Corey Beck

Corey Laveon Beck (born May 27, 1971) is an American former basketball player. Beck played for the Charlotte Hornets and Detroit Pistons while in the NBA. He played college basketball for South Plains College and the Arkansas Razorbacks.

Corey Beck

Personal information
Born	(1971-05-27) May 27, 1971 (age 54) Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight	190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High school	Fairley (Memphis, Tennessee)
College	South Plains (1990–1991) Arkansas (1992–1995)
NBA draft	1995: undrafted
Playing career	1995–2001
Position	Point guard
Number	14, 15, 20
Career history
1995	Sioux Falls Skyforce
1995–1996	Charlotte Hornets
1996–1997	Sioux Falls Skyforce
1997–1998	Charlotte Hornets
1998–1999	Sioux Falls Skyforce
1999	Detroit Pistons
1999	Charlotte Hornets
1999–2000	Sioux Falls Skyforce
2000	Žalgiris Kaunas
2000–2001	Memphis Houn'Dawgs
2001	Toros de Aragua
2001	Roseto Basket
Career highlights
CBA champion (1996) CBA Defensive Player of the Year (1997) CBA All-Defensive Team (1997) NCAA champion (1994)
Career NBA statistics
Points	241
Assists	123
Rebounds	125
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference
Medals Men's basketball Representing  United States FIBA Americas Championship 1997 Montevideo National team Goodwill Games 1994 St. Petersburg National team

College career

Beck played collegiately for the University of Arkansas and was a major part of the mid-1990s Razorback teams that won one national championship in 1994 and reached the championship game the following year.

Professional career

He played for the Charlotte Hornets (1995–96, 1997–98, 1998–99) and Detroit Pistons (1998–99) in the NBA for 88 games.

He was also under contract with the Chicago Bulls (October 1996), Vancouver Grizzlies (January 1999) and Minnesota Timberwolves (October 2000), but has not played in any NBA regular season games for them.

Beck played for the Sioux Falls Skyforce of the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) from 1995 to 2000.^[1] He won a CBA championship with the Skyforce in 1996.^[2] He was selected as the CBA Defensive Player of the Year and named to the All-Defensive Team in 1997.^[1]

Following his NBA career, he played one season with the Memphis Houn'Dawgs of the ABA.

He also played professionally in Italy for Fila Biella (Serie A2, 2001) and Euro Roseto (Serie A, 2001).^[3]

Personal life

In September 2007, Beck and a friend were shot in an attempted robbery in Memphis. Beck was shot in the hand and face and was listed in critical condition following the shooting, but later improved.^[4]