Professional Career
Earl was selected in the first round of the 1993 NBA Draft by the Boston Celtics with the 19th pick, in a year which included Chris Webber, Jamal Mashburn and Anfernee Hardaway. He played 74 games in his rookie season, averaging 5.5 points and 3.3 rebounds per game.
His statistics dropped in his second year, as he played in only 30 games, being traded to the Toronto Raptors before 1995-96. With the Raptors, he posted his best statistical season, scoring 7.5 points per game, adding 3.1 rebounds. On April 12, 1996, against the team that drafted him - the Celtics - Earl posted a double-double, with 40 points and 12 rebounds in a 136-108 loss. Midway through 1996-97, he was traded to the Milwaukee Bucks, appearing in nine games in his final NBA season.
Subsequently, Earl took his game overseas, first appearing for Paris Basket Racing (France), also playing 21 games in Australia for the National Basketball League's Sydney Kings in 1998-99. In 1998, he also played with the CBA's LaCrosse Bobcats.
He then represented Türk Telekom Ankara and Darussafaka Istanbul Spor Kulubu (Turkey), Unics Kazan and Saratov Autodor (Russia), Śląsk Wrocław (Poland), Traiskirchen Arkadia Lions (Austria) and KK Budućnost Podgorica (Montenegro), retiring in 2004. He also had a small stint for Dukagjini, in Kosovo, helping the team become state champions.
Moving into coaching, Earl managed, during 2005, the Tijuana Dragons of the American Basketball Association (ABA) team based in Tijuana, Mexico.
Acie Earl is now the freshman coach at Solon High School, a class 2A school in east central Iowa.
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