Kevin Gamble
Personal information | |
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Born | Springfield, Illinois, U.S. | November 13, 1965
Listed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
Listed weight | 210 lb (95 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Lanphier (Springfield, Illinois) |
College |
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UIS | |
2012–2018 | Central Michigan (assistant) |
Career NBA statistics | |
Points | 6,154 (9.5 ppg) |
Rebounds | 1,457 (2.2 rpg) |
Assists | 1,300 (2.0 apg) |
Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Kevin Douglas Gamble (born November 13, 1965) is an American former professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association and currently a scout with the Toronto Raptors. At 6'5" (1.96 m) he played as both a shooting guard and small forward.
Early life
Gamble was born in Springfield, Illinois and lived in the city's John Hay public-housing projects with his single mother.[1] Gamble entered Springfield's Lanphier High School; by his senior season, Gamble led the Lions to the 1983 Illinois Class AA State Basketball Championship. He scored 67 points in that season's four tournament games, which culminated with a 57–53 win over Peoria High School. Lanphier finished the 1983 season 30–3, while Gamble was the only Lanphier player selected to the All-Tournament team. In 2009 Gamble was named that year's inductee into the Lanphier Hall of Fame.[2]
Collegiate career
Following high school, Gamble enrolled at Lincoln College in Illinois, where he played for two seasons under head coach Alan Pickering. After two seasons at Lincoln, Gamble transferred to the University of Iowa. He was part of a 1985 recruiting class which included B. J. Armstrong, Roy Marble, Les Jepsen and Ed Horton. All five recruits went on to play in the National Basketball Association. Horton and Gamble played together at Lanphier High School.
Under coach
Professional career
Rookie season (1987–1988)
Gamble was selected with the 17th pick of the third round (63rd overall) by the Portland Trail Blazers in the 1987 NBA draft. He only played in 19 minutes with Portland before being waived on December 9, 1987.[3]
Gamble then headed to the Continental Basketball Association for the Quad City Thunder, where he averaged 21.1 points per game (ppg) with the team in 1988. Gamble then played in the Philippine Basketball Association for the Añejo Rum 65 in the spring and Chicago Express of the World Basketball League in the summer of 1988.[4]
Later career (1988–1996)
In the fall of 1988, Gamble returned to the Quad City Thunder and scored 27.8 points in a 12-game stint with the team.[4] On December 15, the Boston Celtics signed Gamble after Larry Bird was injured.[5] Initially a reserve, Gamble started the final six games, where he scored over 15 points and played over 30 minutes per game.[6] In his debut start with the Celtics, a 113–104 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers on April 14, 1989, Gamble had a double-double with 20 points and 10 assists, in addition to grabbing seven rebounds.[7] Gamble played in one playoff game before going down with an injury; the Celtics were swept by the Detroit Pistons in the first round.
Gamble played in 71 games the following season, 1989–1990, averaging 5.1 points in 13.9 minutes-per-game.
After seeing spot duty for two seasons, Gamble assumed a major role with Boston in
Gamble played in all 82 games the next season, starting 77 of them, but the Celtics were eliminated by the
For his NBA career, Gamble averaged 9.5 points with a 50.2% shooting percentage, with a 36% three point percentage and making 81% of free throws. He also averaged 2.2 rebounds and 2.0 assists in 22.4 minutes per game for 649 games.
Coaching career
In 2002, Gamble was named the first head men's basketball coach at the
In June 2010, Gamble resigned as head coach of the University of Illinois Springfield to become the Director of Player Development and Video Operations for
In April 2012, Gamble joined Davis to be an assistant coach at Central Michigan.[8]
On September 5, 2018, it was announced that Gamble was resigning from CMU to take a scouting position with the Toronto Raptors.[9]
Head coaching record
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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UIS Prairie Stars (NAIA independent ) (2002–2003)
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2002–03 | UIS | 13–20 | |||||||
UIS Prairie Stars (American Midwest Conference) (2003–2009) | |||||||||
2003–04 | UIS | 12–16 | 5–7 | T–4th[10] | |||||
2004–05 | UIS | 8–22 | 4–8 | 5th[11] | |||||
2005–06 | UIS | 20–13 | 9–3 | T–1st[12] | NAIA First Round | ||||
2006–07 | UIS | 23–9 | 11–1 | 1st[13] | NAIA Second Round | ||||
2007–08 | UIS | 22–10 | 11–3 | T–2nd[14] | |||||
2008–09 | UIS | 21–9 | 10–4 | T–2nd[15] | |||||
UIS Prairie Stars (Great Lakes Valley Conference) (2009–2010) | |||||||||
2009–10 | UIS | 11–13 | 7–10 | 4th (North)[16] | |||||
UIS: | 130–112 | 57–36 | |||||||
Total: | 130–112 | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
- ^ Freedman, Lew (2007-02-10). "Gamble paying off: Illinois-Springfield turns to a hometown hero to build a basketball program". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2010-07-06.
- ^ "Gamble named to Lanphier Hall of Fame". The State Journal-Register. 2009-05-08. Archived from the original on 2012-03-13. Retrieved 2017-03-25.
- ^ "Kevin Gamble". Basketball Reference. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
- ^ a b "Kevin Gamble: Background". NBA. Archived from the original on February 10, 2001. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
- ^ "SPORTS PEOPLE: BASKETBALL; Celtics Sign Gamble". The New York Times. Associated Press. December 16, 1988. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
- ^ "Kevin Gamble 1988–89 Game Log".
- ^ Hafner, Dan (April 15, 1989). "NBA Roundup : Little-Known Gamble Helps Celtics to Big Win". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
- ^ a b "Kevin Gamble". Central Michigan University. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
- ^ "Kevin Gamble – Men's Basketball Coach".
- ^ "2003–04 American Midwest Conference Standings". NAIA. Archived from the original on September 4, 2004. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
- ^ "2004–05 American Midwest Conference Standings". Daktronics. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
- ^ "2005–06 American Midwest Conference Standings". Daktronics. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
- ^ "2006–07 American Midwest Conference Standings". Daktronics. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
- ^ "2007–08 American Midwest Conference Standings". Daktronics. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
- ^ "2008–09 Men's Basketball". American Midwest Conference. Archived from the original on August 10, 2009.
- ^ "2009–10 Men's Basketball Standings".