Travis Best
NSB Napoli | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
|---|---|
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| Career NBA statistics | |
Points | 5,736 (7.6 ppg) |
| Rebounds | 1,249 (1.8 rpg) |
| Assists | 2,444 (3.5 apg) |
| Stats at NBA.com | |
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Travis Best (born July 12, 1972) is an American former professional basketball player, who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and in Europe.
Best was one of the athletes – among other victims – successfully targeted by professional scam artist/fraudster Peggy Ann Fulford.
High school career
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Collegiate career
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At Georgia Tech, Best teamed with fellow McDonald's All-American James Forrest for four years. The duo lead the Yellow Jackets to the 1993 ACC tournament championship, their first since 1990. Best was named to the All-ACC third-team as a sophomore, earning second-team honors as a junior and as a senior. Best led the ACC in assist-to-turnover ratio and free-throw percentage as a senior, while capturing ACC Player of the Week honors a league-record five times.
Best ranked in the top six in Tech history in points, assists, minutes, 3-point field goals made and steals at the conclusion of his collegiate career. He was one of only three ACC players to score 2,000 points with 600 assists (UNC's
Professional career
Best was drafted 23rd in the
Best was a vital backup at point guard on the 1999–2000 Indiana team that went to the
, adding a future second-round pick.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 |
| * | Led the league |
Regular season
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995–96 | Indiana | 59 | 1 | 9.7 | .423 | .320 | .833 | .7 | 1.6 | .3 | .1 | 3.7 |
| 1996–97 | Indiana | 76 | 46 | 27.2 | .442 | .368 | .756 | 2.2 | 4.2 | 1.3 | .1 | 9.9 |
| 1997–98 | Indiana | 82* | 0 | 18.9 | .419 | .300 | .855 | 1.5 | 3.4 | 1.0 | .1 | 6.5 |
| 1998–99 | Indiana | 49 | 0 | 21.3 | .416 | .373 | .843 | 1.6 | 3.4 | .9 | .1 | 7.1 |
| 1999–00 | Indiana | 82 | 0 | 20.6 | .483 | .376 | .821 | 1.7 | 3.3 | .9 | .1 | 8.9 |
| 2000–01 | Indiana | 77 | 21 | 31.9 | .440 | .381 | .827 | 2.9 | 6.1 | 1.4 | .1 | 11.9 |
| 2001–02 | Indiana | 44 | 3 | 21.8 | .439 | .382 | .877 | 1.6 | 4.0 | 1.3 | .1 | 6.9 |
| 2001–02 | Chicago | 30 | 18 | 26.4 | .441 | .320 | .922 | 2.7 | 5.0 | 1.1 | .0 | 9.3 |
| 2002–03 | Miami | 72 | 52 | 25.1 | .396 | .330 | .854 | 2.0 | 3.5 | .6 | .1 | 8.4 |
| 2003–04 | Dallas | 61 | 1 | 12.5 | .372 | .150 | .870 | 1.1 | 1.8 | .5 | .1 | 2.8 |
| 2004–05 | New Jersey | 76 | 6 | 19.2 | .420 | .306 | .885 | 1.4 | 1.9 | .9 | .1 | 6.8 |
| Career | 708 | 148 | 21.4 | .431 | .345 | .835 | 1.8 | 3.5 | .9 | .1 | 7.6 | |
Playoffs
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Indiana | 5 | 0 | 16.8 | .500 | .167 | .857 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 1.2 | .0 | 5.8 |
| 1998 | Indiana | 16 | 0 | 17.5 | .375 | .278 | .884 | 1.0 | 1.9 | .7 | .2 | 6.1 |
| 1999 | Indiana | 11 | 0 | 13.6 | .348 | .200 | .923 | 1.5 | 1.9 | .4 | .1 | 4.2 |
| 2000 | Indiana | 23 | 0 | 20.1 | .430 | .433 | .841 | 2.5 | 2.9 | .8 | .2 | 8.9 |
| 2001 | Indiana | 4 | 4 | 40.8 | .436 | .333 | 1.000 | 4.8 | 9.3 | 1.0 | .0 | 9.8 |
| 2005 | New Jersey | 4 | 0 | 20.3 | .409 | .111 | .889 | 1.5 | 2.3 | .3 | .0 | 6.8 |
| Career | 63 | 4 | 19.4 | .413 | .303 | .875 | 2.0 | 2.7 | .7 | .1 | 7.0 | |
Personal life
Best had a small role in the 1998
.Best was one of the victims of professional scam artist/fraudster Peggy Ann Fulford (Peggy King, Peggy Williams, Peggy Ann Barard, etc.), losing $1.40 million, amongst the $5.79 million in total she stole from him, Ricky Williams, Dennis Rodman, Rashad McCants, Lex Hilliard and others.[3] Fulford, who was indicted by the FBI in December 2016, continued her criminal activity until sentenced in February 2018 to 10 years in prison and full financial restitution (unlikely) to her victims.[3]
References
- ^ Montville, Leigh (25 March 1991). "Lingering Cheers For A Magic Child". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
- ^ The Technique. Retrieved 2007-05-22.
- ^ a b Prewitt, Alex (2019-09-19). "The Peggy Show: Every athlete's worst nightmare". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on 2022-03-23. Retrieved 2023-08-29.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from NBA.com and Basketball-Reference.com
- Euroleague.net Player Profile
- masslive Best, Travis Profile