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| Derrick Dial | 15
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Position:
G
Born:
12/20/75
Height:
6-4 / 1,93
Weight:
184 lbs. / 83,5 kg.
College:
Eastern Michigan '98
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Career Highlights
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Spent the 1998-99 season in Greece, playing for Peristeri ... appeared in 21 games, averaging 18.7 points, 4.8 rebounds and 1.7 assists in 36.8 minutes per contest ... hit .452 (94-208) of two-point field goals, .347 (41-118) of three-point field goals and .766 (82-107) from the line ... led the team in scoring and three-pointers made ... selected by Connecticut in the fourth round of the 1998 CBA Draft, with the 32nd overall selection ... played for the Camden Power in the USBL in the summer of 1998, averaging 23.0 points, 4.5 rebounds and 3.5 assists in 16 games ... ranked fifth in the league in scoring and fifth in free throw percentage with a .840 mark (79-94) ... has played for the Spurs summer league team each of the last two years, in the 1999 Rocky Mountain Revue in Salt Lake and in the 2000 Shaw's Summer Pro League in Boston ... was the Spurs leading scorer in the 2000 Shaw's Summer Pro League, averaging 12.8 points, 3.3 rebounds and 2.2 assists in 25.8 minutes in 6 games.
Up | Down
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BACKGROUND
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2000-2001:
Appeared in 33 games, averaging 2.6 points, 1.2 rebounds and 6.3 minutes per contest...Shot 43.4% from the field, 20.0% from three-point land and 57.1% from the line...Scored a career-high 15 points (6-9 FG, 1-1 3PT-FG, 2-2 FT)- along with three rebounds and two steals- in 14 minutes at Detroit on 1/12...Had 11 points and a career-high four assists in a season-best 20 minutes vs. Golden State on 2/5...Finished with 10 points and four boards at the Clippers on 1/29...Logged ten or more minutes nine times...Started and finished the season on the injured list...Missed the first 21 games of the season due to a right shoulder impingement before being activated on 12/14...Missed the finla 19 games of the season after being placed on the injured list on 3/14 due to a sprained right wrist...Registered nine DNP-CDs
1999-2000 :
The only rookie on the Spurs 1999-2000 roster ... appeared in a total of 8 games, averaging 5.0 points and 3.3 rebounds in 11.9 minutes ... shot .370 (17-46) from the field, .250 (3-12) from three-point land and .600 (3-5) from the line ... spent a majority of the season on the injured list ... missed the first 59 games of the season while on the injured list with a lower back strain ... was activated on 3/6 and made his NBA debut that night in dramatic fashion, finishing with 9 points and 2 rebounds in 10 second-half minutes vs. New Jersey ... saw action in 8 of the Spurs 10 games from 3/6 to 3/25 ... scored at least 2 points in each of the 8 games he played ... was then placed on the injured list on 4/1 due to left patellar tendonitis and missed the team's final 10 games ... missed a total of 69 games due to injury and registered 5 DNP-CDs ... was on the Spurs 12-man playoff roster and had a total of 5 points and 2 rebounds in 8 minutes in 2 playoff games.
COLLEGE NOTES
Appeared in 122 games in his four-year career at Eastern Michigan, earning 107 starts ... career averages of 15.5 points, 5.7 rebounds and 2.0 assists while shooting .480 (691-1,441) from the field and .774 (295-381) from the line ... connected on 214-of-568 (.377) three-point field goals ... set a school record with 214 career three-pointers ... missed just one game -- due to the flu -- during his collegiate career ... scored in double figures 100 times with 20 or more 31 times ... finished third on the school's all-time scoring list, with 1,891 points, and eighth all-time in rebounds, with 692 ... only the second player in EMU history (along with former NBA player Kennedy McIntosh) to finish with at least 1,800 points and 600 rebounds ... named to the All-Mid-American Conference Second Team as both a junior and a senior.
1997-98: As a senior at Eastern Michigan, averaged 20.9 points, 6.7 rebounds and 2.3 assists in 35.5 minutes in 29 games ... shot .484 from the field and .785 from the line ... hit 79-of-198 (.399) from three-point land ... was 24th in the nation in scoring ... second in the MAC in three-pointers made with 60 (behind teammate Earl Boykins with 63) ... twice scored over 40 points: had a career-best 45 points (thanks to 9 threes) on 1/5 vs. Marshall and had 42 points and 12 boards at Arizona State on 12/28 ... named the team's Grant Long 3-D Award winner (for desire, dedication and discipline) for the second straight season ... named to both the All-Mid-American Conference Second Team and the MAC All-Tournament Team for the second straight season.
1996-97: Named the team's co-MVP (along with Earl Boykins), averaging 17.7 points, 5.2 rebounds and 2.3 assists in 32 games ... hit .520 from the field and .816 from the line ... finished fifth in the MAC in scoring ... shot a team-best .423 (55-of-130) from three-point land ... named to the MAC All-Tournament Team ... had a season-high 31 points vs. Miami of Ohio in the MAC Championship game on 3/8.
1995-96: Averaged 13.7 points and 5.7 rebounds in 31 games ... scored in double figures 25 times with a season-high 31 points vs. St. Francis on 11/26 ... second on the team in three-pointers made with 47.
1994-95: Earned 16 starts in 30 games as a freshman ... averaged 9.8 points and 5.1 rebounds ... sat out the 1993-94 season as a redshirt.
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PERSONAL
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Received his degree from Eastern Michigan with a dual major in Communications and Computer Science
Is an avid bowler, rolled a personal best of 279 in the summer of 2000
Is a gym rat in the off-season, playing basketball seven days a week in Detroit
A movie buff -- favorites include Scarface, Any Given Sunday, Coming To America and The Nutty Professor
A fan of the Steve Harvey Show
Enjoys reading, listing To Kill A Mockingbird and Casino as his two favorite books
During the summer can be found working on cars with his dad
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