Alonzo Mourning Basketball Cards

About Alonzo Mourning, Hall of Famer

Alonzo Mourning was a dominant center who spent most of his 15-year NBA career with the Miami Heat, also playing for the Charlotte Hornets and New Jersey Nets. Known as "Zo," Mourning earned Defensive Player of the Year honors twice and made two All-Defensive Teams, establishing himself as one of basketball's premier defensive forces. After Georgetown University, where he set NCAA freshman records for blocked shots, he was drafted second overall in 1992. A remarkable comeback followed his kidney transplant in 2003, culminating in winning the 2006 NBA championship with Miami. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2014.

Did you know? Mourning set NCAA records as a Georgetown freshman in 1988-89 by leading the nation with 169 total blocked shots and 5.0 blocks per game.

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