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No game in our box scores falls on September 16. The nearest date before it · September 15, 2020: the Denver Nuggets visited the Los Angeles Clippers, in the playoffs. Denver Nuggets 104, Los Angeles Clippers 89. WWikipedia↗

From the vault · March 30, 2019 · 2019 NCAA tournament, Elite Eight: The Virginia Cavaliers beat the Purdue Boilermakers 80–75 in overtime in the Elite Eight of the 2019 NCAA tournament.

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Guard · 6′7″ 215 lb · Born 1963-09-02 in Columbus, GA · High school: Columbus · College: Mercer · 1985 NBA draft, round 3, pick 7 (No. 54 overall) by Houston Rockets

Seasons

13

Teams

2

NBA playoff seasons

9

Awards and honours

• NBA Coach of the Year: 2006-07

NBA NBA career game logs →

4 × 12 min, 24-second clock, arc 23 ft 9 in (22 ft corners). Per-game and shooting figures are this league's alone.

Per-game averages as published: these seasons have no box scores here, so no season totals.

Season	Team	G	GS	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FG%	3P%	FT%
1989-90	Timberwolves	80	30	30.2	12.7	5.8	1.1	0.8	0.7	.446	.000	.768
1990-91	Timberwolves	82	60	38.1	14.6	6.3	1.6	0.8	0.7	.441	.000	.775
1991-92	Timberwolves	82	63	26.2	10.1	5.8	1.1	0.6	0.5	.423	.182	.786
1992-93	Pacers	81	1	17.3	7.2	3.1	0.9	0.3	0.1	.445	.174	.811
1993-94	Pacers	75	18	14.5	4.8	2.5	0.9	0.4	0.1	.458	.000	.745
1994-95	Pacers	81	12	17.0	6.5	3.0	0.8	0.5	0.2	.487	.100	.724
1995-96	Timberwolves	78	42	27.5	10.8	4.3	0.9	0.6	0.3	.490	.056	.814

Season	Team	G	GS	MPG	PTS	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%	TS%
1996-97	Timberwolves	82		25.0	766	9.3	4.0	1.0	0.6	0.2	1.1	.446	.160	.759	.515
1997-98	Timberwolves	81		27.6	1,000	12.3	4.8	1.3	0.8	0.3	0.8	.464	.349	.832	.533
1998-99	Timberwolves	50		26.9	561	11.2	3.6	2.0	0.7	0.3	0.7	.408	.237	.764	.467
1999-00	Timberwolves	66		18.6	427	6.5	2.1	1.7	0.4	0.2	0.7	.447	.435	.880	.509
2000-01	Timberwolves	82		12.0	285	3.5	1.5	0.7	0.3	0.1	0.4	.408	.209	.727	.452
2001-02	Timberwolves	74	9	9.8	244	3.3	1.1	0.6	0.2	0.1	0.4	.432	.286	.776	.487
Total	6 seasons	435	9	19.7	3,283	7.5	2.8	1.1	0.5	0.2	0.7	.439	.275	.793	.502

Playoffs

Season	Team	G	GS	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FG%	3P%	FT%
1992-93	Pacers	4	0	6.3	3.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	.625		1.000
1993-94	Pacers	15	0	6.6	1.4	1.1	0.3	0.1	0.1	.346	.000	.750
1994-95	Pacers	17	0	13.1	4.0	2.8	0.4	0.2	0.1	.359	.000	.786

Season	Team	G	GS	MPG	PTS	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%	TS%
1996-97	Timberwolves	3		15.7	17	5.7	2.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	.462		.625	.506
1997-98	Timberwolves	5		35.7	72	14.4	5.4	1.6	0.2	0.2	1.0	.448	.214	.895	.537
1998-99	Timberwolves	4		32.9	40	10.0	3.5	1.5	0.2	0.5	2.0	.375	.167	.750	.438
1999-00	Timberwolves	4		17.0	23	5.8	1.8	0.5	0.0	0.2	1.0	.500	.400	1.000	.592
2000-01	Timberwolves	4		12.5	6	1.5	1.8	0.8	0.2	0.0	0.2	.200	.000	1.000	.274
2001-02	Timberwolves	3	2	11.5	8	2.7	0.7	1.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	.333		1.000	.402
Total	6 seasons	23	2	22.2	166	7.2	2.8	1.0	0.2	0.3	0.8	.412	.231	.826	.489

NBA advanced measures (as published by NBA Stats)

Season	Team	G	USG%	TS%	eFG%	ORtg	DRtg	Net	AST%	REB%	Pace	PIE
1996-97	Timberwolves	82	.179	.523	.449	99.8	104.8	-5.0	.068	.082	93.5	.072
1997-98	Timberwolves	81	.195	.539	.473	106.2	104.9	1.3	.078	.084	94.4	.103
1998-99	Timberwolves	50	.205	.472	.417	98.9	99.2	-0.3	.124	.066	93.04	.090
1999-00	Timberwolves	66	.167	.513	.460	99.4	103.3	-3.9	.141	.057	94.26	.080
2000-01	Timberwolves	82	.156	.455	.424	100.1	104.2	-4.1	.089	.065	94.35	.045
2001-02	Timberwolves	74	.165	.491	.454	103.1	100.6	2.5	.096	.057	95.65	.055

Ratings and usage need possession counts on the floor, so they are shown as NBA Stats publishes them rather than computed here.