2002-03:
Signed as a veteran free agent just before training camp, he appeared in 71 games for the Pacers, including 10 starts. ...
As a starter, he averaged 12.2 ppg, 6.4 apg and 4.1 rpg, compared to 5.5 ppg, 2.4 apg and 1.7 rpg as a reserve.
However, 11 of his 17 games with 10+ points came as a reserve. ...
As a starter, he shot 40-88 FGS (.458), 14-36 3-pt FGS (.389) and 28-33 FTS (.848), compared to 123-292 FGS (.421), 48-124 3-pt FGS (.387) and 42-54 FTS (.778) as a reserve. ...
His overall field goal accuracy mark of 42.9 percent was the second best season of his career. ...
His first start came in the Pacers’ season opener vs. Houston, 10/30, and he scored 19 points with four assists, three steals and a season-high seven rebounds against the Rockets. ...
The second of those seven rebounds against the Rockets was the 1,000th of his career. ...
Among the league’s top 10 in 3-pt accuracy for much of the first half of the season, he shot 36-82 3-pt FGS (.439) through his first 42 appearances. He finished the season with a mark of 38.8 percent from 3-pt range, 24th in the NBA. ...
In the Pacers’ game at San Antonio, 2/22, he scored a season-high 22 points, including 6-7 from 3-pt range. His six 3-pt FGM tied a career-high and were one short of the most by a Pacers’ player this season. ...
Handing out 200+ assists in a season for the second time in his career, he was second on the team with 209 assists this season. ...
He dealt 10+ assists twice and registered double-doubles in both contests. ...
Other than Jamaal Tinsley, he was the only Pacers’ player to have 10+ assists this season. ...
He had 10 assists and 17 points in the Pacers’ overtime win at Philadelphia, 1/6. That was his first double-double since 11/24/99. ...
Including a career-high tying 11 assists against the Jazz, 3/14, he led the Pacers in assists nine times. All nine games that he led the Pacers in assists came in season’s last 49 games. In that game against the Jazz, he had 19 points for his second double-double of the season. ...
He scored the 3,000th point of his career with his first two points vs. Seattle, 1/24. ...
He ended the season needing just two assists for 1,000 in his career. ...
For the season, he had an assists-to-turnover ratio of 2.13-to-1. That was third best among all players with 100+ assists. ...
He spent five games in late November and early December on the injured list with tendinitis of the right Achilles. He was also on the injured list for the season’s last three games with plantar fasciitis of the right foot. ...
He drew three DNP-CDs, sitting out the first two games against Milwaukee, 11/15 and 12/11, and one against the Nets, 2/20.
Playoffs: Totaled 42 minutes in five appearances in the first-round series against Boston, averaging 4.2 points and 1.6 assists.
2001-02:
In 79 games for the Celtics (including four starts), averaged 7.7 ppg, 2.7 rpg and 2.3 apg...One of only five players (along with Antoine Walker Paul Pierce, Rodney Rogers and Tony Battie) to lead the Celtics in scoring during the season, doing so twice...In three appearances vs. Indiana, he averaged 16.0 ppg, 5.0 rpg and 3.3 apg...In the last nine games of the season, he averaged 10.0 ppg, 3.2 rpg, 3.1 apg and just 1.2 topg in 22.2 mpg...Scored 20+ points four times, twice against the Pacers...Scored in double figures 22 times, 15+ points 15 times...Dished out five or more assists 12 times and grabbed five or more rebounds 14 times...Logged 20+ minutes 49 times -- including 21 straight games from 1/7 through 2/16...Logged 30+ minutes 11 times...Scored five points in his first outing as a member of the Celtics vs. Chicago, 11/2...Drew one DNP-CD at Washington, 3/11...Scored the 2,500th point of his NBA career at Milwaukee, 1/29/02...Attempting 100+ free throws for just the second time in his six NBA seasons, shot 131-155 FTS for 84.5 percent, which tied for 24th in the NBA…Collected 56 steals and had multiple thefts 13 times.
Playoffs: After totaling eight points in his first 10 postseason appearances, scored 13 and 14 points, respectively, in Game 5 and Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals vs. New Jersey, shooting 8-23 FGS, 2-13 3-pt FGS and 9-9 FTS...In his other 10 postseason outings, shot 3-16 FGS, 2-7 3-pt FGS and did not attempt a free throw...In those final two games of the series vs. New Jersey, averaged 25.5 mpg, compared to 6.7 mpg in the first 10 games.
2000-01:
He played in 50 games, averaging 5.2 points, 1.9 assists and 2.6 rebounds for the New York Knicks and the Vancouver Grizzlies...he shot 30-95 (.316) from three point territory...he played in 22 games with Vancouver, averaging 6.4 points, 3.0 assists and 3.5 rebounds per game...he had single-game highs of 15 points, nine rebounds and eight assists
1999-2000:
Averaged 12.8 ppg, 4.8 rpg, 3.1 apg and 1.54 spg in 68 games...Hit buzzer-beating putback to give Dallas a 97-96 win over San Antonio on 3/2...Netted a career-high 36 points and snared 8 boards in a 104-99 win over Phoenix on 3/11...Activated from the injured list on 12/29 after missing 14 games with a left sterno clavicular joint...Scored 19 points and pulled down a career-high 10 rebounds, in a 120-97 win at Golden State on 11/6
1998-99:
Averaged 7.5 ppg, 2.5 rpg, 1.9 apg and 1.21 apg in 33 games...Posted season-high 20 points (7-12 FG, 5-5 FT) in a 101-93 victory over the Chicago Bulls on 4/26...On the injured list from 2/18 to 2/26 due to a right groin strain
1997-98:
Averaged 7.6 ppg, 2.4 rpg and 2.5 apg in 67 games...Scored a then-career-high 30 points (11-17 FG, 3-4 3FG, 5-5 FT) and added three assists in a 107-98 win over the Seattle SuperSonics on 1/20...On the injured list from 12/16 to 1/2 due to a sprained right ankle.
1996-97:
Passed over in the NBA Draft, signed with the Mavericks and made the team in training camp, but lasted only two games before suffering a strained left shoulder...Went on the injured list on 11/12 and was waived by Dallas on 1/7...Signed with the Oklahoma City Cavalry of the CBA and played eight games there before being traded to the Quad City Thunder, for whom he played 16 games...Averaged 11.7 points per game and shot .500 from the field in his 24 CBA games, which included a 35-point effort against Grand Rapids on Feb. 12...Re-signed by the Mavericks on 2/25...Played in 28 games for Dallas, making 15 starts, and averaged 10.6 points per game to rank eighth among all NBA rookies in scoring -- all seven players ahead of him were lottery picks...Started 14 games in a row and averaged 14.8 ppg during that span before suffering a severely sprained right thumb on 3/18, an injury that forced him to miss 10 games...Scored a then-career-high 25 points in 36 minutes in a 107-105 double overtime loss to Minnesota on 2/27...On March 11 vs. New York, made all 12 of his free throw attempts, the most FT ever made by a Mavericks rookie.
COLLEGE:
Capped his collegiate career by leading the Cornhuskers to the 1996 NIT title and by being named the tournament’s MVP...In the NIT, averaged 17.4 ppg, 4.4 rpg and 3.0 apg...Upon his graduation, was Nebraska’s sixth all-time leading scorer (1,586 points) and the Cornhuskers all-time leader in games played (127) and steals (257)...Was an All-Defensive Big Eight selection in each of his last three seasons at Nebraska...Boasted career averages of 12.5 ppg and 4.0 rpg...Shot 179-513 from 3-pt range in his career and his 179 3-pt FGM ranked third on the Huskers all-time list...Named to the All-Big Eight second team by the league’s coaches following his senior season...Averaged a career-high 16.3 ppg as a junior and was named an All-Big Eight honorable mention by the coaches and The Associated Press...His 505 points as a junior ranked as the 10th best single-season total in Cornhuskers’ history...As a sophomore, averaged 2.0 spg, third best in the conference...His 60 steals tied the fourth best total in school history...Was named the Big Eight Freshman of the Year after averaging 7.8 ppg, 2.0 rpg and 2.1 apg...Scored a Nebraska freshman record 28 points vs. Missouri...Was second on the team in 3-pt FG percentage (.454) and in steals (47)...Earned All-Academic Big Eight honors as a junior and senior.
