He was born in
Chicago,
Illinois. Bond played for the
Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team from 1987 to 1991, averaging 8.1 points and 3.8 rebounds in 93 contests. Coming out of college, he made his professional debut in the
World Basketball League with the
Saskatchewan Storm. In his NBA career, Bond played in 157 games (154 in regular season), and scored a total of 874 points. He scored 590 points in 1 season with the
Dallas Mavericks, 273 points in two seasons with
Utah Jazz, and 10 points in one season with the
Detroit Pistons He also played professionally in Italy for
Cirio Avellino (Serie A2, Jan–Jun '98) and for
TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen in the German
Basketball Bundesliga. For Leverkusen, Bond averaged 16.4 points per contest in Bundesliga play during the 1998–99 season. Bond was a member of the Minnesota Timberwolves' broadcast team and is a
motivational speaker. ==References==