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American basketball coach and former player For other people named Michael Evans, see Michael Evans (disambiguation).

Mike Evans
Personal information
Born (1955-04-19) April 19, 1955 (age 69)
Goldsboro, North Carolina, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight170 lb (77 kg)
Career information
High schoolLaurinburg Institute
(Laurinburg, North Carolina)
CollegeKansas State (1974–1978)
NBA draft1978: 1st round, 21st overall pick
Selected by the Denver Nuggets
Playing career1979–1989
PositionPoint guard
Number1, 5
Coaching career1990–2009
Career history
As player:
1979–1980San Antonio Spurs
1980–1982Milwaukee Bucks
1982Cleveland Cavaliers
1982–1983Montana Golden Nuggets
1983–1988Denver Nuggets
1988–1989Ipifim Torino
As coach:
1990–1994;
1998–2001		Denver Nuggets (assistant)
2001–2002Denver Nuggets (interim)
2007–2009Toronto Raptors (assistant)
2010–2011Halifax Rainmen
2011–2012Moncton Miracles
Career highlights and awards
Career NBA statistics
Points4,531 (7.7 ppg)
Rebounds808 (1.4 rpg)
Assists1,514 (2.6 apg)
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Michael Leeroyall Evans (born April 19, 1955) is an American former National Basketball Association (NBA) player and coach. He played collegiately at Kansas State University where he is Kansas State's second all-time leading points scorer, behind Jacob Pullen, with 2,115 points. He was drafted by the Denver Nuggets with the 21st pick of the 1978 NBA draft and had a 9-year NBA career with four teams (the San Antonio Spurs, Milwaukee Bucks, Cleveland Cavaliers, and the Denver Nuggets). He was widely regarded throughout his career as an excellent 3-point shooter, being among the league leaders in that statistical category during his stint in Denver.

After his retirement as a player, he became an assistant coach with the Nuggets. In 2001, when Dan Issel was fired, Evans assumed coaching duties for the remainder of the 2001–02 season, after which Jeff Bzdelik was hired as the team's head coach. In 2006–07 he was a scout for the Toronto Raptors. He then joined the Raptors' coaching staff in 2007–08. He was fired in the 2009 off-season.

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
1979–80 San Antonio 79 - 15.8 .448 .286 .682 1.4 2.9 0.8 0.1 6.2
1980–81 Milwaukee 71 - 12.8 .460 .143 .781 1.2 2.4 0.5 0.1 4.5
1981–82 Milwaukee 14 0 14.0 .471 .000 .667 0.9 1.6 0.6 0.0 4.0
1981–82 Cleveland 8 0 9.3 .314 .000 .625 1.3 2.5 0.5 0.0 3.4
1982–83 Denver 42 5 16.5 .473 .000 .805 1.4 2.7 0.5 0.1 6.3
1983–84 Denver 78 5 21.6 .431 .360 .847 1.8 3.7 0.8 0.1 8.1
1984–85 Denver 81 0 17.7 .489 .363 .863 1.5 2.9 0.8 0.1 10.1
1985–86 Denver 81 1 17.1 .425 .222 .846 1.2 2.2 0.8 0.0 9.5
1986–87 Denver 81 4 19.3 .458 .314 .780 1.6 2.3 1.0 0.1 10.1
1987–88 Denver 56 0 11.7 .453 .396 .811 0.9 1.4 0.6 0.1 6.1
Career 591 15 16.7 .452 .307 .807 1.4 2.6 0.7 0.1 7.7

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1979–80 San Antonio 2 - 6.0 .375 .500 .750 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 5.5
1980–81 Milwaukee 4 - 9.5 .529 .000 .875 0.3 1.5 0.0 0.3 6.3
1982–83 Denver 8 - 22.9 .486 .300 .647 2.4 4.8 0.6 0.0 10.8
1983–84 Denver 5 - 15.4 .321 .125 1.000 0.6 2.4 0.0 0.0 4.6
1984–85 Denver 15 0 18.7 .434 .333 .824 2.1 3.1 0.9 0.2 10.3
1985–86 Denver 10 0 20.4 .366 .241 .833 2.0 2.5 1.0 0.3 9.2
1986–87 Denver 3 0 19.0 .368 .286 1.000 2.3 2.7 1.0 0.0 6.0
1987–88 Denver 11 1 19.9 .395 .273 .933 2.0 2.1 1.1 0.0 10.5
Career 58 1 18.5 .414 .284 .825 1.8 2.8 0.7 0.1 9.1

Head coaching record

Legend
Regular season G Games coached W Games won L Games lost W–L % Win–loss %
Playoffs PG Playoff games PW Playoff wins PL Playoff losses PW–L % Playoff win–loss %
Team Year G W L W–L% Finish PG PW PL PW–L% Result
Denver 2001–02 56 18 38 .321 6th in Midwest — — — — Missed playoffs
Career 56 18 38 .321 — — — —

References

  1. RAPTORS: Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment Management Structure
  2. Rapper won't have to testify at Iverson trial Archived 2007-06-18 at the Wayback Machine, updated June 16, 2007

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