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Guard · 1992–93

Tim Legler

An Academic All-American at La Salle, Legler went undrafted in 1988 and spent years proving himself in the CBA, winning a championship and a scoring title with the Omaha Racers between short NBA stints — including one with the Jazz in 1990-91. Washington finally gave him a real role, and in 1995-96 he won the All-Star Weekend Three-Point Shootout with a record 65-point aggregate while leading the NBA in three-point percentage. His career 43.1 percent from deep ranks eighth all time.

A recurring knee problem ended his playing days in 1999. Legler joined ESPN in 2000 and has been a basketball analyst ever since, picking up a Wharton MBA along the way in 2002.

HOW HE CAME & WENTThe Jazz signed him as a free agent on September 28, 1992 and waived him on November 25, years before he became one of the league's best shooters in Washington.

Full name
Timothy Eugene Legler
Utah Jazz tenure
1992–93
Position
Guard
Born
1966, Washington, D.C.
Height
6′4″ (193 cm)
Weight
201 lb (91 kg)
College
La Salle
Drafted
undrafted
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With the Jazz

TIM LEGLER · 1992–93 · PER GAME
SEASONTEAMGMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFG%3P%FT%
1992–93UTA31.70.70.30.00.00.0.333
JAZZ TOTAL1 SEASON31.70.70.30.00.00.0.333

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Did you know

TIM LEGLER · 7 NOTES
  • Led the NBA in three-point percentage in 1995–96 and won the Three-Point Contest that year.
  • Earned an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in 2002.
  • Joined Steve Kerr and Detlef Schrempf as the only NBA players then to shoot 50 percent overall, 50 percent from three and 80 percent from the line in a season.
  • Basketball people have called him Legs his whole life.
  • His winning Three-Point Shootout in 1996 set a record with 65 points across three rounds out of a possible 90.
  • He made 128 three-pointers in 1995-96 alone, more than 49 percent of his entire career total.
  • He scored 1,699 points at La Salle and carried the Explorers to the 1987 NIT final at Madison Square Garden.