Roy Rogers (basketball)

Roy Rogers
Rogers in 2012 as Detroit Pistons assistant coach
Houston Rockets
Position Assistant coach
League NBA
Personal information
Born (1973-08-19) August 19, 1973
Linden, Alabama
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Listed weight 235 lb (107 kg)
Career information
High school Linden (Linden, Alabama)
College Alabama (1992–1996)
NBA draft 1996 / Round: 1 / Pick: 22nd overall
Selected by the Vancouver Grizzlies
Playing career 1996–2004
Position Power forward
Number 40, 99, 9, 25
Career history
As player:
1996–1997 Vancouver Grizzlies
1997–1998 Boston Celtics
1998 Toronto Raptors
1999–2000 Denver Nuggets
2000 Memphis Houn'Dawgs
2000–2001 CSKA Moscow
2002 Aurora Basket Jesi
2003–2004 Noteć Inowrocław
As coach:
2013–2014 Brooklyn Nets (assistant)
2014–2016 Washington Wizards (assistant)
2016–present Houston Rockets (assistant)
Career NBA statistics
Points 652 (4.8 ppg)
Rebounds 483 (3.5 rpg)
Blocks 209 (1.5 bpg)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Roy Lee Rogers, Jr. (born August 19, 1973) is an American former professional basketball player who currently works as an assistant coach for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for Alabama.

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, along with Tony Massenburg, for 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 served as an assistant coach for the Tulsa 66ers and Austin Toros of the NBA Development League, and was head coach of the Huntsville Flight (now rebranded as the Albuquerque Thunderbirds) in 2005.[1]

He also worked as an assistant coach of the New Jersey Nets of the NBA.[2] On August 3, 2010, he became a scout for the Nets.[3] Shortly after, he left for the Boston Celtics. In 2013, he joined Jason Kidd's coaching staff on the Brooklyn Nets.[4] The next season, he joined the Washington Wizards coaching staff.

On June 1, 2016, Rogers became an assistant coach for the Houston Rockets.[5]

NBA career statistics

Legend
  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 season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1996–97 Vancouver 825022.5.5051.000.5744.7.6.32.06.6
1997–98 Boston 904.1.375.000.500.6.1.2.4.8
1997–98 Toronto 6011.5.353.000.2502.0.2.2.72.2
1999–00 Denver 4008.9.398.000.4632.0.2.01.02.2
Career 1375016.9.483.500.5323.5.4.21.54.8

See also

References

  1. ↑ Charlie Waggener "Spurs purchase puts Toros on the map". Archived from the original on November 11, 2007. Retrieved 2008-04-21. . Theaccent.org (2007-10-01)
  2. ↑ NJ Nets: Au revoir, Curly. NJ.com (2008-07). Retrieved on 2012-05-10.
  3. ↑ Nets Realign Scouting Department. Nba.com (2010-08-03). Retrieved on 2012-05-10.
  4. ↑ Nets Agree to Terms with Assistants Frank, Rogers, Hughes
  5. ↑ Windham, Jack (June 1, 2016). "Rockets Name Mike D'Antoni Head Coach". Inquisitr.com.com. Retrieved June 3, 2016.
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