2001-02:
One of seven players in the NBA to average at least 20 points, six rebounds and four assists (Francis, Garnett, McGrady, Malone, Walker, Webber)...Finished the year as the team’s leading scorer (21.5 ppg)...Missed the first 42 games of the season after being placed on the injured list on 11/20 due to a lower abdominal strain...Returned to the Hornets lineup 2/18 at MIL, finishing with 22 points, five assists, three rebounds and three steals in 44 minutes...Also recorded his 500th career steal in the same game...Averaged 22.5 points, 5.8 rebounds and 4.4 assists after returning from injury (31 games)...Was named Eastern Conference Player of the Month for March after averaging 21.7 points, 6.5 rebounds and 3.9 assists while leading the Hornets to a 10-5 record (the first time a Hornet was named Player of the Month since Glen Rice in 1997)...Went 15-20 from the floor to score 36 points (his high as a Hornet) 2/27 vs. NJ…matched his season high with 36 points 3/24 at IND...Recorded his season high of 11 assists vs. CLE on 4/12...His free throw percentage (.876, 211-241) was a career high...Scored 20 points or more in the last 10 straight games of the regular season (and 14 of the last 15).
2000-01:
Grabbed a career-high 7.6 rebounds (30th in NBA) and dished out a career-high 5.4 assists (tied for 22nd in NBA) ... Led the team in scoring by averaging over 20 points (20.1) (tied for 24th in NBA) for the first time since the 1995-96 season with Dallas ... One of only three players in the NBA ranked in the top 30 in scoring, rebounding and assists (Garnett, Walker) ... Recorded his first career triple-double with 26 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists vs. MIL 1/19 ... Just missed his second triple-dub with 32 points, 10 rebounds, and nine assists to go with four steals in 43 minutes at Milwaukee on 2/17 - a game in which the Hornets won behind Mash's 14 points in the fourth quarter ... Was second on the team in assists (5.4) and first in minutes (39.3 - tied for 19th in the NBA) ... Tied for the team lead with 21 double-doubles on the season ... Scored a season-high 33 points (11-20 FG) and added nine boards vs. Sacramento on 12/13 ... Recorded career-highs of 15 rebounds on 2/16 vs. L.A. Lakers and 14 assists vs. Chicago on 3/12 ... Led the team in scoring in 37 games, in rebounding 18 games and in assists 19 times ... Had 72 10-plus point-performances, 42 20-plus point-games and eight 30-plus point games ... Scored 20-plus points in six of the last nine games played ... Led the Hornets with 103 three-pointers (103-289, .356) ... Hit at least one three-pointer in a season-best 11 consecutive games from 1/7-2/6 ... Missed five games due to bone bruise in left knee and one with a bruised sternum ... Had his best stretch of the season from 1/17-2/4 averaging 23.7 points, 7.5 rebounds and 4.8 assists on 82 of 180 (.455) in 41.1 minutes ... During the playoffs, raised his average to 24.9 points per game (first in franchise history) - previous playoff average was 11.7 ppg ... Hit 25-of-25 free throws during Round 1 of the playoffs against Miami - the most free throws made without a miss for a 3-game series in NBA Playoff history ... Scored a postseason career high of 36 points in Game 3 versus Milwaukee, which is the second highest individual output in Hornets team history.
1999-2000:
Scored a game-high 29 points in a 92-90 OT win at Cleveland on 3/18 ... Netted 28 points in a 108-104 win over Milwaukee on 3/14 ... Poured in a game-high 29 points in a 101-83 win over Seattle on 3/2 ... Logged a game-high 26 points (4-6 3 FG) and snared eight boards in a 107-88 win over the L.A. Clippers on 2/15 ... Posted 28 points and six rebounds in a 101-79 win over Atlanta on 1/21 ... Totaled 16 points, 10 assists and nine rebounds in an 89-86 win over Washington on 11/27 ... Scored 22 points and dished seven assists in a 113-106 loss in Atlanta on 11/23 ... Tallied a game-high 34 points (13-19 FG, 3-6 3 FG) in a 128-105 victory over Dallas on 11/11
1998-99:
Posted 20 points (7-9 FG, 5-6 FT), six rebounds and four assists in a 100-93 victory over the Charlotte Hornets on 5/2 ... Scored 13 points and grabbed 12 rebounds in a 75-70 victory over the Orlando Magic on 4/22 ... Totaled a game-high 19 points (6-10 FG, 6-7 FT), five assists and five rebounds in a 93-80 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers on 4/21 ... Recorded a team-high 23 points and seven rebounds in a 94-87 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers on 4/19 ... Registered game-highs of 25 points and 9 rebounds in a 95-92 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on 4/11 ... Posted 18 points, six rebounds and three assists, in his first game back from injury, against the Philadelphia 76ers on 4/1 ... On the injured list from 2/14 to 4/1, missing 26 games, due to a severe bone contusion of the femoral condial and the tibial plateau of his left knee ... Totaled a team-high 23 points (9-16 FG), seven rebounds and four assists in an 83-79 victory over the New York Knicks on 2/7
1997-98:
On the injured list from 2/23 to 4/18 due to a fractured right thumb ... Scored a game-high 21 points and grabbed seven rebounds in a 91-81 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers on 2/10 ... Posted a team-high 25 points, six rebounds and four assists in a 91-87 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on 2/5 ... Totaled team-highs of 22 points and 11 rebounds and added four assists against the New York Knicks on 2/1 ... Registered 25 points, six rebounds and three assists in a 102-90 victory over the Orlando Magic on 1/23 ... Recorded a game-high 25 points, eight rebounds and three assists against the Phoenix Suns on 1/18 ... Posted a game-high 18 points, five assists and three rebounds in a 76-68 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on 1/13 ... Totaled a team-high 20 points (8-13 FG), four rebounds and three steals against the Chicago Bulls on 12/25 ... Registered 22 points and five rebounds in a 103-86 victory over the L.A. Lakers on 11/25 ... Recorded 22 points (6-10 FG, 8-9 FT) and six rebounds in a 114-106 victory over the Wasington Wizards on 11/8 ... Scored a game-high 32 points and grabbed nine rebounds in a 90-74 victory over the Boston Celtics on 11/5 ... Posted a game-high 22 points, five rebounds and three assists in a 114-101 win over the Toronto Raptors on 10/31
1996-97:
Missed all of preseason while rehabilitating his injured left knee and was gradually playing his way back into form with Dallas when he was traded on 2/14 for guard Sasha Danilovic and forwards Kurt Thomas and Martin Muursepp ... In 37 games with Dallas, made 21 starts and averaged 10.6 points, 3.1 rebounds and 2.5 assists in 26.4 minutes ... After joining Miami, numbers improved noticeably as he played in 32 games and made 30 starts, averaging 13.4 points, 5.6 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 1.34 steals in 37.2 minutes ... Scored in double figures in 24 of his 32 games with Miami, getting a season-high 29 points in a 93-91 win over Golden State on 3/19 ... Hauled down a season-high 12 rebounds in a 101-80 victory over Houston on 3/16 ... For the season, averaged 11.9 points, 4.3 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.13 steals, well below his career norms ... Started all 17 playoff games for Miami and averaged 10.5 ppg, fourth on the club ... Posted 22 points in a 100-87 loss to the Chicago Bulls in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals.
1995-96:
Led the Mavericks in scoring at 23.4 ppg, 11th in the NBA, until sidelined by an injured left knee that would force him to miss the final 64 games of the season ... Placed on the injured list on 12/12 because of knee soreness, and when several weeks of rest and rehabilitation failed to ease the discomfort, underwent arthroscopic surgery on 2/13 ... Scored 20 points or more in 13 of the 18 games he played, reaching 30 points four times ... Led the team in scoring in 12 of those 18 games ... On 11/24 against Denver, scored a season-high 37 points with six rebounds and a career-high-tying nine assists in a season-high 49 minutes.
1994-95:
Blossomed into one of the top scoring forwards in the NBA and, along with Jason Kidd, carried the Mavericks to a 16-15 record after Jim Jackson went down with a season-ending ankle injury ... Despite being the league's 11th-youngest player at age 22, played like a veteran, helping the Mavericks to the biggest turnaround in the NBA in 1994-95 ... Mashburn and Jackson (25.7 ppg before the injury) were the NBA's highest-scoring teammates for most of the season ... Lit up the scoreboard early and often in 1994-95 ... On 11/12, torched the Chicago Bulls for 50 points, becoming the second-youngest player in NBA history to score 50 or more in a game (Rick Barry was 87 days younger when he hit 57 in a game against the Knicks in 1965) ... Scored more than 40 points in two other games and finished with a scoring average of 24.1 points per game, fifth in the league and second to Karl Malone among forwards ... Shot .436 from the floor and .328 from three-point range ... His 113 three-pointers broke the club record held by Derek Harper ... Broke another Harper club record when he hit a three-pointer in each of 13 consecutive games ... NBA Player of the Week for 12/4-12/11, averaged 36.7 points and 5.0 assists while shooting .525 from the floor in three games for the week ... Also had 82 steals on the season, second on the team to Kidd ... Final numbers included 4.1 rebounds, 3.7 assists (second to Jackson on the Dallas squad), and 1.03 steals per game.
1993-94:
Nabbed by the Mavericks with the fourth overall pick, then immediately touted as the future of the franchise, along with second-year guard Jim Jackson ... Led all NBA rookies in scoring with 19.2 points per game ... Set seven Mavericks rookie records en route to a spot on the NBA All-Rookie First Team ... Among his more impressive accomplishments: hit 85 three-pointers for the year and twice scored 37 points in a game ... Those 37-point performances were tops among NBA rookies in 1993-94 ... At age 21 was the second-youngest player in the NBA (behind Chris Webber) but became the first Dallas frontcourt player to score more than 1,000 points since Sam Perkins totaled 1,108 in 1989-90 ... Also managed 4.5 rebounds, 3.4 assists, and 1.13 steals per game.
COLLEGE:
As a junior at the University of Kentucky, was such a polished player that even his coach, Rick Pitino, said he shouldn't stick around for his senior year ... A consensus First Team All-American, heeded Pitino's advice and declared himself eligible for the 1993 NBA Draft ... Started every game during his three-year career at Kentucky and finished as the Wildcats' fourth-leading career scorer ... In his junior year Kentucky went 30-4, won the Southeastern Conference Championship and made it to the NCAA Final Four ... A First-Team All-American, was the 1993 Basketball Times College Player of the Year ... Grew up playing at the legendary Holcombe Rucker Memorial Playground, where Connie Hawkins and Julius Erving, among many others, learned the game ... As a senior in 1990, led Cardinal Hayes High School to its first New York City championship since 1944.
