Chris Gatling
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| Born | September 3, 1967 Scavolini Pesaro | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Points | 7,232 (10.3 ppg) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Rebounds | 3,741 (5.3 rpg) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Assists | 461 (0.7 apg) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Chris Raymond Gatling (born September 3, 1967) is an American former professional basketball player. Gatling played for many National Basketball Association (NBA) teams from 1991 to 2002. He played for the US national team in the 1990 FIBA World Championship, winning the bronze medal.[1]
College career
Gatling played three years at Old Dominion University after transferring there from the University of Pittsburgh. He is ODU's sixth all-time scorer with 1,811 points. He also hauled down 859 career rebounds which rank him ninth all-time. Gatling is the school's all-time field goal percentage leader at .606 (697–1150), and is second all-time at ODU with (12) 30-point games. He shot .620 (251–405) from the field in 1991.
Gatling scored 36 points in a game against
Professional career
Gatling was drafted 16th overall by the
Gatling was traded, along with
He played 78 games in slightly more than two seasons with the Nets before requesting a trade. He played next with the Milwaukee Bucks for the final thirty games of the lockout-shortened 1998–99 season. He split the 1999–2000 season with the Denver Nuggets and the Orlando Magic. His final two NBA seasons saw him with the Cleveland Cavaliers and again, the Heat. Gatling retired from the NBA following the 2001–02 season with career averages of 10.3 points and 5.3 rebounds per game, and a .513 field goal percentage.
After his NBA career ended in 2002, he played one season in
Personal life
Gatling attended Elizabeth High School in Elizabeth, New Jersey.[2] Gatling is known for his frequent use of the headband as an accessory to his NBA uniform. In 2001, he stated that he started the practice as a reminder that he is lucky to be alive after suffering a serious head injury as a teenager.[3]
In December 2017, Gatling was sentenced in Maricopa County, Arizona to two and a half years in prison for fraud.[4]
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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| 1991–92 | Golden State
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54 | 1 | 11.3 | .568 | .000 | .661 | 3.4 | .3 | .6 | .7 | 5.7 |
| 1992–93 | Golden State
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70 | 11 | 17.8 | .539 | .000 | .725 | 4.6 | .6 | .6 | .8 | 9.3 |
| 1993–94 | Golden State
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82 | 23 | 15.8 | .588 | .000 | .620 | 4.8 | .5 | .5 | .8 | 8.2 |
| 1994–95 | Golden State
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58 | 22 | 25.3 | .633* | .000 | .592 | 7.6 | .9 | .7 | .9 | 13.7 |
| 1995–96 | Golden State
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47 | 2 | 18.3 | .555 | .000 | .636 | 5.1 | .6 | .4 | .6 | 9.1 |
| 1995–96 | Miami
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24 | 0 | 23.5 | .598 | .000 | .733 | 7.3 | .7 | .7 | .5 | 15.2 |
| 1996–97 | Dallas
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44 | 1 | 27.1 | .533 | .167 | .706 | 7.9 | .6 | .8 | .7 | 19.1 |
| 1996–97 | New Jersey
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3 | 0 | 30.7 | .419 | .000 | .938 | 7.3 | 1.0 | 1.3 | .0 | 17.0 |
| 1997–98 | New Jersey
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57 | 16 | 23.8 | .455 | .250 | .600 | 5.9 | .9 | .9 | .5 | 11.5 |
| 1998–99 | New Jersey
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18 | 2 | 15.6 | .371 | .000 | .500 | 3.6 | .7 | .4 | .2 | 4.7 |
| 1998–99 | Milwaukee
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30 | 1 | 16.5 | .482 | .143 | .362 | 3.8 | .7 | .8 | .2 | 6.3 |
| 1999–00 | Orlando
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45* | 0 | 23.1 | .455 | .304 | .698 | 6.6 | .9 | 1.1 | .2 | 13.3 |
| 1999–00 | Denver
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40* | 0 | 19.3 | .456 | .234 | .742 | 5.1 | .8 | .8 | .3 | 10.4 |
| 2000–01 | Cleveland
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74 | 6 | 22.6 | .449 | .304 | .684 | 5.3 | .8 | .7 | .4 | 11.4 |
| 2001–02 | Miami
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54 | 1 | 15.0 | .447 | .125 | .701 | 3.8 | .5 | .3 | .2 | 6.4 |
| Career | 700 | 86 | 19.7 | .513 | .249 | .660 | 5.3 | .7 | .7 | .5 | 10.3 | |
| All-Star | 1 | 0 | 12.0 | .125 | .000 | .000 | 2.0 | .0 | 1.0 | .0 | 2.0 | |
Playoffs
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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1992
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Golden State
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4 | 0 | 20.3 | .621 | .000 | .636 | 6.3 | .0 | .5 | 2.5 | 12.5 |
1994
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Golden State
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3 | 1 | 18.0 | .615 | .000 | .769 | 5.7 | 1.3 | .7 | .3 | 8.7 |
1996
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Miami
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3 | 0 | 22.7 | .273 | .000 | .500 | 8.0 | 0.3 | .7 | .0 | 6.0 |
1998
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New Jersey
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3 | 1 | 27.0 | .500 | .000 | .667 | 3.3 | .7 | .7 | .7 | 15.3 |
1999
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Milwaukee
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2 | 0 | 6.0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 1.5 | .0 | .5 | .0 | .0 |
| Career | 15 | 2 | 19.7 | .490 | .000 | .623 | 5.3 | .5 | .6 | .9 | 9.3 | |
References
- ^ "1990 USA Basketball". Archived from the original on April 28, 2007.
- ^ "Chris Gatling Stats". Basketball-Reference.com.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on May 6, 2008. Retrieved October 3, 2007.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Chris Gatling Sentenced To 2.5 Years In Prison For Fraud". Deadspin. December 13, 2017.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from NBA.com and Basketball-Reference.com
- ESPN profile
- MavsWiki
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