Chris Whitney

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Chris Whitney
Personal information
Born (1971-10-05) October 5, 1971 (age 52)
Hopkinsville, Kentucky
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Listed weight168 lb (76 kg)
Career information
High schoolChristian County
(Hopkinsville, Kentucky)
College
NBA draft1993: 2nd round, 47th overall pick
Selected by the San Antonio Spurs
Playing career1993–2004
PositionPoint guard
Number20, 12
Career history
19931995San Antonio Spurs
1995–1996Rapid City Thrillers / Florida Beachdogs
19962002Washington Bullets / Wizards
2002–2003Denver Nuggets
2003Orlando Magic
2003–2004Washington Wizards
Career highlights and awards
Career NBA statistics
Points3,738 (6.5 ppg)
Rebounds815 (1.4 rpg)
Assists1,613 (2.8 apg)
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Christofer Antwone Whitney (born October 5, 1971) is an American former professional basketball player.

Whitney was born in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. A 6'0" point guard from Lincoln Trail College and then Clemson University, Whitney was selected by the San Antonio Spurs in the second round of the 1993 NBA draft. He played 11 seasons (1993–2004) in the NBA, spending time with the Spurs as well as the Washington Bullets/Wizards, Denver Nuggets, and Orlando Magic.

He finished his NBA career with averages of 6.5 points, 2.8 assists and 1.4 rebounds in 579 games, mostly with the Wizards. He spent 8 years as the Director of Player Development for the Charlotte Hornets from 2010 to 2018.

Chris is married to Charlotta Whitney and has 6 children.

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
 *  Led the league

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1993–94 San Antonio 40 4 8.5 .305 .333 .800 .7 1.3 .3 .0 1.8
1994–95 San Antonio 25 0 7.2 .298 .158 1.000 .5 1.1 .2 .0 1.7
1995–96 Washington 21 0 16.0 .455 .432 .932 1.6 2.4 .9 .0 7.1
1996–97 Washington 82 1 13.6 .421 .356 .832 1.3 2.2 .6 .0 5.2
1997–98 Washington 82* 6 13.1 .355 .308 .915 1.4 2.4 .4 .1 5.1
1998–99 Washington 39 1 11.3 .410 .337 .871 1.2 1.8 .5 .1 4.8
1999–00 Washington 82 15 19.8 .417 .376 .848 1.6 3.8 .7 .1 7.8
2000–01 Washington 59 31 26.0 .387 .375 .894 1.8 4.2 .9 .1 9.5
2001–02 Washington 82 81 26.5 .418 .406 .880 1.9 3.8 .9 .1 10.2
2002–03 Denver 29 20 26.3 .360 .336 .807 1.6 4.3 .6 .0 9.6
2002–03 Orlando 22 1 13.1 .341 .194 .917 1.0 1.0 .5 .0 3.5
2003–04 Washington 16 5 11.6 .378 .444 1.000 .9 .9 .4 .1 2.9
Career 579 165 17.4 .395 .361 .875 1.4 2.8 .6 .1 6.5

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1997 Washington 3 0 6.7 .400 .500 1.000 .7 .7 .0 .0 2.3
2003 Orlando 7 0 15.9 .381 .444 1.000 1.6 1.0 .3 .3 3.1
Career 10 0 13.1 .385 .462 1.000 1.3 .9 .2 .2 2.9

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