Drafted in the first round (23rd overall) of the 1995 NBA Draft by Indiana… Traded with Jalen Rose, Norman Richardson and a conditional second-round draft choice to Chicago in exchange for Ron Artest, Ron Mercer, Brad Miller and Kevin Ollie on 2/19/02… Signed with Miami as a free agent on 9/5/02… Signed by Dallas as a free agent on 8/22/03.
2003-04:
Averaged 2.8 points, 1.8 assists and 1.1 rebounds in 12.5 minutes per game in 61 games with one start… Shot 37.2% (64-172 FGs) from the floor and 87.0% (40-46 FTs) from the line… Missed six games with right Achilles tendon inflammation (2/21-3/3)… Recorded 14 DNP-CD’s… Recorded 6 assists and 2 rebounds in 23 minutes at Seattle (4/10)… Season-high six rebounds at Seattle (1/27)…10 points (5-6 FGs) at Chicago (1/23)… In his first start had a season-high seven assists in 34 minutes at Portland (1/17)… Recorded a season-high 13 points (5-6 FGs) in 32 minutes vs. Philadelphia (1/14)… Tallied 12 points (6-12 FGs), five assists and two steals in 24 minutes vs. New Orleans (11/11).
PRO CAREER: Has appeared in 632 regular season games and has made 142 starts in his nine-year career… Has averaged 7.7 ppg, 3.6 apg, 1.8 rpg, 0.94 spg and 21.7 mpg while shooting 43.2% from the floor, 34.9% from 3-point range and 83.0% from the foul line… Has shot at least 82.0% from the foul line in eight of his nine seasons… Has scored in double figures 208 times with 22 games of at least 20 points and one 30-point game… Handed out double figures in assists 15 times… Has posted 15 double-doubles… 2002-03: Appeared in 72 games (a career-high 52 starts) and averaged 8.4 points (.396 FG%, .854 FT%), 3.5 assists, 2.0 rebounds, 0.61 steals and 25.1 minutes while recording a 2.41:1 assist-to-turnover ratio with Miami… Missed 10 games due to a sprained right ankle (two from 11/9-11/12/02 and eight from 1/3-1/15/03)… Averaged 9.9 points, 4.1 assists, 2.2 rebounds and 28.5 minutes as a starter… Led team in assists (255) and free throw percentage… Scored in double figures 27 times (25 as a starter), including five games with at least 20 points… Had double-figure assists once… Season-high 22 points against Orlando 10/30/02 in his Miami debut… Had no turnovers in 18 games, including 13 times where he played at least 20 minutes… Had 12 multi-steal games…2001-02: Split the season between Indiana and Chicago and started 21 of the 74 games in which he appeared… Averaged 7.9 points (.440 FG%, .897 FT%), 4.4 assists, 2.0 rebounds, 1.20 steals and 23.6 minutes… Missed nine games due to injury (all with Indiana)… Missed seven games from 11/17-12/1/01 with a strained right hamstring and two games from 12/4-12/8/01 with a lower back strain… In his 21 starts he averaged 9.5 points, 5.1 assists, 2.6 rebounds, 1.33 steals and 27.6 minutes… Ranked 10th in the NBA in assist-to-turnover ratio (3.27:1), 11th in steals-to-turnover ratio (0.90:1) and 30th in assists (4.4 apg)… Connected on a career-high 89.7% (104-116) of his free throw attempts and finished the season hitting each of his final 20 attempts (3/26-4/17/02)… Scored in double figures in 25 games… In 44 games with Indiana, including three starts, he averaged 6.9 points (.439 FG%, .877 FT%), 3.8 assists, 1.6 rebounds, 1.30 steals and 21.7 minutes… Scored in double figures 12 times with Indiana (three as a starter)… In 30 games as a Bull he made 18 starts and averaged 9.3 points (.441 FG%, .922 FT%), 5.0 assists, 2.7 rebounds, 1.07 steals and 26.4 minutes… Scored in double figures 13 times with Chicago (seven as a starter)… Scored a season-high 21 points at San Antonio on 3/14/02… 2000-01 Started 21 of the 77 games in which he appeared in for Indiana and averaged 11.9 points (.440 FG%, .827 FT%), 6.1 assists, 2.9 rebounds, 1.43 steals and 31.9 minutes… Missed two games (vs. Milwaukee on 2/28/01 and at Cleveland on 4/18/01) due to a strained lower back and two games (3/27/01 at Washington and 3/29/01 at Atlanta) due to a sore left heel… Was a DNP-CD against Seattle on 3/2/01, his first since 3/20/96 at New York… Established single-season career highs in minutes played (2,457), field goals made (347) and attempted (788), 3-point field goal percentage (.381), free throws made (187) and attempted (226), rebounds (222), assists (473), steals (110), points (918) and assist-to-turnover ratio (3.72:1)… Ranked sixth in the NBA in assist-to-turnover ratio… Topped the Pacers in assists, steals, 3-point field goal percentage and assist-to-turnover ratio… As a starter averaged 15.7 points, 7.1 assists, 3.9 rebounds, 1.62 steals and 40.2 minutes… Scored in double figures a career-high 51 times (including a career-high 33 times off the bench) with four games of at least 20 points and one game with at least 30 points…scored in double figures a career-high 10 consecutive games from 11/28-12/13/00… Handed out double figures in assists a career-high 13 times and recorded his only two career double-figure rebound efforts… Posted a career-high 14 double-doubles… Tallied career highs in points (30), field goal attempts (20), total rebounds (11) and defensive rebounds (10) at Dallas on 11/2/00 while recording his first career points-rebounds double-double… Handed out a career-high 13 assists at Minnesota on 11/16/00… 1999-2000: Appeared in all 82 games (no starts) for the second time in his career and averaged 8.9 points (career-high .483 FG%, .821 FT%), 3.3 assists, 1.7 rebounds, 0.93 steals and 20.6 minutes… Scored in double figures on 32 occasions, including a career-high tying five games with at least 20 points… Registered 21 multi-steal games… Tied his career high with six steals at Golden State on 3/5/00… 1998-99: Came off the bench in all 49 games in which he appeared and averaged 7.1 points (.416 FG%, .843 FT%), 3.4 assists and 1.6 rebounds in 21.3 minutes per game… The only game of the season he missed was the 3/17/99 contest at Philadelphia, due to a sprained ankle… Ranked 17th in the NBA (second in the Eastern Conference) in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.73:1)… Scored in double figures 13 times… 1997-98: Came off the bench in all 82 games for Indiana and averaged 6.5 points (.419 FG%, .855 FT%), 3.4 assists, 1.5 rebounds, 1.04 steals and 18.9 minutes… Scored in double figures 18 times, topping the 20-point plateau once… Had 24 multi-steals games… 1996-97: Started 46 of the 76 games in which he saw action and averaged 9.9 points (.442 FG%, .756 FT%), 4.2 assists, 2.2 rebounds, 1.29 steals and 27.2 minutes… Missed three games due to injuries and three due to personal reasons… Topped the team in steals (98) and ranked second in assists (318) and 3-point field goals made (57)… Registered single-season career highs in both 3-point field goals made (57) and attempted (155)… Scored in double figures 34 times… Scored at least 20 points on a career-high five occasions, including a season-high 27-point performance off the bench at Philadelphia on 4/4/97 where he connected on 12 of his 15 free throw attempts (both of which are career-highs)… Led the team in assists 32 times… Started a career-high 41 consecutive games… 1995-96: Appeared in 59 games (one start) with Indiana and averaged 3.7 points (.423 FG%, .833 FT%), 1.6 assists, 0.7 rebounds and 9.7 minutes… Missed 13 games while on the injured list with a sprained right ankle… Recorded a DNP-CD on nine occasions and missed one game due to a league imposed suspension… Scored in double figures on four occasions… Made his lone start against Toronto on 3/17/96 and totaled nine points, a season-high seven assists and a season-high three steals in a season-high 27 minutes… Made his NBA debut at Atlanta on 11/3/95 and tallied two points and an assist in two minutes.
CAREER PLAYOFFS: Has appeared in 59 postseason games with four starts… Averaged 7.0 points, 2.8 assists, 2.0 rebounds and 19.3 minutes in the postseason while shooting 41.3% from the floor, 32.8% from 3-point range and 87.4% from the foul line… Has scored in double figures 17 times, topping the 20-point plateau once… Has handed out double-figure assists in two postseason contests and grabbed double-figure rebounds once… Has recorded one postseason double-double… 2001: Started all four postseason games against Philadelphia and averaged 9.8 points (.436 FG%, 1.000 FT%), a team-high 9.3 assists, 4.8 rebounds, 1.00 steals and 40.8 minutes… Had a 6.17:1 assist-to-turnover ratio… Scored in double figures twice, grabbed double-figure rebounds once and handed out double-figure assists once… Made his first career postseason start in Game 1 at Philadelphia on 4/21/01 and recorded his lone postseason career double-double with 16 points and 10 assists in 44 minutes… His 10 assists in Game 1 at Philadelphia on 4/21/01 and his three offensive rebounds, eight defensive rebounds and 11 total rebounds in Game 3 at Indiana all marked his postseason career highs… 2000: Appeared in all 23 games off the bench and averaged 8.9 points (.430 FG%, .841 FT%), 2.9 assists, 2.5 rebounds, 0.83 steals and 20.1 minutes… Connected on a team-high 43.3% (13-30) of his 3-point field goal attempts… Scored in double figures 10 times… His trey with 16 seconds left in Game 5 of the opening round series against Milwaukee on 5/4/00 secured the series win for Indiana… Scored a postseason career-high 24 points and grabbed a then postseason career-high six rebounds in Game 5 against New York in the Eastern Conference Finals on 5/31/00… Averaged 5.8 points (467 FG%, .833 FT%), 2.2 assists, 1.2 rebounds and 16.3 minutes in the six-game NBA Finals series against the Lakers… 1999: Appeared in 11 postseason contests and averaged 4.2 points (.348 FG%, .923 FT%), 1.9 assists, 1.5 rebounds and 13.6 minutes… 1998: Saw action in all 16 postseason games for Indiana and averaged 6.1 points (.375 FG%, .884 FT%), 1.9 assists, 1.0 rebounds and 17.5 minutes… Scored in double figures in four games… Recorded postseason career highs in both free throws made (11) and attempted (12) in Game 5 at Chicago on 5/5/98… Scored four of his six points in the final 33 seconds in Game 6 on 5/29/98 against Chicago and it was his bucket with 33 seconds left that proved to be the game-winner and force a decisive seventh game…1996: Appeared in all five games of Indiana’s first round series against Atlanta and averaged 5.8 points (.500 FG%, .857 FT%), 2.2 rebounds, 1.9 assists, 1.20 steals and 16.8 minutes… Made his NBA postseason debut against Atlanta on 4/25/96 and tallied four points, an assist and a steal in 14 minutes.
COLLEGE CAREER: Finished his collegiate career as one of two players in Atlantic Coast Conference history, along with former North Carolina/NBA guard Phil Ford, to record more than 2,000 points and 600 assists in a career… Upon leaving Georgia Tech, he was ranked among the top six in school history in points, assists, minutes, 3-point field goals made and steals… As a senior, he was named an honorable mention All-American by The Associated Press… He was also named the top college player in Georgia by the Naismith Awards committee and was a second team All-ACC selection… He was a three-time All-ACC honoree… As a junior, he was a second team All-ACC choice…Led the ACC in assist-to-turnover ratio and free throw percentage… Ranked second in assists, third in steals and fifth in scoring in the ACC…earned ACC Player of the Week honors a league-record five times…As a sophomore, he earned third team All-ACC honors…Was selected to the ACC All-Tournament second team… As a freshman, he ranked in the top five in the ACC and second on the Yellow Jackets in assists.
