Shawn Respert
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| Born | Script error: No such module "person date". Detroit, Michigan, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)Page Template:Citation/styles.css has no content.[a] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 195 lb (88 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| High school | Bishop Borgess (Redford, Michigan) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| College | Michigan State (1990–1995) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 1995: Script error: No such module "Ordinal". round, Script error: No such module "Ordinal". overall pick | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Drafted by | Portland Trail Blazers | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1995–2003 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| PositionTemplate:Pluralize from text | Point guard | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 3, 31, 24, 21, 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coaching career | 2011–2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Points | 851 (4.9 ppg) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Rebounds | 226 (1.3 rpg) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Assists | 177 (1.0 apg) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Shawn Christopher Respert (born February 6, 1972) is an American former professional basketball player and coach. He attended Bishop Borgess High School, and he came to prominence while playing college basketball for the Michigan State Spartans. He played professionally in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for four seasons from 1995 to 1999. He was inducted into the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame in October 2024.
College career
Respert was a standout at Michigan State. He and point guard Eric Snow combined to form one of the nation's most prolific backcourt tandems for head coach Jud Heathcote's Spartans. Respert was the team's leading scorer all four seasons at Michigan State and finished his career second all-time in scoring among Big Ten players with 2,531 points (trailing only Calbert Cheaney) and first in Big Ten games with 1,545 games played. He capped a brilliant career by being named a unanimous first team All-American and Big Ten Player of the Year and Sporting News and NABC National Player of the Year[1] with a 25.6 scoring average during his 1994–95 senior season. He left East Lansing as the Spartans all-time leading scorer and began the tradition of out-going seniors kissing the logo at center court during their final home game.
College statistics
| 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 |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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| 1990–91 | Michigan State | 1 | - | 3.0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1991–92 | Michigan State | 30 | 30 | 31.8 | .503 | .455 | .872 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 15.8 |
| 1992–93 | Michigan State | 28 | 28 | 34.3 | .481 | .429 | .856 | 4.0 | 2.6 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 20.1 |
| 1993–94 | Michigan State | 32 | 32 | 33.6 | .484 | .449 | .840 | 4.0 | 2.5 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 24.3 |
| 1994–95 | Michigan State | 28 | 28 | 33.6 | .473 | .474 | .869 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 25.6 |
| Career | 119 | 118 | 33.0 | .484 | .454 | .857 | 3.5 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 21.3 | |
Professional career
Respert was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers in the 1st round, with the 8th overall pick, of the 1995 NBA draft. The Blazers traded his NBA rights to the Milwaukee Bucks for the rights to Gary Trent and a first-round pick. Respert was traded to Toronto in his second year, where he scored 5.6 points a game. He next played briefly in Dallas the next season and then had a second stint with the Raptors. Respert finished his career in Phoenix during the 1998–99 season. He was under contract with Los Angeles Lakers for a brief period in October 2000 but was waived before playing in any NBA games for them. In his NBA career, Respert played in 172 games and scored a total of 851 points on averages of 4.9 points in 13.7 minutes per game.
He played professionally in Italy for Adecco Milano (1999–2000) and Fillattice Imola (2001–2002). He also played in Poland for Spójnia Stargard Szczeciński (2002–2003).
Respert had stomach cancer but did not admit it until 2005. He started being bothered with stomach cramps towards the end of his rookie season. He noticed a lump below his belly button even after changing his diet. Respert was diagnosed with cancer after undergoing a series of tests at Milwaukee's St. Joseph Regional Medical Center in May 1996. After confirmation through a second opinion, he underwent daily radiation therapy for three consecutive months, losing twenty pounds in the process. The only people who knew about this treatment were the Bucks' trainers, doctors, his coach Mike Dunleavy, Sr. and Michigan State backcourt partner Eric Snow. He only told a select few; not even his family and girlfriend knew, because "people don't want to hear excuses in pro sports, even if the excuse is cancer."[2]
NBA career statistics
| 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 |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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| 1995–96 | Milwaukee | 62 | 0 | 13.6 | .387 | .344 | .833 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 4.9 |
| 1996–97 | Milwaukee | 14 | 0 | 5.9 | .316 | .111 | 1.000 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.4 |
| 1996–97 | Toronto | 27 | 0 | 15.3 | .442 | .396 | .844 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 5.6 |
| 1997–98 | Toronto | 47 | 4 | 14.8 | .450 | .373 | .815 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 5.5 |
| 1997–98 | Dallas | 10 | 0 | 21.5 | .429 | .231 | .571 | 2.7 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 8.2 |
| 1998–99 | Phoenix | 12 | 1 | 8.3 | .361 | .308 | .700 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 3.1 |
| Career | 172 | 5 | 13.7 | .414 | .340 | .816 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 4.9 | |
Coaching career
Respert became a volunteer coach at Prairie View A&M in Texas in 2004. In early 2005, he was hired to be director of basketball operations at Rice University for 2Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.1⁄2 years. He then spent two years as the director of player development of the NBA's minor league, the NBA Development League. In September 2008, he was hired by the Houston Rockets as the director of player programs.[3] On December 6, 2011, Respert was hired by the Minnesota Timberwolves as a player development coach.[4] He was named an assistant coach by the Memphis Grizzlies in September 2013.[5] Respert then moved to the Chicago Bulls as a director of player development in 2018.[6] His tenure with the Bulls lasted until the end of the 2019–20 season when his contract expired.[7]
Notes
- Page Template:Citation/styles.css has no content.a Respert's listed height has ranged from 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) to 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m).
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.DeFabo, Mike. "'I remember being extremely thankful:' Respert's tradition of kissing the court lives on". Lansing State Journal.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Shawn Respert's NBA career was stunted by cancer". ESPN. Associated Press. January 8, 2005. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
- ^ Respert hired as Director of Player Programs for the Houston Rockets
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Wolves Announce Basketball and Coaching Staffs". Minnesota Timberwolves. December 6, 2011.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Grizzlies announce coaching staff". Memphis Grizzlies.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Johnson, K. C. (April 11, 2018). "Shawn Respert views coaching as selfless way to repay game he loves — and almost lost". chicagotribune.com.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Shawn Respert will not return as Bulls' director of player development". nbcsports.com. May 14, 2020.
External links
- Career statistics from NBA.com · Basketball ReferenceTemplate:EditAtWikidata
- TheDraftReview.com - Respert's NBA Draft History Page
- Article on Respert's struggle with stomach cancer
- Shawn Respert – college basketball player statistics at Sports Reference
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