Craig Ehlo
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Personal information | |
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Born | Lubbock, Texas | August 11, 1961
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) |
Listed weight | 200 lb (91 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Monterey (Lubbock, Texas) |
College |
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NBA draft | 1983: 3rd round, 48th overall pick |
Selected by the Houston Rockets | |
Playing career | 1983–1997 |
Position | Shooting guard |
Number | 3 |
Career history | |
As player: | |
1983–1986 | Houston Rockets |
1986 | Mississippi Jets[1] |
1987–1993 | Cleveland Cavaliers |
1993–1996 | Atlanta Hawks |
1996–1997 | Seattle SuperSonics |
As coach: | |
2011–2013 | Eastern Washington (assistant) |
Career NBA statistics | |
Points | 7,492 (8.6 ppg) |
Rebounds | 3,139 (3.6 rpg) |
Assists | 2,456 (2.8 apg) |
Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Joel Craig Ehlo (/ˈiːloʊ/; born August 11, 1961) is a retired American basketball player.[2] He played fifteen seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) with four teams, amassing career totals of 7,492 points, 2,456 assists and 3,139 rebounds.
Playing career
A 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Ehlo spent the majority of his career with the
Ehlo spent the second half of his career with the Atlanta Hawks as Steve Smith's backup. Before the 1996–97 season, he signed with the Seattle SuperSonics, but was used sparingly and did not play during the playoffs.[8] He was waived by the SuperSonics in October that year before the start of the 1997–98 season.[9]
Post retirement
Ehlo worked as an analyst on Gonzaga men's basketball games for five seasons, then became an assistant coach for Eastern Washington University in 2011.[10] He coached at EWU for two years, until resigning on July 11, 2013. Later that year, Ehlo underwent drug treatment owing to an addiction to prescription painkillers following back surgery.[11][12]
In July 2019, Ehlo was hired as a color analyst on all Washington State Cougars men's basketball home games during the 2019–20 season.[13]
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 |
Regular season
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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1983–84 | Houston
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7 | 0 | 9.0 | .407 | — | 1.000 | 1.3 | .9 | .4 | .0 | 3.3 |
1984–85 | Houston | 45 | 0 | 4.2 | .493 | .000 | .633 | .6 | .6 | .2 | .1 | 1.9 |
1985–86 | Houston | 36 | 0 | 5.5 | .429 | .333 | .793 | 1.3 | .8 | .3 | .1 | 2.7 |
1986–87 | Cavaliers | 44 | 15 | 20.2 | .414 | .172 | .707 | 3.7 | 2.1 | .9 | .7 | 6.2 |
1987–88 | Cavaliers | 79 | 27 | 21.6 | .466 | .344 | .674 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 1.0 | .4 | 7.1 |
1988–89 | Cavaliers | 82 | 4 | 22.8 | .475 | .390 | .607 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 1.3 | .2 | 7.4 |
1989–90 | Cavaliers | 81 | 64 | 35.7 | .464 | .419 | .681 | 5.4 | 4.6 | 1.6 | .3 | 13.6 |
1990–91 | Cavaliers | 82 | 68 | 33.7 | .445 | .329 | .679 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 1.5 | .4 | 10.1 |
1991–92 | Cavaliers | 63 | 62 | 32.0 | .453 | .413 | .707 | 4.9 | 3.8 | 1.2 | .3 | 12.3 |
1992–93 | Cavaliers | 82 | 73 | 31.2 | .490 | .381 | .717 | 4.9 | 3.1 | 1.3 | .3 | 11.6 |
1993–94 | Atlanta
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82 | 0 | 26.2 | .446 | .348 | .727 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 1.7 | .3 | 10.0 |
1994–95 | Atlanta | 49 | 0 | 23.8 | .453 | .381 | .620 | 3.0 | 2.3 | .9 | .1 | 9.7 |
1995–96 | Atlanta | 79 | 8 | 22.3 | .428 | .371 | .786 | 3.2 | 1.7 | 1.1 | .1 | 8.5 |
1996–97 | Seattle
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62 | 0 | 13.7 | .351 | .284 | .500 | 1.8 | 1.1 | .6 | .1 | 3.5 |
Career | 873 | 321 | 24.1 | .453 | .369 | .689 | 3.6 | 2.8 | 1.1 | .3 | 8.6 |
Playoffs
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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1985
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Houston | 3 | 0 | 2.0 | 1.000 | — | 1.000 | 5.0 | .5 | .3 | .5 | 1.3 |
1986
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Houston | 10 | 0 | 3.8 | .500 | .000 | .800 | .3 | .6 | .4 | .1 | 2.0 |
1988
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Cavaliers | 5 | 1 | 25.6 | .425 | .000 | .625 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 1.0 | .0 | 8.8 |
1989
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Cavaliers | 4 | 1 | 24.8 | .436 | .385 | .818 | 1.5 | 3.3 | .8 | .3 | 12.0 |
1990
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Cavaliers | 5 | 5 | 39.2 | .419 | .333 | .632 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 1.2 | .0 | 13.8 |
1992
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Cavaliers | 17 | 14 | 32.5 | .414 | .412 | .762 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.2 | .3 | 9.6 |
1993
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Cavaliers | 9 | 9 | 32.1 | .418 | .385 | .800 | 3.4 | 2.8 | 1.3 | .4 | 10.9 |
1994
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Atlanta | 11 | 0 | 28.8 | .424 | .348 | .708 | 2.7 | 3.6 | 1.0 | .0 | 11.4 |
1995
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Atlanta | 3 | 0 | 16.3 | .167 | .167 | 1.000 | 2.3 | 1.0 | .7 | .0 | 3.0 |
1996
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Atlanta | 9 | 0 | 19.0 | .293 | .304 | .714 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | .2 | 4.0 |
Career | 76 | 30 | 24.3 | .409 | .343 | .734 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 1.0 | .2 | 8.1 |
References
- ^ "1987-1988 Mississippi Jets". 17 January 2016.
- ^ "Where Are They Now? Craig Ehlo". Cleveland Magazine. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
- ^ Ramsdell, Paul (March 7, 1983). "The choice". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1C.
- ^ "Craig Ehlo Stats | Basketball-Reference.com".
- ^ "NBA Players: Craig Ehlo Profile and Basic Stats".
- ^ Robinson, Doug (March 18, 1983). "WSU hands Weber an early exit". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). p. 4B.
- ^ Devlin, Vince (March 18, 1983). "Cougs earn a crack at Ralph". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 25.
- ^ Bart Wright (18 May 1997). "It wasn't the year Sonics envisioned". Kitsap Sun. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
- AP News. 31 October 1997. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
- ^ Powell, Ian (October 3, 2011). "Ehlo exits, ex-Bulldogs join broadcasting crew". Gonzaga Bulletin. (Spokane, Washington). Retrieved May 22, 2019.
- ^ "Craig". Associated Press. August 14, 2013. Retrieved August 11, 2015.
- ^ Blanchette, John (May 5, 2019). "Craig Ehlo turned around his life after one night of public embarrassment". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Retrieved May 22, 2019.
- ^ Theo Lawson (30 July 2019). "Former Washington State standout Craig Ehlo takes on new role in Cougars' broadcast booth". SWX Right Now. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from NBA.com and Basketball-Reference.com
- Craig Ehlo biography on NBA.com