times,” said Thorn. "To come from a place with 7,000 people sometimes you pinch yourself and think, 'Wow, how fortunate I've been.' When I played we got $8 in meal money. We were like a barnstorming league. I can remember playing 16 straight days in preseason in one little high school after the next. You couldn't tell me the NBA would end up where it is and I would be a first hand witness to so many great things. That's one of the things I'm proudest of, just being on the scene and sometimes having a little something to do with what transpired. It's been a lot of fun." Personal life He graduated from the University of Washington with a degree in political science while playing and coaching for the SuperSonics. Thorn and his wife, Peggy, have a son, Jonathan, and twin daughters, Amanda and Jessica. "I'm not sure there are any others who have the hard earned understanding of the game," former NBA commissioner David Stern said about Thorn. "People forget he drafted Michael Jordan, forget the Nets (under Thorn) were in the Finals two years in a row (after he pulled off the Jason Kidd trade), forget he was with the 76ers when they beat the Bulls in the playoffs as an eighth seed. He has a unique background and a unique personal approach." Honors Thorn was inducted into the West Virginia University Sports Hall of Fame in 1982. On September 7, 2018, Thorn was enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a contributor. On February 29, 2020, Thorn’s number 44 was retired by West Virginia University. NBA career statistics Regular season |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Baltimore | 75 || || 34.6 || .405 || || .731 || 4.8 || 3.7 || || || 14.4 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Detroit | 74 || || 23.9 || .427 || || .724 || 3.6 || 2.2 || || || 11.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Detroit | 27 || || 30.2 || .417 || || .732 || 3.7 || 2.4 || || || 13.9 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|St. Louis | 46 || || 20.1 || .423 || || .690 || 2.4 || 1.8 || || || 8.8 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|St. Louis | 67 || || 17.4 || .445 || || .727 || 2.4 || 1.8 || || || 8.8 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Seattle |