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{{Short description|American basketball player (born 1967)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Derrick Chievous
| image =
| image_size =
| caption =
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 7
| weight_lb = 195
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|07|03}}
| birth_place = [[New York City, New York]], U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| high_school = [[Holy Cross High School (Flushing)|Holy Cross]] ([[Queens|Queens, New York]])
| college = [[Missouri Tigers men's basketball|Missouri]] (1984–1988)
| draft_year = 1988
| draft_round = 1
| draft_pick = 16
| draft_team = [[Houston Rockets]]
| career_start = 1988
| career_end = 1996
| career_number = 3, 33
| career_position = [[Small forward]]
| years1 = {{nbay|1988|start}}–{{nbay|1989|end}}
| team1 = [[Houston Rockets]]
| years2 = {{nbay|1989|end}}–{{nbay|1990|end}}
| team2 = [[Cleveland Cavaliers]]
| years3 = 1991–1992
| team3 = [[Albany Patroons]]
| years4 = 1991–1992
| team4 = [[Quad City Thunder]]
| years5 = 1992
| team5 = [[Rapid City Thrillers]]
| years6 = 1992
| team6 = [[San Miguel Beermen]]
| years7 = 1992–1993
| team7 = Quad City Thunder
| years8 = 1992–1993
| team8 = SYP Patronato Mallorca
| years9 = 1993–1994
| team9 = [[Dafni BC|Dafni]]
| years10 = 1995–1996
| team10 = [[Quilmes de Mar del Plata|Quilmes]]
| years11 = 1996
| team11 = [[APOEL B.C.|APOEL]]
| years12 = 1998
| team12 = [[Club Sportivo Independiente|Sportivo Independiente]]
| highlights =
* [[HEBA Greek All Star Game|Greek League All-Star]] (1994 I)
* Second-team [[NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans|All-American]] – [[United Press International|UPI]] ([[1987 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans|1987]])
* Third-team All-American – [[Associated Press|AP]] (1987)
* No. 3 [[Missouri Tigers men's basketball#Retired numbers|retired by Missouri Tigers]]
* Fourth-team [[Parade All-America Boys Basketball Team|''Parade'' All-American]] (1984)
| stats_league = NBA
| medal_templates = {{MedalSport | Men's [[Basketball]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{bk|USA}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Basketball at the Summer Universiade|Summer Universiade]]}}
{{MedalSilver| [[Basketball at the 1985 Summer Universiade|1985 Kobe]] | [[United States national basketball team|National team]]}}
}}

'''Derrick Joseph Chievous''' (born July 3, 1967) is an American former professional [[basketball]] player. During his pro [[sports club|club]] career, he played at the [[small forward]] position. Chievous played three seasons in the [[National Basketball Association]], after being selected by the [[Houston Rockets]], in the first round, with the 16th overall pick of the [[1988 NBA draft]].

==College career==
Chievous played [[college basketball]] at [[University of Missouri]], with the [[Missouri Tigers men's basketball|Missouri Tigers]], from 1984 to 1988. He led the Tigers to three [[NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|NCAA Tournament]] appearances. He also led them to Big Eight regular-season and tournament titles.

Chievous became the school's all-time scoring leader with 2,580 points over his collegiate career.<ref>http://mutigers.cstv.com/genrel/chievous_derrick00.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070403082251/http://mutigers.cstv.com/genrel/chievous_derrick00.html |date=April 3, 2007 }} University of Missouri Official Player Bio</ref> Chievous was inducted into the University of Missouri Intercollegiate Athletics Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 1996.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://mutigers.cstv.com/school-bio/hall-of-fame.html |title=MISSOURI OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE - on Campus |access-date=March 23, 2009 |archive-date=April 19, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090419065127/http://mutigers.cstv.com/school-bio/hall-of-fame.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> On November 1, 2012, it was announced that Chievous would be part of the "Class of 2012" inducted into the [[Missouri Sports Hall of Fame]] on November 15.<ref name="Hall">{{cite web|url=http://www.heartlandconnection.com/sports/story.aspx?id=820196|title=Willie Smith and Derrick Chievous are headed to the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame|publisher=Associated Press via KTVO-TV website|date=November 1, 2012|accessdate=November 1, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302071932/http://www.heartlandconnection.com/sports/story.aspx?id=820196|archive-date=March 2, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> On February 19, 2019, during a ceremony at halftime of a game between [[2018-19 Missouri Tigers men's basketball team|Missouri]] and [[2018-19 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team|Kentucky]], the university retired Chievous' number 3 jersey.<ref>{{cite web|first=Daniel|last=Jones|url=https://www.linncountyleader.com/sports/20190220/chievous-gets-moment-in-spotlight-as-missouri-retires-no-3|title=Chievous gets moment in spotlight as Missouri retires No. 3|work=Linn County Leader|date=February 19, 2019|accessdate=February 20, 2019|archive-date=February 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190221000007/https://www.linncountyleader.com/sports/20190220/chievous-gets-moment-in-spotlight-as-missouri-retires-no-3|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Professional career==
Chievous was selected by the [[Houston Rockets]], in the first round, with the 16th overall pick of the [[1988 NBA draft]]. Chievous played in the [[NBA]] from 1988 to 1991, with the Houston Rockets and [[Cleveland Cavaliers]]. His best NBA season came in his rookie year, when he appeared in 81 games and averaged 9.3 points per game.

==Personal life==
Chievous' son [[Quinton Chievous]] (b. 1992), played [[college basketball]] at the [[Tennessee Volunteers basketball|University of Tennessee]] and [[Hampton Pirates men's basketball|Hampton University]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Koutelas |first1=Reed |title=Missouri retires number of Derrick Chievous, the program's all-time scoring leader |url=https://www.columbiamissourian.com/sports/mizzou_mens_basketball/missouri-retires-number-of-derrick-chievous-the-programs-all-time-scoring-leader/article_da046d56-34a7-11e9-acea-efc473d9d5df.html |accessdate=July 19, 2020 |work=[[Columbia Missourian]] |date=February 19, 2019}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of NCAA Division I men's basketball career free throw scoring leaders]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071210210515/http://www.basketballreference.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=CHIEVDE01 Derrick Chievous NBA statistics], ''basketballreference.com''
*[https://www.statscrew.com/minorbasketball/stats/p-chievder001 Derrick Chievous CBA statistics], ''statscrew.com''

{{1988 NBA draft}}

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