How tall is Rick Fox

Ulrich Alexander Fox (born July 24, 1969) is a Canadian actor and former basketball player. He played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers, and played educational basketball for the North Carolina Tar Heels. He was the owner of the eSports franchise Echo Fox until his departure from the franchise in October 2019.

His acting credits have included roles in Oz, He Got Game, One Tree Hill, Ugly Betty, The Game, The vast Bang Theory, Meet the Browns, Melrose Place, Mr. Box Office, Sin City Saints, Krystal, Sharknado, Greenleaf, Morning Show Mysteries and All Rise.

Fox was born in Toronto, the son of Dianne Gerace, who was an Olympic high jumper and women’s pentathlete, and Ulrich Fox. His daddy is Bahamian and his mommy is Canadian of Italian and Scottish descent. Fox’s relatives moved to his father’s native Bahamas later Fox was young. He attended Kingsway Academy in Nassau. Despite never playing organized ball before, he went to a summer camp and became a advocate of the high school’s basketball team, the “Saints”. Fox as well as played tall school basketball in Warsaw, Indiana where he trained to excel. After two seasons (1984–1986) at Warsaw, Fox was projected to have a very thriving senior season. Just prior to his senior season, the Indiana High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) ruled that he had no more tall school eligibility left (due to completing eight semesters in the company of the Bahamas and Indiana) and was not allowed to participate in any further IHSAA games. Despite not playing his senior season, Fox was voted onto the Indiana All-Star team in 1987. He next went on to star collegiately at the University of North Carolina where his highlights began his professional basketball career.

Fox was chosen by the Boston Celtics in the first round (24th pick overall) of the 1991 NBA draft. As a aficionado of the Celtics, Fox became the first rookie starter upon opening night previously Larry Bird in 1979 and made the 1992 NBA All-Rookie Second Team after averaging 8 points per game. By the 1995–96 season, Fox became the team’s starting small forward and achieved double-figure scoring. He recorded career highs of 15.4 points a game and 2.2 steals a game (fifth in the league) and made 101 three-point ring goals in the 1996–97 season.

In the summer of 1997, the Celtics released Fox, and he signed bearing in mind the Los Angeles Lakers. He played and started in all 82 games during the 1997–98 season, averaging 12 points per game. In the playoffs, he tallied 10.9 points a game as the Lakers open-minded to the Western Conference Finals since losing to the Utah Jazz. In the 1998–99 season, the Lakers acquired All-Star small forward Glen Rice. Fox primarily served as his backup during the neighboring two seasons.