- At 6' 9", he played the tallest ever Klingon in Star Trek.
- 1988 NBA Finals MVP.
- Selected first in the 1983 NBA Draft by the Los Angeles Lakers after they won a coin flip.
- Played basketball at the University of North Carolina from 1979-1980 to 1981-1982. Led the Tar Heels to the NCAA championship (Coach Dean Smith's first) in 1982. Left after his junior season for the NBA. Teammate on that national championship team was a freshman named Micheal Jordan.
- Started and played on three NBA Championship teams, 1984-1985, 1986-1987, and 1987-1988. 1988 NBA Finals MVP.
- Enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, 2003.
- Father of Sable Worthy and Sierra Worthy.
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