Brad Daugherty Biography

Fast Facts

• Started his college basketball career at the age of 16
• Named first-team All-ACC twice at North Carolina, where he teamed with Michael Jordan
• Also named to the ACC's 50th Anniversary Team
• Selected first overall in the 1986 NBA Draft by the Cleveland Cavaliers
• Wore No
• 43 both in high school and in the NBA in honor of NASCAR legend Richard Petty, whom Daugherty met at Daytona International Speedway as a youngster
• The jersey number was retired by the Cavaliers in 1997
• In 1987, he co-founded a racing team that went on to garner a 1989 NASCAR Busch Series win by Robert Pressley
• Inducted into the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame in 2001
• Held the Cavaliers' all-time scoring record (10,389) from his final game in 1994 until 2008, when LeBron James soared past the mark in only his fifth season
• Daugherty also held the team's all-time rebounding mark (5227) until 2008, when Zydrunas Ilgauskas surpassed it