Roy Rogers (basketball) explained

Roy Rogers
Team:Portland Trail Blazers
Position:Assistant coach
League:NBA
Birth Date:19 August 1973
Birth Place:Linden, Alabama, U.S.
Height Ft:6
Height In:10
Weight Lb:235
High School:Linden (Linden, Alabama)
College:Alabama (1992–1996)
Draft Year:1996
Draft Round:1
Draft Pick:22
Draft Team:Vancouver Grizzlies
Career Start:1996
Career End:2004
Career Number:52, 40, 99, 9, 25
Career Position:Power forward
Coach Start:2004
Team1:Vancouver Grizzlies
Team2:Boston Celtics
Team3:Toronto Raptors
Team4:Denver Nuggets
Years5:2000
Team5:Memphis Houn'Dawgs
Years6:2000–2001
Team6:CSKA Moscow
Years7:2002
Team7:Aurora Basket Jesi
Years8:2003–2004
Team8:Noteć Inowrocław
Cyears1:2004–2005
Cteam1:Huntsville Flight (assistant)
Cyears2:2005–2006
Cteam2:Tulsa 66ers (assistant)
Cyears3:2006–2008
Cteam3:Austin Toros (assistant)
Cyears4:
Cteam4:New Jersey / Brooklyn Nets (assistant)
Cteam5:Boston Celtics (assistant)
Cteam6:Detroit Pistons (assistant)
Cteam7:Brooklyn Nets (assistant)
Cyears8:
Cteam8:Washington Wizards (assistant)
Cyears9:
Cteam9:Houston Rockets (assistant)
Cteam10:Chicago Bulls (assistant)
Cteam11:Los Angeles Clippers (assistant)
Cyears12:–present
Cteam12:Portland Trail Blazers (assistant)
Highlights:
  • First-team All-SEC (1996)
Stats League:NBA
Stat1label:Points
Stat1value:652 (4.8 ppg)
Stat2label:Rebounds
Stat2value:483 (3.5 rpg)
Stat3label:Blocks
Stat3value:209 (1.5 bpg)

Roy Lee Rogers Jr. (born August 19, 1973) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is an assistant coach for the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for Alabama and was a first-round selection of the Vancouver Grizzlies in the 1996 NBA draft. Rogers played four seasons in the NBA with the Grizzlies, Boston Celtics, Toronto Raptors and Denver Nuggets. He also played in Russia, Italy and Poland.

Rogers started his NBA coaching career as an assistant with the New Jersey Nets in 2008. He has also served as an assistant coach for the Boston Celtics, Detroit Pistons, Washington Wizards, Houston Rockets, Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Clippers.

College career

Rogers played his college hoops at Alabama under coach David Hobbs.

He tied the NCAA record for blocks in a game with 14 against Georgia on Feb. 10, 1996 and is second all-time in the Crimson Tide basketball record book for career blocked shots with 266.[1]

Rogers was named first team All-SEC for the 1995-1996 season when he averaged 13.5 points per game, 9.3 rebounds per game and 4.9 blocks per game.

Professional career

Rogers, a 6' 9" power forward from the University of Alabama, was selected with the 22nd overall pick in the 1996 NBA draft by the Vancouver Grizzlies. He was traded to the Boston Celtics one season later for Tony Massenburg and a second-round draft pick. Just before the 1998 All-Star break, he was traded to the Toronto Raptors, with Dee Brown, Chauncey Billups, and John Thomas in a deal that sent Zan Tabak, Kenny Anderson, and Popeye Jones. He was then traded to the Houston Rockets, along with two first round draft picks in exchange for Kevin Willis. He was later sent to the Chicago Bulls, along with a 1999 second-round pick, in a deal for Scottie Pippen, but was waived by them after appearing in one game. He appeared in 137 NBA games between 1996 and 2000, averaging 4.8 points per game. He last played professionally in 2003 in Poland.

Coaching career

Rogers began his coaching career as an assistant with the Huntsville Flight of the NBA Development League in the 2004–05 season.[2] He joined the Tulsa 66ers for the 2005–06 season and then spent the next two seasons with the Austin Toros.

Rogers began his NBA coaching career as an assistant coach for the New Jersey Nets in 2008.[3] On August 3, 2010, he became a scout for the Nets.[4] Shortly after, he left for the Boston Celtics. In 2013, he joined Jason Kidd's coaching staff on the Brooklyn Nets.[5] The next season, he joined the Washington Wizards coaching staff.

On June 1, 2016, Rogers became an assistant coach for the Houston Rockets.[6] On May 24, 2019, Rogers and the Rockets mutually agreed to part ways following a 4–2 loss to the Golden State Warriors for the fourth time in five years. This parting of ways also came after the firing of Jeff Bzdelik, another assistant coach for Houston.[7]

On July 3, 2019, Rogers was hired by the Chicago Bulls as an assistant coach.[8] On October 12, 2020, the organization announced Rogers would not return to the coaching staff under newly-hired head coach Billy Donovan.[9]

On November 16, 2020, Rogers was hired as an assistant coach for the Los Angeles Clippers under head coach Tyronn Lue.[10]

On August 2, 2021, Rogers was hired as an assistant coach by the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association (NBA).[11]

NBA career statistics

Regular season

|-| style="text-align:left;"|| style="text-align:left;"|Vancouver| 82 || 50 || 22.5 || .505 || 1.000 || .574 || 4.7 || .6 || .3 || 2.0 || 6.6|-| style="text-align:left;"|| style="text-align:left;"|Boston| 9 || 0 || 4.1 || .375 || || .500 || .6 || .1 || .2 || .4 || .8|-| style="text-align:left;"|| style="text-align:left;"|Toronto| 6 || 0 || 11.5 || .353 || || .250 || 2.0 || .2 || .2 || .7 || 2.2|-| style="text-align:left;"|| style="text-align:left;"|Denver| 40 || 0 || 8.9 || .398 || .000 || .463 || 2.0 || .2 || .0 || 1.0 || 2.2|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career| 137 || 50 || 16.9 || .483 || .500 || .532 || 3.5 || .4 || .2 || 1.5 || 4.8

See also

Notes and References

  1. https://rolltide.com/news/2004/11/2/Former_Tide_Star_Rogers_Hired_by_NBDL_s_Huntsville_Flight.aspx Former Tide Star Rogers Hired by NBDL's Huntsville Flight - University of Alabama Athletics
  2. Web site: Staff Profile: Roy Rogers . NBA . December 17, 2022 . August 13, 2012.
  3. http://www.nj.com/nets/index.ssf/2008/07/nj_nets_au_revoir_curly.html NJ Nets: Au revoir, Curly
  4. http://www.nba.com/nets/news/Scouting_Department_Release_100803.html Nets Realign Scouting Department
  5. http://www.nba.com/nets/news/nets-agree-terms-assistants-frank-rogers-hughes Nets Agree to Terms with Assistants Frank, Rogers, Hughes
  6. Web site: Jack. Windham. Rockets Name Mike D'Antoni Head Coach. Inquisitr.com.com. June 1, 2016. June 3, 2016.
  7. Web site: Rockets, assistant coach Roy Rogers part ways. 2019-05-24. Rockets Wire. en. 2019-05-24.
  8. Web site: Bulls announce coaching staff updates . NBA.com . July 3, 2019.
  9. Web site: Bulls make changes to coaching staff . NBA.com . October 12, 2020.
  10. Web site: LA Clippers Finalize Coaching Staff For 2020-21 Season. November 16, 2020. NBA.com. November 16, 2020.
  11. Web site: Trail Blazers Announce Coaching Staff Additions . NBA.com . August 3, 2021 . August 2, 2021.