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Mark Price

Mark Price, American basketball player and coach

Born
February 15, 1964
Age in 2026
62
Zodiac sign
Aquarius
Birth year
1964

About Mark Price

William Mark Price (born February 15, 1964) is an American former professional basketball player and coach. As a four-time NBA All-Star and four-time All-NBA Team member, he played point guard for 12 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), from 1986 to 1998. Numerous players and analysts have cited Price as one of the greatest and most underrated offensive players of all time. Price spent the majority of his career with the Cleveland Cavaliers before injuries derailed it in 1995; his last three years consisted of one season each with the Washington Bullets, Golden State Warriors, and Orlando Magic. Price began his coaching career shortly after his playing career ended; last coached as an assistant with the 2018–19 Denver Nuggets. == College career == Price played college basketball at Georgia Tech as a 6-foot (1.8 m) tall point guard. During his time on the Yellowjackets, he was a three-time All American and four-time All ACC basketball player who helped lead the Yellow Jackets to an ACC Championship his junior year by defeating North Carolina in the ACC Tournament championship game. He was named the ACC Player of the Year for the 1984–85 season, won the 1985 ACC Tournament MVP, and had his jersey retired. He was inducted into the school's Hall of Fame in 1991 and into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in 2005. Price graduated in four years with a degree in Industrial Management.

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Career and life highlights

Mark Price timeline

  1. Price was named to the All-NBA First Team after the 1992–93 season.
  2. Price was second in franchise steals with 734, a Cavaliers record that stood until December 9, 2008, when LeBron James surpassed him.
  3. Price ranked consistently among the assist leaders (as of March 11, 2015, LeBron James surpassed Price's Cavs record of 4,206 assists, taking over 1st place), twice won the Three Point Contest (in 1993 and 1994), and was a four-time All-Star.

The world when Mark Price was born

Mark Price was born in 1964. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1964

  • #1 song"I Want to Hold Your Hand" – The Beatles
  • Top movieMy Fair Lady
  • Top TV showBonanza
  • Best-selling bookThe Spy Who Came in from the Cold – John le Carré

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentCassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) defeats Sonny Liston
  • Top headlineCivil Rights Act signed into law
  • Technology milestoneIBM System/360 mainframe computer launched
  • Defining fadBeatlemania
  • Notable inventionBASIC programming language
  • World population3.27 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderLyndon B. Johnson
  • Sports championSt. Louis Cardinals (World Series)
  • Also wonBoston Celtics (NBA)
  • U.S. population191.9M

1964 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Mark Price's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19642026
Gas$0.30$3.45/gal
Average home$13,350$435,000
Average income$8,600$67,500
Minimum wage$1.25$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$0.86$11.95
Postage stamp$0.05$0.73
Population191.9M341 million

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