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Travis Best

Travis Eric Best

Position: Guard ▪ Shoots: Left
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
Draft: Indiana Pacers, 1st round (23rd pick, 23rd overall), 1995 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: November 3, 1995

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Totals

Season Age Tm Lg Pos 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 PG 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 PG 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 PG 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 PG 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 PG 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 PG 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 PG 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 PG 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 PG 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 PG 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 PG 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 PG 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

Season Age Tm Lg Pos 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 PG 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 PG 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 PG 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 PG 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 PG 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 PG 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 PG 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 PG 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 PG 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 PG 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 PG 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 PG 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

Season Age Tm Lg Pos 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 PG 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 PG 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 PG 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 PG 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 PG 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 PG 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 PG 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 PG 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 PG 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 PG 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 PG 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 PG 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

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1995-96 23 IND NBA PG 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 .057
1996-97 24 IND NBA PG 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 .096
1997-98 25 IND NBA PG 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 .103
1998-99 26 IND NBA PG 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 .097
1999-00 27 IND NBA PG 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 .145
2000-01 28 IND NBA PG 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 .140
2001-02 29 TOT NBA PG 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 .093
2001-02 29 IND NBA PG 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 .099
2001-02 29 CHI NBA PG 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 .085
2002-03 30 MIA NBA PG 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 .048
2003-04 31 DAL NBA PG 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 .044
2004-05 32 NJN NBA PG 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 .084
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 .098

Playoffs Totals

Season Age Tm Lg Pos 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 PG 5 0 84 11 22 .500 1 6 .167 6 7 .857 3 8 11 9 6 0 10 10 29
1997-98 25 IND NBA PG 16 0 280 27 72 .375 5 18 .278 38 43 .884 1 15 16 31 11 3 19 36 97
1998-99 26 IND NBA PG 11 0 150 16 46 .348 2 10 .200 12 13 .923 7 10 17 21 4 1 14 34 46
1999-00 27 IND NBA PG 23 0 463 77 179 .430 13 30 .433 37 44 .841 15 42 57 66 19 4 25 61 204
2000-01 28 IND NBA PG 4 4 163 17 39 .436 1 3 .333 4 4 1.000 6 13 19 37 4 0 6 15 39
2004-05 32 NJN NBA PG 4 0 82 9 22 .409 1 9 .111 8 9 .889 2 4 6 9 1 0 3 9 27
Career NBA 63 4 1222 157 380 .413 23 76 .303 105 120 .875 34 92 126 173 45 8 77 165 442

Playoffs Per Game

Season Age Tm Lg Pos 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 PG 5 0 16.8 2.2 4.4 .500 0.2 1.2 .167 1.2 1.4 .857 0.6 1.6 2.2 1.8 1.2 0.0 2.0 2.0 5.8
1997-98 25 IND NBA PG 16 0 17.5 1.7 4.5 .375 0.3 1.1 .278 2.4 2.7 .884 0.1 0.9 1.0 1.9 0.7 0.2 1.2 2.3 6.1
1998-99 26 IND NBA PG 11 0 13.6 1.5 4.2 .348 0.2 0.9 .200 1.1 1.2 .923 0.6 0.9 1.5 1.9 0.4 0.1 1.3 3.1 4.2
1999-00 27 IND NBA PG 23 0 20.1 3.3 7.8 .430 0.6 1.3 .433 1.6 1.9 .841 0.7 1.8 2.5 2.9 0.8 0.2 1.1 2.7 8.9
2000-01 28 IND NBA PG 4 4 40.8 4.3 9.8 .436 0.3 0.8 .333 1.0 1.0 1.000 1.5 3.3 4.8 9.3 1.0 0.0 1.5 3.8 9.8
2004-05 32 NJN NBA PG 4 0 20.5 2.3 5.5 .409 0.3 2.3 .111 2.0 2.3 .889 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.3 0.3 0.0 0.8 2.3 6.8
Career NBA 63 4 19.4 2.5 6.0 .413 0.4 1.2 .303 1.7 1.9 .875 0.5 1.5 2.0 2.7 0.7 0.1 1.2 2.6 7.0

Playoffs Per 36 Minutes

Season Age Tm Lg Pos 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 PG 5 0 84 4.7 9.4 .500 0.4 2.6 .167 2.6 3.0 .857 1.3 3.4 4.7 3.9 2.6 0.0 4.3 4.3 12.4
1997-98 25 IND NBA PG 16 0 280 3.5 9.3 .375 0.6 2.3 .278 4.9 5.5 .884 0.1 1.9 2.1 4.0 1.4 0.4 2.4 4.6 12.5
1998-99 26 IND NBA PG 11 0 150 3.8 11.0 .348 0.5 2.4 .200 2.9 3.1 .923 1.7 2.4 4.1 5.0 1.0 0.2 3.4 8.2 11.0
1999-00 27 IND NBA PG 23 0 463 6.0 13.9 .430 1.0 2.3 .433 2.9 3.4 .841 1.2 3.3 4.4 5.1 1.5 0.3 1.9 4.7 15.9
2000-01 28 IND NBA PG 4 4 163 3.8 8.6 .436 0.2 0.7 .333 0.9 0.9 1.000 1.3 2.9 4.2 8.2 0.9 0.0 1.3 3.3 8.6
2004-05 32 NJN NBA PG 4 0 82 4.0 9.7 .409 0.4 4.0 .111 3.5 4.0 .889 0.9 1.8 2.6 4.0 0.4 0.0 1.3 4.0 11.9
Career NBA 63 4 1222 4.6 11.2 .413 0.7 2.2 .303 3.1 3.5 .875 1.0 2.7 3.7 5.1 1.3 0.2 2.3 4.9 13.0

Playoffs Advanced

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1995-96 23 IND NBA PG 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 .076
1997-98 25 IND NBA PG 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 .082
1998-99 26 IND NBA PG 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 .012
1999-00 27 IND NBA PG 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 .120
2000-01 28 IND NBA PG 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 .099
2004-05 32 NJN NBA PG 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 .044
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 .087

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2012-13)
Thru 10 Years Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Travis Best 7.2 5.1 4.1 3.4 3.3 2.5 2.1 1.8 0.7 0.7
John Salmons 91.6 7.1 5.6 4.3 3.7 3.6 2.1 1.7 1.4 0.6 0.4
Jim Cleamons 91.4 7.1 5.5 3.8 3.4 2.7 2.6 2.3 1.7 0.1
Charlie Ward 89.7 7.1 5.5 3.9 3.7 3.6 3.1 2.9 1.9 1.0 -0.2
Foots Walker 89.6 6.1 5.2 4.2 3.4 3.4 3.0 2.3 1.5 1.5 0.3
Raymond Felton 89.6 6.5 5.4 4.3 4.2 3.4 2.6 2.3 1.7
Gerald Henderson 88.9 6.2 5.3 3.7 3.6 2.9 2.3 2.2 1.7 1.3 1.1
Adrian Smith 88.1 6.1 5.2 5.1 4.4 3.4 2.6 1.9 1.8 0.8 0.5
Bobby Phills 87.2 7.1 5.0 4.0 3.5 3.2 3.0 1.5 -0.1 -0.1
Raja Bell 87.2 6.8 5.8 4.5 3.7 3.6 2.2 1.7 1.1 0.5 -0.1
Dell Curry 86.5 5.1 5.0 3.4 3.3 3.2 2.7 2.0 1.8 0.9 0.5
Career Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Travis Best 7.2 5.1 4.1 3.4 3.3 2.5 2.1 1.8 0.7 0.7
Jim Cleamons 91.4 7.1 5.5 3.8 3.4 2.7 2.6 2.3 1.7 0.1
John Salmons 90.9 7.1 5.6 4.3 3.7 3.6 2.1 1.7 1.6 1.4 0.6 0.4
Charlie Ward 90.7 7.1 5.5 3.9 3.7 3.6 3.1 2.9 1.9 1.0 0.5 -0.2
Raymond Felton 89.6 6.5 5.4 4.3 4.2 3.4 2.6 2.3 1.7
Foots Walker 89.6 6.1 5.2 4.2 3.4 3.4 3.0 2.3 1.5 1.5 0.3
Raja Bell 88.3 6.8 5.8 4.5 3.7 3.6 2.2 1.7 1.7 1.1 1.1 0.5 -0.1
Bobby Phills 87.2 7.1 5.0 4.0 3.5 3.2 3.0 1.5 -0.1 -0.1
Gerald Henderson 85.8 6.2 5.3 3.7 3.6 2.9 2.3 2.2 1.7 1.3 1.2 1.1 0.5 0.0
Adrian Smith 85.8 6.1 5.2 5.1 4.4 3.4 2.6 1.9 1.8 1.5 0.8 0.5
J.R. Smith 85.8 6.7 5.8 5.0 3.7 3.7 2.7 2.5 1.2 0.2

College

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Totals Shooting Per Game
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 Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Honors
1991 McDonald's All American
Games
1997-98 NBA 82 (1)
 1999-00 NBA 82 (2)
Assist Pct
Career NBA 27.3 (70)
Career 27.3 (71)
Steal Pct
1997-98 NBA 3.0 (9)
Career NBA 2.3 (83)
Hall of Fame Probability
Career 0.000 (706)
      

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 Metta World Peace, 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

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 Indiana Pacers 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

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