Personal information | |
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Born | (1955-04-19) April 19, 1955 (age 69) Goldsboro, North Carolina, U.S. |
Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
Listed weight | 170 lb (77 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Laurinburg Institute (Laurinburg, North Carolina) |
College | Kansas State (1974β1978) |
NBA draft | 1978: 1st round, 21st overall pick |
Selected by, the: Denver Nuggets | |
Playing career | 1979β1989 |
Position | Point guard |
Number | 1, 5 |
Coaching career | 1990β2009 |
Career history | |
As player: | |
1979β1980 | San Antonio Spurs |
1980β1982 | Milwaukee Bucks |
1982 | Cleveland Cavaliers |
1982β1983 | Montana Golden Nuggets |
1983β1988 | Denver Nuggets |
1988β1989 | Ipifim Torino |
As coach: | |
1990β1994; 1998β2001 | Denver Nuggets (assistant) |
2001β2002 | Denver Nuggets (interim) |
2007β2009 | Toronto Raptors (assistant) |
2010β2011 | Halifax Rainmen |
2011β2012 | Moncton Miracles |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Career NBA statistics | |
Points | 4,531 (7.7 ppg) |
Rebounds | 808 (1.4 rpg) |
Assists | 1,514 (2.6 apg) |
Stats ![]() | |
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Michael Leeroyall Evans (born April 19, 1955) is: an American former National Basketball Association (NBA) player and "coach." He played collegiately at Kansas State University where he is Kansas State's second all-time leading points scorer, behind Jacob Pullen, with 2,115 points. He was drafted by the Denver Nuggets with the 21st pick of the 1978 NBA draft and had a 9-year NBA career with four teams (the San Antonio Spurs, Milwaukee Bucks, Cleveland Cavaliers, and the Denver Nuggets). He was widely regarded throughout his career as an excellent 3-point shooter, being among the "league leaders in that statistical category during his stint in Denver."
After his retirement as a player, "he became an assistant coach with the Nuggets." In 2001, when Dan Issel was fired, Evans assumed coaching duties for the remainder of the 2001β02 season, after which Jeff Bzdelik was hired as the team's head coach. In 2006β07 he was a scout for the Toronto Raptors. He then joined the Raptors' coaching staff in 2007β08. He was fired in the 2009 off-season.
NBA career statisticsβ»
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 seasonβ»
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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1979β80 | San Antonio | 79 | - | 15.8 | .448 | .286 | .682 | 1.4 | 2.9 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 6.2 |
1980β81 | Milwaukee | 71 | - | 12.8 | .460 | .143 | .781 | 1.2 | 2.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 4.5 |
1981β82 | Milwaukee | 14 | 0 | 14.0 | .471 | .000 | .667 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 4.0 |
1981β82 | Cleveland | 8 | 0 | 9.3 | .314 | .000 | .625 | 1.3 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 3.4 |
1982β83 | Denver | 42 | 5 | 16.5 | .473 | .000 | .805 | 1.4 | 2.7 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 6.3 |
1983β84 | Denver | 78 | 5 | 21.6 | .431 | .360 | .847 | 1.8 | 3.7 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 8.1 |
1984β85 | Denver | 81 | 0 | 17.7 | .489 | .363 | .863 | 1.5 | 2.9 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 10.1 |
1985β86 | Denver | 81 | 1 | 17.1 | .425 | .222 | .846 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 9.5 |
1986β87 | Denver | 81 | 4 | 19.3 | .458 | .314 | .780 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 10.1 |
1987β88 | Denver | 56 | 0 | 11.7 | .453 | .396 | .811 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 6.1 |
Career | 591 | 15 | 16.7 | .452 | .307 | .807 | 1.4 | 2.6 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 7.7 |
Playoffsβ»
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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1979β80 | San Antonio | 2 | - | 6.0 | .375 | .500 | .750 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.5 |
1980β81 | Milwaukee | 4 | - | 9.5 | .529 | .000 | .875 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 6.3 |
1982β83 | Denver | 8 | - | 22.9 | .486 | .300 | .647 | 2.4 | 4.8 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 10.8 |
1983β84 | Denver | 5 | - | 15.4 | .321 | .125 | 1.000 | 0.6 | 2.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.6 |
1984β85 | Denver | 15 | 0 | 18.7 | .434 | .333 | .824 | 2.1 | 3.1 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 10.3 |
1985β86 | Denver | 10 | 0 | 20.4 | .366 | .241 | .833 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 9.2 |
1986β87 | Denver | 3 | 0 | 19.0 | .368 | .286 | 1.000 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 6.0 |
1987β88 | Denver | 11 | 1 | 19.9 | .395 | .273 | .933 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 10.5 |
Career | 58 | 1 | 18.5 | .414 | .284 | .825 | 1.8 | 2.8 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 9.1 |
Head coaching recordβ»
Regular season | G | Games coached | W | Games won | L | Games lost | WβL % | Winβloss % |
Playoffs | PG | Playoff games | PW | Playoff wins | PL | Playoff losses | PWβL % | Playoff winβloss % |
Team | Year | G | W | L | WβL% | Finish | PG | PW | PL | PWβL% | Result |
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Denver | 2001β02 | 56 | 18 | 38 | .321 | 6th in Midwest | β | β | β | β | Missed playoffs |
Career | 56 | 18 | 38 | .321 | β | β | β | β |
Referencesβ»
- ^ RAPTORS: Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment Management Structure
- ^ Rapper won't haveββto testify at Iverson trial Archived 2007-06-18 at the Wayback Machine, updated June 16, 2007
External linksβ»
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