Tom Gugliotta
Washington Bullets | |||||||||||||||
1994–1995 | Golden State Warriors | ||||||||||||||
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1995–1998 | Minnesota Timberwolves | ||||||||||||||
1999–2004 | Phoenix Suns | ||||||||||||||
2004 | Utah Jazz | ||||||||||||||
2004–2005 | Boston Celtics | ||||||||||||||
2005 | Atlanta Hawks | ||||||||||||||
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Career NBA statistics | |||||||||||||||
Points | 9,895 (13.0 ppg) | ||||||||||||||
Rebounds | 5,589 (7.3 rpg) | ||||||||||||||
Steals | 1,079 (1.4 spg) | ||||||||||||||
Stats at NBA.com | |||||||||||||||
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |||||||||||||||
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Thomas James Gugliotta (born December 19, 1969) is an American former professional basketball player who played thirteen seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was an All-American college player for the NC State Wolfpack.
Early life
Gugliotta was born in
College career
During his freshman season, "Googs" was limited by a knee injury. However, he emerged in the second half of the ACC season as a member of the rotation for the Wolfpack and appeared in 28 games, averaging two points and 1.3 rebounds per game. During the offseason, Valvano began telling crowds at Wolfpack Club meetings that Gugliotta was beginning to blossom. Emerging as a taller, heavier sophomore, Gugliotta averaged 11.1 points and seven rebounds a game. As a junior, Gugliotta began to show his star potential, averaging more than 15 points and nine rebounds per game. As a senior, Gugliotta averaged more than 22 points and almost 10 rebounds per game.
NBA
Gugliotta was
In 1994, Gugliotta was traded, alongside draft considerations, to the Golden State Warriors for Chris Webber. Halfway through the season, Gugliotta was traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves for rookie Donyell Marshall. His best years were with the Minnesota Timberwolves, scoring 20.6 and 20.1 ppg in the 1996–1997 and 1997–1998 seasons.
Gugliotta signed with the Phoenix Suns in 1999. In 2004, Gugliotta was traded to the Utah Jazz for Keon Clark and Ben Handlogten. In 2004, Gugliotta signed with the Boston Celtics, and was traded with Michael Stewart and Gary Payton to the Atlanta Hawks for Antoine Walker. In total, he played in 13 NBA seasons and averaged 13.0 ppg, 7.3 rpg and 2.8 apg over 763 regular season games, though he appeared in only 12 playoff games.
Accident
On December 17, 1999, Gugliotta had a near-death experience. Having trouble sleeping after games, Gugliotta took a supplement marketed as a "sleep aid" which included furanon di-hydro, also known as
Personal life
Tom met his wife, Nikki, at North Carolina State and the two have a daughter, Greer. The couple later divorced.
He was inducted into the Suffolk Sports Hall of Fame on Long Island in the Basketball Category with the Class of 1994.
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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1992–93 | Washington | 81 | 81 | 34.5 | .426 | .281 | .644 | 9.6 | 3.8 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 14.7 |
1993–94 | Washington | 78 | 78 | 35.8 | .466 | .270 | .685 | 9.3 | 3.5 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 17.1 |
1994–95 | Washington | 6 | 6 | 37.7 | .398 | .500 | .788 | 8.8 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 1.8 | 16.0 |
1994–95 | Golden State | 40 | 40 | 33.1 | .443 | .311 | .567 | 7.4 | 3.1 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 10.9 |
1994–95 | Minnesota | 31 | 17 | 32.8 | .454 | .318 | .762 | 7.2 | 4.5 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 14.4 |
1995–96 | Minnesota | 78 | 78 | 36.3 | .471 | .302 | .773 | 8.8 | 3.1 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 16.2 |
1996–97 | Minnesota | 81 | 81 | 38.7 | .442 | .258 | .820 | 8.7 | 4.1 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 20.6 |
1997–98 | Minnesota | 41 | 41 | 38.6 | .502 | .118 | .821 | 8.7 | 4.1 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 20.1 |
1998–99 | Phoenix | 43 | 43 | 36.3 | .483 | .286 | .794 | 8.9 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 17.4 |
1999–00
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Phoenix
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54 | 54 | 32.7 | .481 | .125 | .775 | 7.9 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 13.7 |
2000–01 | Phoenix | 57 | 2 | 20.3 | .392 | .250 | .792 | 4.5 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 6.4 |
2001–02 | Phoenix | 44 | 40 | 25.7 | .422 | .333 | .757 | 5.0 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 6.5 |
2002–03 | Phoenix | 27 | 11 | 16.6 | .455 | .000 | 1.000 | 3.7 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 4.8 |
2003–04 | Phoenix | 30 | 3 | 10.1 | .313 | .000 | .750 | 1.9 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 2.3 |
2003–04 | Utah | 25 | 24 | 20.6 | .375 | .333 | .700 | 5.2 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 3.7 |
2004–05 | Boston | 20 | 0 | 10.9 | .297 | – | .667 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.3 |
2004–05 | Atlanta | 27 | 9 | 27.7 | .431 | .308 | .784 | 5.5 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 7.9 |
Career | 763 | 608 | 30.9 | .451 | .284 | .784 | 7.3 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 13.0 | |
All-Star | 1 | 0 | 19.0 | .429 | .000 | .750 | 8.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 | – | 9.0 |
Playoffs
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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1996–97 | Minnesota | 3 | 3 | 40.3 | .422 | .750 | .600 | 5.3 | 4.3 | 2.3 | 0.7 | 18.3 |
1998–99 | Phoenix | 3 | 3 | 39.3 | .371 | – | .750 | 8.3 | 3.3 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 10.7 |
2000–01 | Phoenix | 4 | 0 | 21.5 | .308 | – | .778 | 3.8 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 5.8 |
2002–03 | Phoenix | 2 | 0 | 5.0 | .500 | – | .500 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.5 |
Career | 12 | 6 | 27.9 | .393 | .750 | .690 | 4.8 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 9.6 |
Notes
External links
- Historical Player Profile at NBA.com
- Career statistics and player information from NBA.com and Basketball-Reference.com
- https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/g/guglito01.html