Johnny Newman

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Johnny Newman
New Jersey Nets
1994–1997Milwaukee Bucks
1997–1998Denver Nuggets
1999Cleveland Cavaliers
1999–2001New Jersey Nets
2001–2002Dallas Mavericks
2002–2003Panionios
Career highlights and awards
Career NBA statistics
Points
12,740 (11.0 ppg)
Rebounds2,536 (2.2 rpg)
Assists1,688 (1.5 apg)
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John Sylvester Newman Jr. (born November 28, 1963) is an American former professional

New Jersey Nets, Milwaukee Bucks, Denver Nuggets, and Dallas Mavericks
.

Amateur career

Born in Danville, Virginia, Newman attended George Washington High School in Danville, playing for the Eagles under local Hall of Fame coach Harry Johnson before going on to play college basketball at Richmond. Newman is a member of Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity.

Newman graduated from Richmond in 1986 as the school's all-time leader in points with 2,383.[1] He was known as an expert marksman in college, with a .532 career field goal percentage and .800 career free throw percentage mark.

Newman led Richmond twice to the

1986 NCAA Tournament, Richmond was seeded 11th in the East region and lost in the first round to 6th-seeded Saint Joseph's
.

After college, Newman was selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2nd round, with the 29th overall pick, of the 1986 NBA draft.

Professional career

The Cleveland Cavaliers' group of selections in the 1986 NBA Draft was one of the best ever for the franchise, and among the best for any team. In that draft, the Cavaliers acquired the rights to future All-Stars Mark Price, Brad Daugherty, and Ron Harper. Since Harper and Newman played the same position, Newman was forced to ride the bench during his rookie season.

Newman joined the New York Knicks for the

Mark Jackson and Patrick Ewing, Newman lead the Knicks into the playoffs and averaged 19.0 ppg (including 34 points in game 3) in an opening round loss to the Boston Celtics. In 1988–89
, Newman further grew into his role in the starting five. He averaged 16.0 ppg and led the Knicks to the NBA's Atlantic Division title.

After the 1989–90 season, Newman signed as a free agent with the Charlotte Hornets, an expansion franchise in its 3rd year of existence.

Newman was traded by the

New Jersey Nets along with Stephon Marbury after the 2000–01 NBA season in exchange for Jason Kidd
.

Newman scored 12,740 points in his NBA career.

Newman was inducted into the

Virginia Sports Hall of Fame
in 2011.

NBA career statistics

Legend
  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
1986–87 Cleveland 59 0 10.7 .411 .045 .868 1.2 .5 .3 .1 5.0
1987–88 New York 77 25 20.6 .435 .280 .841 2.1 .8 .9 .1 10.0
1988–89 New York 81 80 28.8 .475 .338 .815 2.5 2.0 1.4 .3 16.0
1989–90 New York 80 69 28.5 .476 .317 .799 2.4 2.3 1.2 .3 12.9
1990–91 Charlotte 81 81 30.6 .470 .357 .809 3.1 2.3 1.2 .2 16.9
1991–92 Charlotte 55 55 30.0 .477 .283 .766 3.3 2.7 1.3 .3 15.3
1992–93 Charlotte 64 27 23.0 .522 .267 .808 2.2 1.8 .7 .3 11.9
1993–94 Charlotte 18 18 23.8 .523 .250 .814 3.2 1.6 1.0 .3 13.0
1993–94 New Jersey 63 0 20.1 .453 .270 .807 1.9 .7 .8 .3 9.5
1994–95 Milwaukee 82* 11 23.1 .463 .352 .801 2.1 1.1 .8 .2 7.7
1995–96 Milwaukee 82 82* 32.8 .495 .377 .802 2.4 1.9 1.1 .2 10.8
1996–97 Milwaukee 82 4 25.1 .450 .347 .765 2.3 1.4 .9 .2 8.7
1997–98 Denver 74 15 29.4 .431 .343 .820 1.9 1.9 1.0 .3 14.7
1998–99 Cleveland 50* 2 19.0 .422 .377 .810 1.5 .8 .6 .2 6.1
1999–2000 New Jersey 82 9 21.5 .446 .379 .838 1.9 .8 .6 .1 10.0
2000–01 New Jersey 82 17 25.0 .419 .335 .855 2.1 1.4 .8 .1 10.9
2001–02 Dallas 47 17 15.4 .453 .386 .724 1.0 .3 .6 .1 4.2
Career 1,159 512 24.5 .461 .336 .810 2.2 1.5 .9 .2 11.0

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1988
 New York 4 2 28.3 .456 .000 .875 2.8 1.8 1.5 .3 19.0
1989
 New York 9 9 28.7 .467 .250 .776 2.8 1.9 .9 .1 16.1
1990
 New York 10 0 23.1 .447 .400 .755 2.1 1.0 .9 .3 11.7
1993
 Charlotte 9 9 19.2 .509 .200 .688 2.1 2.0 1.1 .1 7.6
1994
 New Jersey 4 0 13.5 .231 .250 .714 1.3 .5 .5 .5 3.0
2002
 Dallas 3 2 7.3 .143 .167 – .0 .7 .0 .0 1.0
Career 39 22 21.8 .451 .226 .766 2.1 1.4 .9 .2 10.8

Personal life

He married actress and activist Dawnn Lewis in 2004. In 2005, he was convicted of domestic assault and battery following an incident on September 3rd. Newman was sentenced to 60 days in jail and fined $500 for assaulting his wife.[2]

Filmography

Played in the 1997 film Shadow Conspiracy with Charlie Sheen, Linda Hamilton, Donald Sutherland and Gore Vidal.

Notes

  1. ^ NBA.com: Johnny Newman Bio Archived 2008-05-01 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Ex-NBA player Newman guilty of domestic battery". Espn.com. 16 November 2005. Retrieved 4 October 2023.

External links

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