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B. J. Armstrong

born 1967 · basketball player, executive

Detroit-born point guard who attended Brother Rice High School in Bloomfield Township and went on to win three NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls.

Born

Detroit, Michigan
age 59
Birth name
Benjamin Roy Armstrong Jr.
Field
Sports

01 / The Detroit story

The Detroit story

Armstrong was born in Detroit and attended Brother Rice High School in the suburb of Bloomfield Township before starring collegiately at Iowa. He built his career with the Chicago Bulls, where he was part of three NBA championship teams during Michael Jordan's first three-peat in the early 1990s and made an All-Star team of his own in 1994. He later moved into the front office, becoming assistant general manager of the Sacramento Kings, but his basketball roots trace back to a Detroit-area high school gym.

Highlights

  1. Born in Detroit, Michigan; attended Brother Rice High School in Bloomfield Township
  2. Won three NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls
  3. NBA All-Star in 1994
  4. Later became a front-office executive, including with the Sacramento Kings

02 / Their Detroit places

Their Detroit places 1

Where they lived, worked, performed and liked to hang out. Closed and demolished places stay here too, because they are part of the city's history.

  1. Studied here · 1980s

    Brother Rice High School

    The Bloomfield Township high school Armstrong attended.

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