Alton Lister
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TNT Tropang Giga | |
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Position | Assistant coach |
League | Dallas, Texas, U.S. |
Listed height | 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) |
Listed weight | 240 lb (109 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Woodrow Wilson (Dallas, Texas) |
College |
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NBA draft | 1981: 1st round, 21st overall pick |
Selected by the Milwaukee Bucks | |
Playing career | 1981–1998 |
Position | Center |
Number | 53 |
Coaching career | 2000–present |
Career history | |
As player: | |
1981–1986 | Milwaukee Bucks |
1986–1989 | Seattle SuperSonics |
1989–1993 | Golden State Warriors |
1994–1995 | Milwaukee Bucks |
1995–1997 | Boston Celtics |
1997–1998 | Portland Trail Blazers |
As coach: | |
2000–2007 | Mesa Community College |
2007–2008 | Atlanta Hawks (assistant) |
2016–present | Tropang TNT / TNT Katropa / TNT Tropang Giga (assistant) |
2016–present | Ateneo Blue Eagles (assistant) |
Career highlights and awards | |
As Player:
As Assistant Coach:
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Career NBA statistics | |
Points | 6,298 (6.6 ppg) |
Rebounds | 5,996 (6.3 rpg) |
Blocks | 1,473 (1.5 bpg) |
Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Alton Lavelle Lister (born October 1, 1958) is an American former professional basketball player. He is currently serving as an assistant coach for TNT Tropang Giga in the Philippine Basketball Association and the Ateneo Blue Eagles in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines.
Lister graduated from
College
The 7' 0" Lister played at
A two-year starter in his three years with Arizona State, Lister was inducted into the Arizona State Hall of Fame in 2000 after a career that saw him average 8.2 rebounds and post 148 career blocks.[2] Lister as a member of the 1980 USA Olympic basketball team was the second Sun Devil to be selected for the United States Olympic team. However, he was unable to participate due to the United States Olympic Committee's decision to boycott the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games on the orders of President Jimmy Carter. He did however receive one of 461 Congressional Gold Medals created especially for the spurned athletes.[3]
Professional
Lister was selected by the Milwaukee Bucks in the first round (21st overall) of the 1981 NBA draft. He would consider Bob Lanier his mentor during his time with the Bucks, where he averaged around 8.1 ppg, 7 rpg and 1.8 bpg while only playing 24 minutes a night in his five-year stint with the Bucks. In the 1982–83 season, Lister received 5 points in the NBA MVP voting even though he only averaged 8.4 points and 7.1 rebounds[4] and started in 37 games. Each of the five seasons he played in Milwaukee ended with them winning the Central Division, though they did not reach the NBA Finals during his tenure.[5]
After the 1986 season he was dealt to Seattle for
In his NBA career, Lister played in 953 games (incidentally, the second most games ever for a player with jersey #53, behind Artis Gilmore) and scored a total of 6,298 points. He wore jersey #53 his entire career, and was best known as a solid rebounder and shot blocker.
NBA career statistics
GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
* | Led the league |
Regular season
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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1981–82 | Milwaukee
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80 | 23 | 14.8 | .519 | .000 | .520 | 4.8 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 4.5 |
1982–83 | Milwaukee
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80 | 37 | 23.6 | .529 | .000 | .537 | 7.1 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 2.2 | 8.4 |
1983–84 | Milwaukee
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82* | 72 | 23.8 | .500 | .000 | .626 | 7.4 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 7.6 |
1984–85 | Milwaukee
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81 | 80 | 25.8 | .538 | .000 | .588 | 8.0 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 2.1 | 9.9 |
1985–86 | Milwaukee
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81 | 19 | 22.4 | .551 | .000 | .602 | 7.3 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 9.8 |
1986–87 | Seattle
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75 | 75 | 30.5 | .504 | .000 | .675 | 9.4 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 2.4 | 11.6 |
1987–88 | Seattle
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82 | 55 | 22.1 | .504 | .500 | .606 | 7.6 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 5.6 |
1988–89 | Seattle
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82* | 82 | 22.0 | .499 | .000 | .646 | 6.6 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 2.2 | 8.0 |
1989–90 | Golden State
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3 | 0 | 13.3 | .500 | .000 | .571 | 2.7 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 4.0 |
1990–91 | Golden State
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77 | 65 | 20.2 | .478 | .000 | .569 | 6.3 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 6.4 |
1991–92 | Golden State
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26 | 12 | 11.3 | .557 | .000 | .424 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 3.9 |
1992–93 | Golden State
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20 | 9 | 8.7 | .452 | .000 | .538 | 2.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 2.3 |
1994–95 | Milwaukee
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60 | 32 | 12.9 | .493 | .000 | .500 | 3.9 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 2.8 |
1995–96 | Milwaukee
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7 | 5 | 12.6 | .444 | .000 | 1.000 | 4.1 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 1.4 |
1995–96 | Boston
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57 | 14 | 11.4 | .490 | .000 | .629 | 4.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 2.3 |
1996–97 | Boston
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53 | 2 | 9.7 | .416 | .000 | .742 | 3.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 1.6 |
1997–98 | Portland
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7 | 0 | 6.3 | .375 | .000 | .000 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.9 |
Career | 953 | 582 | 19.9 | .512 | .111 | .597 | 6.3 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 6.6 |
Playoffs
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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1981–82 | Milwaukee
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6 | - | 18.7 | .583 | .000 | .714 | 4.5 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 2.5 | 5.5 |
1982–83 | Milwaukee
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9 | - | 22.9 | .429 | .000 | .800 | 6.8 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 6.4 |
1983–84 | Milwaukee
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16 | - | 23.0 | .500 | .000 | .625 | 6.0 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 6.8 |
1984–85 | Milwaukee
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8 | 8 | 25.4 | .450 | .000 | .469 | 7.8 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 1.9 | 8.6 |
1985–86 | Milwaukee
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14 | 1 | 23.9 | .641 | .000 | .603 | 6.9 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 11.9 |
1986–87 | Seattle
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9 | 7 | 22.9 | .400 | .000 | .700 | 6.2 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 6.0 |
1987–88 | Seattle
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5 | 5 | 15.4 | .706 | .000 | .800 | 5.8 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 5.6 |
1988–89 | Seattle
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8 | 8 | 20.0 | .436 | .000 | .846 | 4.8 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 2.6 | 7.0 |
1990–91 | Golden State
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6 | 5 | 12.0 | .480 | .000 | .400 | 4.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 4.3 |
1991–92 | Golden State
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4 | 3 | 11.8 | .400 | .000 | .800 | 2.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 4.0 |
1997–98 | Portland
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2 | 0 | 5.5 | .333 | .000 | .000 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 |
Career | 87 | 37 | 20.7 | .505 | .000 | .640 | 5.8 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 7.1 |
Coach
In 2000, Lister became head coach of at Mesa Community College. From a 9–21 season before his arrival, Lister had five consecutive seasons of 20 or more wins. In the seven years Lister served as coach, 30 players went on to play for NCAA Division I schools. While coaching at Mesa, Lister spent six summers at Pete Newell's Big Man's Camp. The Atlanta Hawks were impressed with Lister's work at the Newell's camps, thus paving the way for Billy Knight's recruitment of Lister as assistant coach to Mike Woodson in 2007.[6]
In November 2008, upon the recommendation of
Personal life
Lister lives in the Philippines with his daughter Avery, working as the skills coach of the Meralco Bolts. He has five children in the US, namely Alton, Jr., Alexa, JRoss, and Amari.[8]
Although retired, Lister has coached aspiring basketball players in the San Diego, California area.[9] On July 17, 2015, Lister was the keynote speaker at the California State Games in San Diego, CA, at Qualcomm Stadium.[citation needed] In January 2016, he joined Tropang TNT as an assistant coach.[citation needed]
Lister's deceased brother
See also
- List of National Basketball Association career blocks leaders
References
- ^ Dragons made unexpected appearance 50 years ago[permanent dead link], by Harold Bechard, posted March 20, 2007
- ^ "Player Bio: Alton Lister - ARIZONA STATE OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE". Archived from the original on 2009-07-10. Retrieved 2013-02-22.
- ISBN 978-0942257403.
- ^ 1982–83 NBA Awards Voting
- NBA.com.
- ^ http://www.sundevilcentral.com/sundevil/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22:alton-lister&catid=22:where-are-they-now&Itemid=26[permanent dead link]
- ^ "San Miguel Beermen Hired Alton Lister as Skills Coach | San Miguel Beermen Basketball Games Updates". Archived from the original on 2009-04-20. Retrieved 2009-07-19.
- The Philippine STAR.
- ^ "Train with Alton, a Basketball coach on CoachUp".
External links
- "NBA bio of Lister (1994–1998)". )
- Career statistics and player information from NBA.com and Basketball-Reference.com
- Stats at Basketballreference.com
- Alton Lister Coachfile
- Whatever happened to Alton Lister