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Travis Best

Travis Eric Best

Position: Guard
Height: 5-11    Weight: 182 lbs.
Born: July 12, 1972 in Springfield, Massachusetts
High School: Springfield Central in Springfield, Massachusetts
College: Georgia Institute of Technology

Drafted by the Indiana Pacers in the 1st round (23rd pick, 23rd overall) of the 1995 NBA draft.

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Totals

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1995-96 23 IND NBA 59 1 571 69 163 .423 8 25 .320 75 90 .833 11 33 44 97 20 3 63 80 221
1996-97 24 IND NBA 76 46 2064 274 620 .442 57 155 .368 149 197 .756 36 130 166 318 98 5 153 221 754
1997-98 25 IND NBA 82 0 1547 201 480 .419 21 70 .300 112 131 .855 28 94 122 281 85 5 111 193 535
1998-99 26 IND NBA 49 0 1043 127 305 .416 22 59 .373 70 83 .843 19 61 80 169 42 4 62 111 346
1999-00 27 IND NBA 82 0 1691 271 561 .483 35 93 .376 156 190 .821 16 126 142 272 76 5 107 204 733
2000-01 28 IND NBA 77 21 2457 347 788 .440 37 97 .381 187 226 .827 38 184 222 473 110 11 127 246 918
2001-02 29 TOT NBA 74 21 1747 228 518 .440 21 59 .356 104 116 .897 20 131 151 324 89 7 99 173 581
2001-02 29 IND NBA 44 3 954 116 264 .439 13 34 .382 57 65 .877 10 60 70 175 57 6 59 101 302
2001-02 29 CHI NBA 30 18 793 112 254 .441 8 25 .320 47 51 .922 10 71 81 149 32 1 40 72 279
2002-03 30 MIA NBA 72 52 1807 231 583 .396 36 109 .330 105 123 .854 26 121 147 255 44 7 106 174 603
2003-04 31 DAL NBA 61 1 762 64 172 .372 3 20 .150 40 46 .870 17 51 68 112 31 4 33 66 171
2004-05 32 NJN NBA 76 6 1461 190 452 .420 26 85 .306 108 122 .885 19 88 107 143 66 9 67 148 514
Career NBA 708 148 15150 2002 4642 .431 266 772 .345 1106 1324 .835 230 1019 1249 2444 661 60 928 1616 5376

Per Game

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1995-96 23 IND NBA 59 1 9.7 1.2 2.8 .423 0.1 0.4 .320 1.3 1.5 .833 0.2 0.6 0.7 1.6 0.3 0.1 1.1 1.4 3.7
1996-97 24 IND NBA 76 46 27.2 3.6 8.2 .442 0.8 2.0 .368 2.0 2.6 .756 0.5 1.7 2.2 4.2 1.3 0.1 2.0 2.9 9.9
1997-98 25 IND NBA 82 0 18.9 2.5 5.9 .419 0.3 0.9 .300 1.4 1.6 .855 0.3 1.1 1.5 3.4 1.0 0.1 1.4 2.4 6.5
1998-99 26 IND NBA 49 0 21.3 2.6 6.2 .416 0.4 1.2 .373 1.4 1.7 .843 0.4 1.2 1.6 3.4 0.9 0.1 1.3 2.3 7.1
1999-00 27 IND NBA 82 0 20.6 3.3 6.8 .483 0.4 1.1 .376 1.9 2.3 .821 0.2 1.5 1.7 3.3 0.9 0.1 1.3 2.5 8.9
2000-01 28 IND NBA 77 21 31.9 4.5 10.2 .440 0.5 1.3 .381 2.4 2.9 .827 0.5 2.4 2.9 6.1 1.4 0.1 1.6 3.2 11.9
2001-02 29 TOT NBA 74 21 23.6 3.1 7.0 .440 0.3 0.8 .356 1.4 1.6 .897 0.3 1.8 2.0 4.4 1.2 0.1 1.3 2.3 7.9
2001-02 29 IND NBA 44 3 21.7 2.6 6.0 .439 0.3 0.8 .382 1.3 1.5 .877 0.2 1.4 1.6 4.0 1.3 0.1 1.3 2.3 6.9
2001-02 29 CHI NBA 30 18 26.4 3.7 8.5 .441 0.3 0.8 .320 1.6 1.7 .922 0.3 2.4 2.7 5.0 1.1 0.0 1.3 2.4 9.3
2002-03 30 MIA NBA 72 52 25.1 3.2 8.1 .396 0.5 1.5 .330 1.5 1.7 .854 0.4 1.7 2.0 3.5 0.6 0.1 1.5 2.4 8.4
2003-04 31 DAL NBA 61 1 12.5 1.0 2.8 .372 0.0 0.3 .150 0.7 0.8 .870 0.3 0.8 1.1 1.8 0.5 0.1 0.5 1.1 2.8
2004-05 32 NJN NBA 76 6 19.2 2.5 5.9 .420 0.3 1.1 .306 1.4 1.6 .885 0.3 1.2 1.4 1.9 0.9 0.1 0.9 1.9 6.8
Career NBA 708 148 21.4 2.8 6.6 .431 0.4 1.1 .345 1.6 1.9 .835 0.3 1.4 1.8 3.5 0.9 0.1 1.3 2.3 7.6

Per 36 Minutes

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1995-96 23 IND NBA 59 1 571 4.4 10.3 .423 0.5 1.6 .320 4.7 5.7 .833 0.7 2.1 2.8 6.1 1.3 0.2 4.0 5.0 13.9
1996-97 24 IND NBA 76 46 2064 4.8 10.8 .442 1.0 2.7 .368 2.6 3.4 .756 0.6 2.3 2.9 5.5 1.7 0.1 2.7 3.9 13.2
1997-98 25 IND NBA 82 0 1547 4.7 11.2 .419 0.5 1.6 .300 2.6 3.0 .855 0.7 2.2 2.8 6.5 2.0 0.1 2.6 4.5 12.4
1998-99 26 IND NBA 49 0 1043 4.4 10.5 .416 0.8 2.0 .373 2.4 2.9 .843 0.7 2.1 2.8 5.8 1.4 0.1 2.1 3.8 11.9
1999-00 27 IND NBA 82 0 1691 5.8 11.9 .483 0.7 2.0 .376 3.3 4.0 .821 0.3 2.7 3.0 5.8 1.6 0.1 2.3 4.3 15.6
2000-01 28 IND NBA 77 21 2457 5.1 11.5 .440 0.5 1.4 .381 2.7 3.3 .827 0.6 2.7 3.3 6.9 1.6 0.2 1.9 3.6 13.5
2001-02 29 TOT NBA 74 21 1747 4.7 10.7 .440 0.4 1.2 .356 2.1 2.4 .897 0.4 2.7 3.1 6.7 1.8 0.1 2.0 3.6 12.0
2001-02 29 IND NBA 44 3 954 4.4 10.0 .439 0.5 1.3 .382 2.2 2.5 .877 0.4 2.3 2.6 6.6 2.2 0.2 2.2 3.8 11.4
2001-02 29 CHI NBA 30 18 793 5.1 11.5 .441 0.4 1.1 .320 2.1 2.3 .922 0.5 3.2 3.7 6.8 1.5 0.0 1.8 3.3 12.7
2002-03 30 MIA NBA 72 52 1807 4.6 11.6 .396 0.7 2.2 .330 2.1 2.5 .854 0.5 2.4 2.9 5.1 0.9 0.1 2.1 3.5 12.0
2003-04 31 DAL NBA 61 1 762 3.0 8.1 .372 0.1 0.9 .150 1.9 2.2 .870 0.8 2.4 3.2 5.3 1.5 0.2 1.6 3.1 8.1
2004-05 32 NJN NBA 76 6 1461 4.7 11.1 .420 0.6 2.1 .306 2.7 3.0 .885 0.5 2.2 2.6 3.5 1.6 0.2 1.7 3.6 12.7
Career NBA 708 148 15150 4.8 11.0 .431 0.6 1.8 .345 2.6 3.1 .835 0.5 2.4 3.0 5.8 1.6 0.1 2.2 3.8 12.8

Advanced

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Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1995-96 23 IND NBA 59 571 11.5 .545 .448 2.5 7.0 4.8 26.8 1.9 0.4 23.7 21.4 102 109 0.2 0.5 0.7
1996-97 24 IND NBA 76 2064 13.3 .533 .488 2.1 7.4 4.8 26.4 2.6 0.2 17.8 19.3 105 106 1.8 2.3 4.1
1997-98 25 IND NBA 82 1547 13.6 .498 .441 2.3 7.0 4.7 29.9 3.0 0.2 17.1 20.0 103 102 1.2 2.1 3.3
1998-99 26 IND NBA 49 1043 14.1 .507 .452 2.2 6.8 4.6 27.3 2.2 0.3 15.4 18.5 106 106 1.5 0.6 2.1
1999-00 27 IND NBA 82 1691 16.5 .569 .514 1.1 8.1 4.7 26.3 2.3 0.2 14.2 20.2 112 105 3.5 1.6 5.1
2000-01 28 IND NBA 77 2457 16.7 .517 .464 1.8 8.2 5.1 34.0 2.4 0.3 12.5 19.3 110 104 4.8 2.3 7.2
2001-02 29 TOT NBA 74 1747 14.3 .511 .460 1.3 8.7 5.0 31.3 2.7 0.3 14.8 17.5 106 106 1.9 1.4 3.4
2001-02 29 IND NBA 44 954 13.7 .516 .464 1.2 6.9 4.1 29.8 3.1 0.4 16.8 16.7 105 104 1.0 1.0 2.0
2001-02 29 CHI NBA 30 793 14.9 .505 .457 1.4 10.7 6.0 33.1 2.1 0.1 12.6 18.4 107 109 1.0 0.4 1.4
2002-03 30 MIA NBA 72 1807 11.2 .473 .427 1.6 8.0 4.7 25.7 1.3 0.3 14.3 19.4 97 106 0.5 1.4 1.8
2003-04 31 DAL NBA 61 762 10.1 .445 .381 2.4 7.5 4.9 19.5 2.1 0.4 14.7 12.9 103 110 0.5 0.2 0.7
2004-05 32 NJN NBA 76 1461 11.9 .508 .449 1.5 7.4 4.4 17.4 2.4 0.5 11.7 18.4 102 105 0.8 1.8 2.5
Career NBA 708 15150 13.8 .514 .460 1.8 7.7 4.8 27.3 2.3 0.3 15.1 18.9 105 105 16.8 14.1 30.9

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Season Age Tm Lg G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1995-96 23 IND NBA 5 84 11 22 1 6 6 7 3 11 9 6 0 10 10 29 .500 .167 .857 16.8 5.8 2.2 1.8
1997-98 25 IND NBA 16 280 27 72 5 18 38 43 1 16 31 11 3 19 36 97 .375 .278 .884 17.5 6.1 1.0 1.9
1998-99 26 IND NBA 11 150 16 46 2 10 12 13 7 17 21 4 1 14 34 46 .348 .200 .923 13.6 4.2 1.5 1.9
1999-00 27 IND NBA 23 463 77 179 13 30 37 44 15 57 66 19 4 25 61 204 .430 .433 .841 20.1 8.9 2.5 2.9
2000-01 28 IND NBA 4 163 17 39 1 3 4 4 6 19 37 4 0 6 15 39 .436 .333 1.000 40.8 9.8 4.8 9.3
2004-05 32 NJN NBA 4 82 9 22 1 9 8 9 2 6 9 1 0 3 9 27 .409 .111 .889 20.5 6.8 1.5 2.3
Career NBA 63 1222 157 380 23 76 105 120 34 126 173 45 8 77 165 442 .413 .303 .875 19.4 7.0 2.0 2.7

Playoffs Advanced

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Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1995-96 23 IND NBA 5 84 13.6 .578 .523 4.8 10.9 8.0 20.2 4.1 0.0 28.5 19.9 97 101 0.0 0.1 0.1
1997-98 25 IND NBA 16 280 11.6 .533 .410 0.5 6.7 3.7 19.6 2.2 0.8 17.3 19.5 103 106 0.2 0.3 0.5
1998-99 26 IND NBA 11 150 7.4 .445 .370 5.9 7.7 6.9 24.5 1.5 0.5 21.3 20.8 92 106 0.0 0.1 0.0
1999-00 27 IND NBA 23 463 17.0 .514 .466 3.9 10.5 7.3 25.5 2.2 0.6 11.2 22.9 108 106 0.8 0.4 1.2
2000-01 28 IND NBA 4 163 14.2 .478 .449 4.0 9.0 6.4 39.3 1.4 0.0 12.8 13.4 114 110 0.3 0.1 0.3
2004-05 32 NJN NBA 4 82 10.3 .520 .432 2.5 6.4 4.2 19.8 0.6 0.0 10.4 16.0 110 118 0.1 0.0 0.1
Career NBA 63 1222 13.5 .511 .443 3.3 8.8 6.1 25.1 2.0 0.5 15.1 19.9 105 107 1.3 0.9 2.2

College

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Season Age College G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1991-92 19 GATECH 35 1227 151 336 56 145 72 98 89 198 48 0 101 83 430 .449 .386 .735 35.1 12.3 2.5 5.7
1992-93 20 GATECH 30 1075 163 345 80 175 82 109 94 176 51 6 85 73 488 .472 .457 .752 35.8 16.3 3.1 5.9
1993-94 21 GATECH 29 1087 180 390 49 144 123 142 104 167 58 3 69 84 532 .462 .340 .866 37.5 18.3 3.6 5.8
1994-95 22 GATECH 30 1115 209 469 73 192 116 137 95 151 60 6 69 71 607 .446 .380 .847 37.2 20.2 3.2 5.0
Career 124 4504 703 1540 258 656 393 486 382 692 217 15 324 311 2057 .456 .393 .809 36.3 16.6 3.1 5.6

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Honors

1991 McDonald's All American

Games

1997-98 NBA 82 (1)
 1999-00 NBA 82 (2)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.000 (634)

Transactions

June 28, 1995: Drafted by the Indiana Pacers in the 1st round (23rd pick) of the 1995 NBA Draft.

February 19, 2002: Traded by the Indiana Pacers with Norm Richardson, Jalen Rose and a 2002 2nd round draft pick (Lonny Baxter) to the Chicago Bulls for Ron Artest, Ron Mercer, Brad Miller and Kevin Ollie.

September 5, 2002: Signed as a free agent with the Miami Heat.

August 22, 2003: Signed as a free agent with the Dallas Mavericks.

October 4, 2004: Signed as a free agent with the New Jersey Nets.

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1995-96 Indiana Pacers NBA $580,000
1996-97 Indiana Pacers NBA $666,000
1997-98 Indiana Pacers NBA $752,000
1998-99 Indiana Pacers NBA $2,750,000
1999-00 Indiana Pacers NBA $3,250,000
2000-01 Indiana Pacers NBA $3,500,000
2001-02 Total NBA $3,375,000
2002-03 Miami Heat NBA $1,400,000
2003-04 Dallas Mavericks NBA $938,679
2004-05 New Jersey Nets NBA $1,000,000
Career (may be incomplete) $18,211,679
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).

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