Stacey Augmon

Stacey Augmon
Augmon in 2009 as Denver Nuggets assistant coach.
Personal information
Born (1968-08-01) August 1, 1968
Pasadena, California
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight 213 lb (97 kg)
Career information
High school John Muir (Pasadena, California)
College UNLV (1987–1991)
NBA draft 1991 / Round: 1 / Pick: 9th overall
Selected by the Atlanta Hawks
Playing career 1991–2006
Position Small forward / Shooting guard
Number 2
Coaching career 2007–present
Career history
As player:
19911996 Atlanta Hawks
1996–1997 Detroit Pistons
19972001 Portland Trail Blazers
2001–2002 Charlotte Hornets
20022004 New Orleans Hornets
20042006 Orlando Magic
As coach:
20072011 Denver Nuggets (assistant)
2011–2016 UNLV (assistant)
20162018 Milwaukee Bucks (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
Career statistics
Points 7,990 (8.0 ppg)
Rebounds 3,216 (3.2 rpg)
Steals 974 (1.0 spg)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Stacey Orlando Augmon (born August 1, 1968) is a retired American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He gained the nickname "Plastic Man" due to his athletic ability to "stretch". He was also an assistant coach at his alma mater UNLV under coach Dave Rice.[1]

College

Augmon played college basketball for four years at UNLV under Coach Jerry Tarkanian. During his junior year, the Runnin' Rebels won the 1990 NCAA Championship defeating the Duke Blue Devils. Augmon was the first three-time winner of the NABC Defensive Player of the Year, winning the award in 1989, 1990, and 1991.[2] He is a class of 2002 member of the UNLV Athletic Hall of Fame along with teammates Greg Anthony and Larry Johnson.[3]. In March 2011, HBO premiered a documentary entitled Runnin' Rebels of UNLV. [4]

NBA career

Augmon was drafted by the Atlanta Hawks with the ninth pick of the 1991 NBA draft. He was the first player in the top ten draft picks to work out a deal, a 5-year contract worth between 6.5 and 7 million dollars.[5] Augmon has played for the Hawks, the Detroit Pistons, the Portland Trail Blazers, the Charlotte Hornets, the New Orleans Hornets, and the Orlando Magic. He holds a scoring average of 8.0 points per game throughout his career.

The Magic decided not to re-sign Augmon for the 2006–07 NBA season, making him an unrestricted free agent. On October 3, 2007, the Denver Nuggets announced the signing of the 15-year veteran,[6] but he was later waived on the 24th.[7] One month and three days later, Denver re-hired Augmon, this time as a player development coach.[8]

Post-playing career

Augmon is based from L.A. County and a president of a bike club.[9] In May 2011, he left the Denver Nuggets to join the staff of former Rebels teammate Dave Rice as an assistant coach for UNLV.[1]. In Sept 2016, he was named an assistant coach for the Milwaukee Bucks.[10]

Controversy

Augmon playing with the UNLV Runnin' Rebels in 1987

During the 2004–2005 season, Augmon was investigated by the league for two incidents. He had already refused to speak to the media, which violated league rules.[11]

The first was following a game March 11, 2005. Greg Sandoval from The Washington Post wrote, "As reporters gathered around the locker of Magic guard Jameer Nelson, a female reporter for a local TV station kneeled down to give cameramen a clear shot and to place a microphone near Nelson, who was sitting. Augmon, whose locker is near Nelson's, made a comment about the woman being on her knees in front of a player that involved a reference to oral sex, a witness told the newspaper."[11]

Two nights later on March 13, Sandoval continues, "Augmon became angered over a question that an Orlando Sentinel reporter asked Magic guard Steve Francis.[11] "That's a stupid [expletive] question", Augmon allegedly said, according to several reports. When a male Florida Today reporter told Augmon that they were interviewing Francis and not him, Augmon shouted obscenities and began moving toward the reporter. A Magic employee stepped in front of Augmon, who then threw a bottle of lotion at the reporter. The bottle did not strike the reporter but some of its contents splashed his clothes."[11]

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
1991–92 Atlanta 828230.5.489.167.6665.12.51.5.313.3
1992–93 Atlanta 736628.9.501.000.7393.92.31.2.214.0
1993–94 Atlanta 828231.8.510.143.7644.82.31.8.614.8
1994–95 Atlanta 767631.1.453.269.7284.82.61.3.613.9
1995–96 Atlanta 774929.8.491.250.7923.91.81.4.412.7
1996–97 Detroit 20314.6.403.000.6832.5.8.5.54.5
1996–97 Portland 40716.3.517.000.7322.21.0.8.24.7
1997–98 Portland 712320.4.414.143.6033.31.2.8.45.7
1998–99 Portland 482118.2.448.000.6842.61.21.2.44.3
1999–00 Portland 59011.7.474.000.6732.0.9.5.23.4
2000–01 Portland 662317.9.477.000.6552.41.5.7.34.7
2001–02 Charlotte 77317.1.427.000.7622.91.3.7.24.6
2002–03 New Orleans 70312.3.411.000.7501.71.0.4.13.0
2003–04 New Orleans 692420.5.412.143.7912.51.2.8.25.8
2004–05 Orlando 55712.1.407.000.7401.8.7.4.23.5
2005–06 Orlando 36310.7.342.000.7001.5.6.3.22.0
Career 100147221.6.469.152.7283.21.61.0.38.0

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1993 Atlanta 3331.0.452.000.6672.71.71.3.012.0
1994 Atlanta 111129.5.517.000.7112.62.5.6.210.8
1995 Atlanta 3117.3.429.000.7502.31.71.0.07.0
1996 Atlanta 101031.4.486.000.8253.62.71.1.610.3
1998 Portland 407.0.500.000.500.8.3.5.21.3
1999 Portland 13013.5.357.000.8332.5.4.6.22.7
2000 Portland 704.9.333.000.500.3.0.0.01.3
2001 Portland 2014.0.400.0001.0002.02.0.5.05.0
2002 Charlotte 9016.9.390.000.7623.01.41.1.15.3
2003 New Orleans 4017.3.333.000.8752.5.8.8.04.3
2004 New Orleans 7024.0.375.000.8892.71.0.9.17.4
Career 772519.1.438.000.7802.31.3.7.26.0

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Augmon hired as UNLV assistant coach, accessed May 4, 2011
  2. "Williams Repeats as NABC National Defensive Player of the Year". Retrieved 2007-04-07.
  3. "UNLV Athletic Hall of Fame Members". Retrieved 2007-01-11.
  4. "UNLV Doc Will Lead Off HBO Sports Schedule". Sports Business Daily. November 1, 2010.
  5. "Hawks Sign Augmon and Drop Moncrief". The New York Times. October 1, 1991. Retrieved 2007-01-11.
  6. Nuggets sign veteran F Augmon, October 3, 2007
  7. Nuggets make cuts Archived 2007-10-26 at the Wayback Machine., October 24, 2007
  8. "Nuggets Add Augmon as Player Development Coach - Denver Nuggets".
  9. BR, Author Name: Tam-Star; Br, trepreneur; Br, Talent Management (7 June 2011). "Ex-NBA Star Larry Johnson Speaks On HBO's Runnin' Rebel Documentary, Michigan's Fab-Five, The Knicks, And More - Part 4".
  10. "Bucks name Stacey Augmon assistant coach". Fox Sports. September 16, 2016.
  11. 1 2 3 4 Sandoval, Greg (March 15, 2005). "League Is Investigating Augmon Comments". The Washington Post. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
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