utah Jazz]]. His short playing career lasted from 1984–86 with the [[Kansas City Kings]] and the [[Seattle SuperSonics]]. He died at the age of 54 on October 21, 2016.<ref>[http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/dailypress/obituary.aspx?n=David-William-Pope&pid=182130908 Obituary]</ref>
==Career statistics== {{NBA player statistics legend}}
===NBA=== Source<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/p/popeda01.html|title=David Pope NBA stats|website=[[Basketball Reference]]|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=24 February 2026}}</ref>
====Regular season==== {{NBA player statistics start}} |- | style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1984}} | style="text-align:left;"|[[1984–85 Kansas City Kings season|Kansas City]] | '''22''' || 0 || 5.9 || .321 || .000 || '''.538''' || .8 || .2 || .1 || '''.1''' || '''1.9''' |- | style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1985}} | style="text-align:left;"|[[1985–86 Seattle SuperSonics season|Seattle]] | 11 || 0 || '''6.7''' || '''.450''' || '''1.000''' || .500 || '''1.0''' || '''.4''' || '''.2''' || '''.1''' || '''1.9''' |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career | 33 || 0 || 6.2 || .356 || .500 || .529 || .9 || .3 || .2 || .1 || 1.9 {{s-end}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20150923192346/http://www.basketballreference.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=POPEDA01 NBA stats] @ basketballreference.com
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