Tom LaGarde
Nuggets
['washington wizards', 'portland trailblazers', '76ers', 'chicago', 'atlanta dream', 'phoenix', 'milwaukee hawks', 'oklahoma city thunder', 'orlando', 'new york knicks', 'minnesota lynx', 'tampa bay rays', 'sacramento', 'chicago bulls', 'san jose', 'seattle supersonics', 'los angeles', 'san jose sharks', 'portland trail blazers', 'philadelphia flyers', 'seattle', 'new york knickerbockers', 'st louis blues', 'buffalo sabres', 'miami sol', 'mercury', 'san antonio silver stars', 'new jersey devils', 'chicago white sox', 'nashville predators', 'minnesota timberwolves', 'minneapolis lakers', 'chicago packers', 'mighty ducks', 'detroit pistons', 'houston comets', 'washington bullets', 'montreal expos', 'los angeles dodgers', 'detroit shock', 'san diego padres', 'san antonio stars', 'charlotte hornets', 'cleveland indians', 'sacramento kings', 'kansas city royals', 'utah', 'cincinnati royals', 'portland', 'san francisco warriors', 'buffalo braves', 'pittsburgh', 'toronto maple leafs', 'new york rangers', 'calgary flames', 'minnesota twins', 'kansas city', 'phoenix coyotes', 'new jersey', 'panthers', 'charlotte', 'los angeles clippers', 'memphis', 'detroit red wings', 'phoenix suns', 'connecticut', 'indiana pacers', 'new orleans jazz', 'indiana fever', 'quebec nordiques', 'tampa bay devil rays', 'boston bruins', 'seattle storm', 'montreal', 'quebec', 'golden state warriors', 'connecticut sun', 'tampa bay lightning', 'anaheim ducks', 'boston celtics', 'san antonio', 'cleveland', 'new york islanders', 'tampa bay', 'arizona coyotes', 'anaheim', 'indianapolis olympians', 'atlanta', 'philadelphia 76ers', 'milwaukee bucks', 'columbus blue jackets', 'cleveland cavaliers', 'memphis grizzlies', 'minnesota north stars', 'toronto', 'california golden seals', 'baltimore bullets', 'washington', 'atlanta flames']
Tom LaGarde
Thomas Joseph "Tom" LaGarde (born February 10, 1955) is a retired American basketball player who played in the NBA from 1977 to 1985. After playing collegiately at the University of North Carolina, LaGarde was selected 9th overall in the first round of the 1977 NBA Draft by the Denver Nuggets. At 6'10" and 220 lb, LaGarde played forward and center in the NBA. After spending his rookie season with the Nuggets, LaGarde spent the following two seasons with the Seattle SuperSonics. In 1980, he was selected by the expansion Dallas Mavericks that offseason in the expansion draft. LaGarde was the only team member who played all 82 games for the Mavericks in their inaugural 1980-81 season, finishing second on the team in points to Jim Spanarkel and leading the team in rebounds and block shots. LaGarde saw his playing time diminish the following season, averaging just 19 minutes per game in 47 games for the Mavericks. LaGarde appeared in only one game that season before suffering a season-ending calf injury. In 2008 he created a video parody of McCain-Palin called the Original Mavericks for Truth. Tom and his wife, Heather, live in Saxapahaw, North Carolina, with their two children. Together, they redeveloped an old mill, which is now a 700-person music venue, called the Haw River Ballroom.