Shawn Respert

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Shawn Respert
Personal information
Born (1972-02-06) February 6, 1972 (age 52)
Spójnia Stargard Szczeciński
As coach:
2013–2016Memphis Grizzlies (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
Career NBA statistics
Points
851 (4.9 ppg)
Rebounds226 (1.3 rpg)
Assists177 (1.0 apg)
Stats Edit this at Wikidata at NBA.com
Stats Edit this at Wikidata at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  United States
Goodwill Games
Bronze medal – third place 1994 St. Petersburg
National team
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 1993 Buffalo
National team

Shawn Christopher Respert (born February 6, 1972) is an American professional basketball coach and former player. He attended Bishop Borgess High School, and he came to prominence while playing college basketball at Michigan State. He played professionally in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for four seasons from 1995 to 1999.

College career

Respert was a standout at Michigan State. He and point guard Eric Snow combined to form one of the nation's most prolific backcourt tandems for head coach Jud Heathcote's Spartans. Respert was the team's leading scorer all four seasons at Michigan State and finished his career second all-time in scoring among Big Ten players with 2,531 points (trailing only Calbert Cheaney) and first in Big Ten games with 1,545 points scored. He capped a brilliant career by being named a unanimous first team All-American and Big Ten Player of the Year and Sporting News and NABC National Player of the Year[1] with a 25.6 scoring average during his 1994–95 senior season. He left East Lansing as the Spartans all-time leading scorer and began the tradition of out-going seniors kissing the logo at center court during their final home game.

College 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
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1990–91
Michigan State
 1 - 3.0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1991–92
Michigan State
 30 30 31.8 .503 .455 .872 2.1 2.1 1.1 0.1 15.8
1992–93
Michigan State
 28 28 34.3 .481 .429 .856 4.0 2.6 0.9 0.2 20.1
1993–94
Michigan State
 32 31 33.6 .484 .449 .840 4.0 2.5 1.3 0.2 24.3
1994–95
Michigan State
 28 28 33.6 .473 .474 .869 4.0 3.0 1.4 0.0 25.6
Career 119 117 33.0 .484 .454 .857 3.5 2.5 1.2 0.1 21.3

Professional career

Respert was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers in the 1st round, with the 8th overall pick, of the 1995 NBA draft. The Blazers traded his NBA rights to the Milwaukee Bucks for the rights to Gary Trent and a first-round pick. Respert was traded to Toronto in his second year, where he scored 5.6 points a game. He next played briefly in Dallas the next season and then had a second stint with the Raptors. Respert finished his career in Phoenix during the 1998–99 season. He was under contract with Los Angeles Lakers for a brief period in October 2000 but was waived before playing in any NBA games for them. In his NBA career, Respert played in 172 games and scored a total of 851 points on averages of 4.9 points in 13.7 minutes per game.

He played professionally in Italy for

Spójnia Stargard Szczeciński
(2002–2003).

Respert had

Mike Dunleavy, Sr. and Michigan State backcourt partner Eric Snow. He only told a select few; not even his family and girlfriend knew, because "people don't want to hear excuses in pro sports, even if the excuse is cancer."[2]

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
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1995–96
Milwaukee
 62 0 13.6 .387 .344 .833 1.2 1.1 0.5 0.1 4.9
1996–97
Milwaukee
 14 0 5.9 .316 .111 1.000 0.5 0.6 0.0 0.0 1.4
1996–97
Toronto
 27 0 15.3 .442 .396 .844 1.2 1.2 0.7 0.1 5.6
1997–98
Toronto
 47 4 14.8 .450 .373 .815 1.6 0.9 0.6 0.0 5.5
1997–98
Dallas
 10 0 21.5 .429 .231 .571 2.7 1.7 0.5 0.0 8.2
1998–99
Phoenix
 12 1 8.3 .361 .308 .700 1.1 0.7 0.4 0.0 3.1
Career 172 5 13.7 .414 .340 .816 1.3 1.0 0.5 0.0 4.9

Coaching career

Respert became a volunteer coach at

NBA Development League. In September 2008, he was hired by the Houston Rockets as the director of player programs.[3] On December 6, 2011, Respert was hired by the Minnesota Timberwolves as a player development coach.[4] He was named an assistant coach by the Memphis Grizzlies in September 2013.[5] Respert then moved to the Chicago Bulls as a director of player development in 2018.[6] His tenure with the Bulls lasted until the end of the 2019–20 season when his contract expired.[7]

Notes

References

  1. ^ DeFabo, Mike. "'I remember being extremely thankful:' Respert's tradition of kissing the court lives on". Lansing State Journal.
  2. ^ "Shawn Respert's NBA career was stunted by cancer". ESPN. Associated Press. January 8, 2005. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
  3. ^ Respert hired as Director of Player Programs for the Houston Rockets
  4. ^ "Wolves Announce Basketball and Coaching Staffs". Minnesota Timberwolves. December 6, 2011.
  5. ^ "Grizzlies announce coaching staff". Memphis Grizzlies.
  6. ^ Johnson, K. C. (April 11, 2018). "Shawn Respert views coaching as selfless way to repay game he loves — and almost lost". chicagotribune.com.
  7. ^ "Shawn Respert will not return as Bulls' director of player development". nbcsports.com. May 14, 2020.

External links

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