NBA.com: David Wingate Bio

1999-2000:
Activated from the injured list on 4/6. Placed on the injured list with a sore right knee on 3/7. Activated from the injured list on 2/9.

1998-99:
On the injured list from 3/5 to 3/13 due to right patellar tendinitis.

1997-98:
On the injured list from 3/13 to 3/27, missing 8 games, due to a strained right hamstring. Scored 9 points (4-5 FG), in 12 minutes, in a 114-80 victory over the Houston Rockets on 1/19.

1996-97:
Wingate played in 65 games, all but two as a reserve, and averaged 3.6 points, 1.2 assists and 1.1 rebounds in 14.3 minutes per game. He also had 44 steals. Wingate scored a season-high 14 points in a 113-99 win over Sacramento on March 22, the only game in which he scored in double figures. He had a season-high five steals in a 97-91 win at Atlanta on March 14. Wingate played as a reserve in all 12 of Seattle's playoff games, averaging 6.4 points and 3.1 rebounds in 16.0 minutes per game.

1995-96:
In his first season with Seattle, Wingate appeared in 60 games, all but three of them as a reserve. He averaged just 3.7 points, 0.9 assists and 1.0 rebounds in 11.6 minutes per game, but his shooting percentage of .441 from three-point range (15-for-41) was the best on the team. Wingate scored a season-high 18 points against Dallas on March 15, shooting a perfect 8-for-8 from the field, including 2-for-2 from behind the three-point arc. He missed one game due to sinusitis and was a DNP-CD 21 times. He played in 13 of Seattle's 21 playoff games, including all six of the Sonics' games against the Chicago Bulls in the NBA Finals. He averaged 2.5 ppg against the Bulls and 1.5 ppg for the entire playoffs.

1994-95:
Wingate appeared in 52 games in 1994-95, missing 19 because of a degenerative condition in his left knee. He recorded career lows in most categories, averaging 2.3 points, 1.1 assists, and 1.2 rebounds in 9.9 minutes per game. He played his best basketball of the year late in the season after starting forward Scott Burrell went down with an injury. In 10 appearances after Burrell was sidelined, Wingate shot .545 from the field and averaged 7.2 points in 22.0 minutes per game. He put up a season-high 11 points against the Miami Heat on April 2, and three days later he grabbed a season-best 6 rebounds against the Philadelphia 76ers. In the nine games Wingate started, including six between April 2 and April 12, the Hornets went 7-2. Charlotte reached the postseason with a 50-32 record and faced the Chicago Bulls in the opening round, losing in four games. Wingate started all four contests, averaging 8.0 points and 3.8 assists in 18.3 minutes per game.

1993-94:
Wingate began the season on the injured list after undergoing surgery on his left knee for the second time in five months. He missed 31 games before being activated on January 7. He then appeared in 50 contests the rest of the way, starting 36, and scored 6.2 points per game. Wingate registered his first double-double since 1989-90 with a season-high 16 points, a career-high 13 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 steals against the Philadelphia 76ers on February 7. Two weeks later at home against the Dallas Mavericks, he recorded a season-best 5 steals. Wingate started the final 23 games of the season, sharing time at off guard and small forward with the likes of Eddie Johnson, Scott Burrell, Dell Curry, and Hersey Hawkins.

1992-93:
The Bullets elected not to re-sign Wingate for 1992-93, and the seven-year veteran was without a team when the season began. But the Charlotte Hornets signed him on November 18 for the $140,000 league minimum, reuniting Wingate with high school teammate Muggsy Bogues. Hornets Coach Allan Bristow valued Wingate for his defense, starting him in 55 of his 72 appearances. For the season, he averaged 6.1 points, 2.4 rebounds, and 2.5 assists, leading the team with a .536 field-goal percentage. It was the first time in Wingate's career that he shot better than 50 percent from the field. He scored a season-high 23 points against Philadelphia on November 24 and had 6 steals twice-on November 27 at Boston and December 4 at Sacramento. After the season he was rewarded with a new four-year contract.

1991-92:
The Spurs waived Wingate after the 1990-91 season. The Washington Bullets then signed him prior to the 1991-92 campaign, and he went on to have the most productive season of his career. Appearing in a career-high 81 games, Wingate started 72 times, averaging 7.9 points and 3.3 rebounds, both career highs. He finished the season ranked second on the team to Michael Adams in assists (247) and steals (123). He scored a season-high 18 points against Minnesota on March 13.

1989-90:
Prior to the 1989-90 season, the Sixers traded Wingate with Maurice Cheeks and Christian Welp to San Antonio for Johnny Dawkins and Jay Vincent. Wingate made a complete recovery from knee surgery the previous season and appeared in 78 games for the Spurs, then his career high. He averaged 6.8 points for the season, providing valuable minutes as a defensive stopper for a team that included veterans Maurice Cheeks and Terry Cummings as well as rising stars such as David Robinson, Willie Anderson, and Sean Elliott. The Spurs won the Midwest Division with 56 victories and went on to reach the Western Conference Semifinals. Wingate appeared in 10 postseason games, playing a total of 293 minutes and averaging 9.1 points.

1988-89:
Bothered by knee problems throughout the season, Wingate played only 372 minutes in 33 games. He missed the season's final 36 contests after being placed on the injured list on February 13 and underwent surgery on his right knee on April 7. Wingate averaged a career-low 4.2 points, scoring in double figures four times. He had a season-high 19 points against the Lakers on December 28 and was credited with 15 assists against Denver on December 5.

1987-88:
Wingate played in 61 games and averaged 8.9 points for Philadelphia, which fell to fourth in the Atlantic Division. He missed 14 games during the season with a severe groin pull, which seemed to hamper him even after his return. Before the injury, he tied a career high with 28 points against San Antonio on December 16.

1986-87:
David Wingate didn't enter the NBA until the 1986-87 season, but he has played with NBA players for most of his life. At Dunbar High School in Baltimore, he teamed with Muggsy Bogues, Reggie Williams, and the late Reggie Lewis, all of whom went on to play in the NBA. And at Georgetown University, Wingate played with Williams and Patrick Ewing, helping the Hoyas win the 1984 NCAA Championship. The Philadelphia 76ers selected Wingate with the 44th overall pick in the 1986 NBA Draft. He contributed immediately as a reserve guard, averaging 8.8 points in 77 games. The Sixers, helped by Wingate's 93 steals, ranked sixth in the league in team defense, allowing 106.6 points per game. Wingate appeared in all five of Philadelphia's postseason games, as the Sixers fell to the Milwaukee Bucks in a tight first-round series. He averaged 8.2 points in the playoffs, with totals of 12 rebounds, 9 assists, and 5 steals. The 1987 postseason marked the swan song for superstar Julius Erving, who retired at the end of the playoffs.

COLLEGE:
Played collegiate ball at Georgetown. In his sophomore season, the Hoyas won the 1984 NCAA Championship. He left college as the school's third all-time leading scorer. He was a member of the legendary Dunbar High School team in Baltimore that featured Muggsy Bogues, Reggie Lewis, and Reggie Williams