Sherman Douglas

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Sherman Douglas
Personal information
Born (1966-09-15) September 15, 1966 (age 57)
New Jersey Nets
1999Los Angeles Clippers
1999–2001New Jersey Nets
Career highlights and awards
Career NBA statistics
Points
8,425 (11.0 ppg)
Rebounds1,672 (2.2 rpg)
Assists4,536 (5.9 apg)
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Sherman Douglas (born September 15, 1966) is an American former professional

New Jersey Nets and the Los Angeles Clippers
from 1989 to 2001. His nickname, The General is a play on his first name and his position as a point guard (as a floor general). He was known for revolutionizing the running "floater" shot in the lane.

Career

In his four year career for Syracuse he helped lead them to the 1987 Final Four, the first of Coach Jim Boeheim's career.[1] Sherman Douglas set the all-time NCAA assist record with the Syracuse Orangemen in 1989 before becoming the Heat's first starting point guard. Although he was a second-round draft choice in 1989, his strong campaign (14.3 ppg and 7.6 apg) earned him a spot on the NBA's All-Rookie First Team. He bettered that campaign in 1990–91, when he led the Heat in scoring (18.5) and assists (8.5) and was named the team's most valuable player.

After holding out before the 1991–92 season, Douglas played five games with Miami before being dealt to the Boston Celtics for Brian Shaw on January 10, 1992. Douglas would play the best basketball of his career for the Boston Celtics, managing to pilot the team to the playoffs in 1994–1995 season despite their 35–47 record in the final season of the Boston Garden. Douglas averaged 14.7 points and 6.9 assists per game that year.

He played for the Los Angeles Clippers in the 1998–99 season and then was traded back to the Nets the season after.

During his career, Douglas played against Michael Jordan 30 times and lost all 30 games.[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

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1989–90
Miami
 81 66 30.5 .494 .161 .687 2.5 7.6 1.8 0.1 14.3
1990–91
Miami
 73 73 35.1 .504 .129 .686 2.9 8.5 1.7 0.1 18.5
1991–92
Miami
 5 2 19.6 .516 .000 .714 1.2 3.8 0.8 0.0 7.4
1991–92
Boston
 37 0 17.7 .455 .111 .680 1.5 4.1 0.6 0.2 7.3
1992–93
Boston
 79 36 24.5 .498 .207 .560 2.1 6.4 0.6 0.1 7.8
1993–94
Boston
 78 78 35.8 .462 .232 .641 2.5 8.8 1.1 0.1 13.3
1994–95
Boston
 65 43 31.5 .475 .244 .689 2.6 6.9 1.2 0.0 14.7
1995–96
Boston
 10 4 23.4 .429 .143 .625 2.3 3.9 0.2 0.0 9.8
1995–96
Milwaukee
 69 62 30.4 .514 .379 .754 2.3 5.8 0.9 0.1 11.5
1996–97
Milwaukee
 79 79 29.3 .502 .333 .667 2.4 5.4 1.0 0.1 9.7
1997–98
New Jersey
 80 11 21.2 .495 .304 .669 1.7 4.0 0.7 0.1 8.0
1998–99
Los Angeles
 30 19 28.1 .438 .000 .632 1.9 4.1 0.9 0.1 8.2
1999–00
New Jersey
 20 2 15.5 .500 .313 .893 1.5 1.7 0.9 0.0 6.0
2000–01
New Jersey
 59 7 18.5 .403 .200 .748 1.3 2.4 0.6 0.1 5.7
Career 765 482 27.6 .484 .267 .678 2.2 5.9 1.0 0.1 11.0

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1991–92
Boston
 6 0 10.8 .360 .000 .500 0.7 1.7 0.0 0.0 3.2
1992–93
Boston
 4 4 41.5 .378 .000 .667 6.5 9.5 1.0 0.0 11.0
1994–95
Boston
 4 4 42.0 .353 .333 .727 5.0 8.3 1.0 0.3 15.0
1997–98
New Jersey
 3 2 41.7 .523 .400 .700 2.7 8.3 2.0 0.0 18.3
Career 17 10 30.8 .401 .273 .684 3.4 6.2 0.8 0.1 10.5

See also

References

  1. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved August 31, 2021.
  2. ^ "Haberstat: Michael Jordan had crazy unbeaten streak vs. A former Celtic". May 7, 2020.

External links

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