Cut loose by Minnesota and San Antonio and playing CBA ball in Rockford, the Detroit-born guard got his break when the Jazz needed a backup for John Stockton in late 1995. Jerry Sloan called him a focused young man, and the quiet point guard held the job for five seasons and two Finals trips. In Game 6 of the 1998 Finals, referee Dick Bavetta mistakenly disallowed his first-half three-pointer in a game the Jazz lost by one. He returned for a final Utah season in 2004-05.
Coaching came next: player development with the Clippers, assistant posts with the Wizards, the Knicks and Michigan under Juwan Howard, then a scouting job with Dallas in 2025.
HOW HE CAME & WENTAlready once the last man cut from a Jazz camp, he came back in 1995 and stayed five seasons and two Finals runs. Utah knew it could not re-sign him — Kevin O'Connor said so plainly — and moved him to Dallas in a four-team deal in 2000, taking Donyell Marshall back. He returned on a one-year deal in 2004.
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| SEASON | TEAM | G | MPG | PPG | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995–96 | UTA | 65 | 14.8 | 4.4 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | .430 | .226 | .844 |
| 1996–97 | UTA | 82 | 13.2 | 4.5 | 1.0 | 2.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 | .451 | .278 | .787 |
| 1997–98 | UTA | 82 | 21.0 | 7.7 | 2.0 | 4.2 | 0.7 | 0.2 | .441 | .407 | .852 |
| 1998–99 | UTA | 50 | 20.8 | 7.4 | 1.9 | 3.7 | 0.6 | 0.0 | .446 | .420 | .838 |
| 1999–00 | UTA | 82 | 25.6 | 8.6 | 2.1 | 4.2 | 0.7 | 0.1 | .418 | .368 | .824 |
| 2004–05 | UTA | 74 | 19.3 | 5.6 | 1.2 | 3.4 | 0.6 | 0.1 | .398 | .262 | .795 |
| JAZZ TOTAL | 6 SEASONS | 435 | 19.2 | 6.4 | 1.6 | 3.4 | 0.6 | 0.1 | .428 | .335 | .826 |
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