Mike Evans (basketball) explained

Mike Evans
Height Ft:6
Height In:1
Weight Lb:170
Birth Date:19 April 1955
Birth Place:Goldsboro, North Carolina, U.S.
High School:Laurinburg Institute
(Laurinburg, North Carolina)
College:Kansas State (1974–1978)
Draft Year:1978
Draft Round:1
Draft Pick:21
Draft Team:Denver Nuggets
Career Start:1979
Career End:1989
Career Number:1, 5
Career Position:Point guard
Coach Start:1990
Coach End:2009
Team1:San Antonio Spurs
Years2:
Team2:Milwaukee Bucks
Team3:Cleveland Cavaliers
Years4:1982–1983
Team4:Montana Golden Nuggets
Years5:
Team5:Denver Nuggets
Years6:1988–1989
Team6:Ipifim Torino
Cyears1:–;
Cteam1:Denver Nuggets (assistant)
Cteam2:Denver Nuggets (interim)
Cyears3:2007–2009
Cteam3:Toronto Raptors (assistant)
Cyears4:2010–2011
Cteam4:Halifax Rainmen
Cyears5:2011–2012
Cteam5:Moncton Miracles
Highlights:
Stats League:NBA
Stat1label:Points
Stat1value:4,531 (7.7 ppg)
Stat2label:Rebounds
Stat2value:808 (1.4 rpg)
Stat3label:Assists
Stat3value:1,514 (2.6 apg)

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 2001–02 season, after which Jeff Bzdelik was hired as the team's head coach. In 2006–07 he was a scout for the Toronto Raptors.[1] He then joined the Raptors' coaching staff in 2007–08.[2] He was fired in the 2009 off-season.

NBA career statistics

Regular season

|-| align="left" | 1979–80| align="left" | San Antonio| 79 || - || 15.8 || .448 || .286 || .682 || 1.4 || 2.9 || 0.8 || 0.1 || 6.2|-| align="left" | 1980–81| align="left" | Milwaukee| 71 || - || 12.8 || .460 || .143 || .781 || 1.2 || 2.4 || 0.5 || 0.1 || 4.5|-| align="left" | 1981–82| align="left" | Milwaukee| 14 || 0 || 14.0 || .471 || .000 || .667 || 0.9 || 1.6 || 0.6 || 0.0 || 4.0|-| align="left" | 1981–82| align="left" | Cleveland| 8 || 0 || 9.3 || .314 || .000 || .625 || 1.3 || 2.5 || 0.5 || 0.0 || 3.4|-| align="left" | 1982–83| align="left" | Denver| 42 || 5 || 16.5 || .473 || .000 || .805 || 1.4 || 2.7 || 0.5 || 0.1 || 6.3|-| align="left" | 1983–84| align="left" | Denver| 78 || 5 || 21.6 || .431 || .360 || .847 || 1.8 || 3.7 || 0.8 || 0.1 || 8.1|-| align="left" | 1984–85| align="left" | Denver| 81 || 0 || 17.7 || .489 || .363 || .863 || 1.5 || 2.9 || 0.8 || 0.1 || 10.1|-| align="left" | 1985–86| align="left" | Denver| 81 || 1 || 17.1 || .425 || .222 || .846 || 1.2 || 2.2 || 0.8 || 0.0 || 9.5|-| align="left" | 1986–87| align="left" | Denver| 81 || 4 || 19.3 || .458 || .314 || .780 || 1.6 || 2.3 || 1.0 || 0.1 || 10.1|-| align="left" | 1987–88| align="left" | Denver| 56 || 0 || 11.7 || .453 || .396 || .811 || 0.9 || 1.4 || 0.6 || 0.1 || 6.1|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career| 591 || 15 || 16.7 || .452 || .307 || .807 || 1.4 || 2.6 || 0.7 || 0.1 || 7.7|}

Playoffs

|-| align="left" | 1979–80| align="left" | San Antonio| 2 || - || 6.0 || .375 || .500 || .750 || 1.0 || 1.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 5.5|-| align="left" | 1980–81| align="left" | Milwaukee| 4 || - || 9.5 || .529 || .000 || .875 || 0.3 || 1.5 || 0.0 || 0.3 || 6.3|-| align="left" | 1982–83| align="left" | Denver| 8 || - || 22.9 || .486 || .300 || .647 || 2.4 || 4.8 || 0.6 || 0.0 || 10.8|-| align="left" | 1983–84| align="left" | Denver| 5 || - || 15.4 || .321 || .125 || 1.000 || 0.6 || 2.4 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 4.6|-| align="left" | 1984–85| align="left" | Denver| 15 || 0 || 18.7 || .434 || .333 || .824 || 2.1 || 3.1 || 0.9 || 0.2 || 10.3|-| align="left" | 1985–86| align="left" | Denver| 10 || 0 || 20.4 || .366 || .241 || .833 || 2.0 || 2.5 || 1.0 || 0.3 || 9.2|-| align="left" | 1986–87| align="left" | Denver| 3 || 0 || 19.0 || .368 || .286 || 1.000 || 2.3 || 2.7 || 1.0 || 0.0 || 6.0|-| align="left" | 1987–88| align="left" | Denver| 11 || 1 || 19.9 || .395 || .273 || .933 || 2.0 || 2.1 || 1.1 || 0.0 || 10.5|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career| 58 || 1 || 18.5 || .414 || .284 || .825 || 1.8 || 2.8 || 0.7 || 0.1 || 9.1|}

Head coaching record

|-| style="text-align:left;"|Denver| style="text-align:left;"||56||18||38|||| align="center"|6th in Midwest|||—||—||—||—| style="text-align:center;"|Missed playoffs|- class="sortbottom"| align="center" colspan="2"|Career|56||18||38|||| ||—||—||—||—||

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.nba.com/raptors/news/mlsel_management.html RAPTORS: Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment Management Structure
  2. http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/nba/article/0,2777,DRMN_23922_5589286,00.html Rapper won't have to testify at Iverson trial