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{{Infobox NBA Player
| name = Mike Bibby
| image = Mike_Bibby2.jpg
| caption = Bibby with the Hawks in 2008
| number = 10
| position = ]
| height_ft = 6 | height_in = 2
| weight_lbs = 190
| league = ]
| team = ]
| nationality = ]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|5|13}}
| birth_place = ], ]
| highschool = ]
| college = ]
| draft = 2nd overall
| draft_year = 1998
| draft_team = ]
| career_start = 1998
| former_teams = Vancouver Grizzlies (1998&ndash;2001)<br>] (2001&ndash;2008)
| awards = 1996-97 Pac-10 Freshman of the Year<br>1997-98 First Team All-American<br>1997-98 Pac-10 Player of the Year<br>1997-98 All-Pac-10<br>1998-99 NBA All-Rookie First Team
}}

'''Michael "Mike" Bibby''' (born May 13, 1978, in ]) is an ] professional ] ] for the ]'s ], and the son of former NBA and ] player and former ] basketball coach and current ] assistant coach ]. He is also the nephew of former ] player ]. Bibby attended ] in ].

== College ==
As a freshman at ], Bibby helped lead the Wildcats to the ] in 1997,<ref>{{cite web|author=Dienhart, Tom| title=The Sweetest 16| url=http://www.sportingnews.com/archives/sports2000/numbers/146309.html| date=1999-03-09| accessdate=2007-06-27}}</ref> scoring 20 points in the title game versus the ]. Following his sophomore season, Bibby entered the ] and was selected by the ] with the second pick.<ref>{{cite web| author=Kendrick, Graham| title=Draft History - 2nd Picks| url=http://www.nba.com/grizzlies/features/draft_history_second_picks-070517.html| accessdate=2007-06-27}}</ref>

==Vancouver Grizzlies==
In his first season with the Grizzlies, Bibby averaged 13.2 points, 6.5 assists and 2.7 rebounds per game earning NBA All-Rookie honors during the season which was abbreviated by a labor dispute.<ref name=hoopshype/> He improved those numbers in his next two seasons with the team, averaging 14.5 and 15.9 points per game<ref>{{cite web| title=Mike Bibby basketball-reference.com Profile| url=http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/b/bibbymi01.html| accessdate=2007-06-27}}</ref>, but the Grizzlies continued to struggle. On ], ], just after the Grizzlies had re-located to ] Bibby and ] were traded to the ] for ] and ].<ref>{{cite web| title=Mike Bibby usabasketball.com Profile| url=http://www.usabasketball.com/biosmen/mike_bibby_bio.html| accessdate=2007-06-27}}</ref>

==Sacramento Kings==
During the ], Bibby guided the Kings to the ] ] where they lost to the eventual NBA champion ].<ref>{{cite web|title=Horry's buzzer-beater stuns Kings| url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/basketball/nba/2002/playoffs/news/2002/05/26/kings_lakers_ap/| date=2002-05-26| accessdate=2007-06-27}}</ref> Bibby's performance during the series, perhaps most memorably his Game 5 game winner,<ref>{{cite web| title=Season on the Brink| url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/basketball/nba/2002/playoffs/news/2002/05/28/lakers_kings_ap/| date=2002-05-28| accessdate=2007-06-27}}</ref> earned him a reputation as a ] performer, and as a reward, he was granted a 7-year, $80.5 million contract.<ref>{{cite web| title=Kings sign Bibby to $80 million contract| url=http://www.sportsline.com/nba/story/5612089| date=2002-08-16| accessdate=2007-06-27}}</ref>

During the ], Bibby was hampered by injuries, playing in only 55 games, but still averaged a respectable 15.9 points per game with the Kings going 59-23 and securing second seed in the west.<ref>{{cite web| title=NBA 2002-2003| url=http://www.basket-stats.info/nba/2002-2003/teams/west/sacramento.htm| accessdate=2007-07-27}}</ref> For the ], Bibby posted some of the best numbers of his career, scoring 1,506 points (18.4 per game) and helping the Kings reach ].<ref>{{cite web| title=#10 | Mike Bibby PG| url=http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/players/splits?statsId=3245&sYear=2004&sType=4| accessdate=2007-07-27}}</ref> Bibby helped to lift the Kings over the ] in the first round, scoring a career playoff-best 36 points in the clinching Game 5.<ref>{{cite web| title=Bibby hits for 36, Nowitzki misses at the buzzer| url=http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=240429023| date=2004-04-29| accessdate=2007-07-27}}</ref>

==Atlanta Hawks==
On ], ] the ] acquired Bibby in exchange for ], ], ], ] and a ].<ref></ref>

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Even though he battled through thumb, heel and quad injuries Bibby put up 14.1 points and 6.6 assists per game while working in an unfamiliar offense to lead the Hawks to their first playoff berth in almost ten years. After the Hawks' first loss to Boston in the opening round of the 2008 NBA Playoffs, Bibby lashed out at Celtics fans, calling them "bandwagon jumpers" and "fairweather fans." In response, Bibby was loudly booed by the fans every time he touched the ball in Game 2.<ref></ref>

==Personal==

Bibby is the brother-in-law of current ] guard ], who was also his Sacramento Kings teammate during the ].<ref></ref> He also has two cousins in sports ] ] ] and ] ] ].<ref name=hoopshype>{{cite web| title=Hoopshype.com Players| url=http://www.hoopshype.com/players/mike_bibby.htm| accessdate=2007-06-27}}</ref>

== NBA career statistics ==

{{NBA player statistics legend}}

==== Regular season ====

{{NBA player statistics start}}
|-
| align="left" | ]
| align="left" | ]
| 50 || 50 || 35.2 || .430 || .203 || .751 || 2.7 || 6.5 || '''1.6''' || .1 || 13.2
|-
| align="left" | ]
| align="left" | Vancouver
| '''82''' || '''82''' || 38.5 || .445 || .363 || .780 || 3.7 || 8.1 || '''1.6''' || .2 || 14.5
|-
| align="left" | ]
| align="left" | Vancouver
| '''82''' || '''82''' || '''38.9''' || .454 || .379 || .761 || 3.7 || '''8.4''' || 1.3 || .2 || 15.9
|-
| align="left" | ]
| align="left" | ]
| 80 || 80 || 33.2 || .453 || .370 || .803 || 2.8 || 5.0 || 1.1 || .2 || 13.7
|-
| align="left" | ]
| align="left" | Sacramento
| 55 || 55 || 33.4 || '''.470''' || '''.409''' || '''.861''' || 2.7 || 5.2 || 1.3 || .2 || 15.9
|-
| align="left" | ]
| align="left" | Sacramento
| '''82''' || '''82''' || 36.3 || .450 || .392 || .815 || 3.4 || 5.4 || 1.4 || .2 || 18.4
|-
| align="left" | ]
| align="left" | Sacramento
| 80 || 80 || 38.6 || .443 || .360 || .775 || '''4.2''' || 6.8 || 1.5 || '''.4''' || 19.6
|-
| align="left" | ]
| align="left" | Sacramento
| '''82''' || '''82''' || 38.6 || .432 || .386 || .849 || 2.9 || 5.4 || 1.0 || .1 || '''21.1'''
|-
| align="left" | ]
| align="left" | Sacramento
| '''82''' || '''82''' || 34.0 || .404 || .360 || .830 || 3.2 || 4.7 || 1.1 || .1 || 17.1
|-
| align="left" | ]
| align="left" | Sacramento
| 15 || 12 || 31.5 || .406 || .393 || .742 || 3.7 || 5.0 || 1.3 || .1 || 13.5
|-
| align="left" | 2007–08
| align="left" | ]
| 33 || 32 || 33.3 || .414 || .369 || .797 || 3.2 || 6.5 || 1.1 || .1 || 14.1
|-
| align="left" | Career
| align="left" |
| 723 || 719 || 36.2 || .439 || .371 || .806 || 3.3 || 6.2 || 1.3 || .1 || 16.6
{{end box}}

==== Playoffs ====

{{NBA player statistics start}}
|-
| align="left" | ]
| align="left" | ]
| '''16''' || '''16''' || 41.3 || '''.444''' || .424 || .826 || 3.8 || 5.0 || 1.4 || .2 || '''20.3'''
|-
| align="left" | ]
| align="left" | Sacramento
| 12 || 12 || 33.7 || .422 || .282 || .794 || 2.6 || 5.0 || 1.2 || '''.4''' || 12.7
|-
| align="left" | ]
| align="left" | Sacramento
| 12 || 12 || 41.4 || .429 || '''.436''' || .873 || 4.2 || '''7.0''' || '''1.9''' || '''.4''' || 20.0
|-
| align="left" | ]
| align="left" | Sacramento
| 5 || 5 || 40.0 || .391 || .217 || .778 || '''4.4''' || 6.6 || 1.4 || '''.4''' || 19.6
|-
| align="left" | ]
| align="left" | Sacramento
| 6 || 6 || '''42.5''' || .348 || .346 || '''.900''' || 3.8 || 5.2 || 1.5 || .0 || 16.7
|-
| align="left" | ]
| align="left" | ]
| 7 || 7 || 36.0 || .338 || .292 || .656 || 3.1 || 3.1 || .6 || .3 || 10.3
|-
| align="left" | Career
| align="left" |
| 58 || 58 || 39.1 || .412 || .358 || .814 || 3.6 || 5.3 || 1.4 || .3 || 17.0
{{end box}}

==Notes==
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==External links==
* @ NBA.com
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{{Atlanta Hawks current roster}}
{{1997 Arizona basketball}}
{{1998 NBA Draft}}

{{BD|1978||Bibby, Mike}}
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Revision as of 06:25, 14 November 2008

i thought he was black =S