Jay Humphries
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Humphries in 2014 as Brooklyn Nets assistant coach.
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| Brooklyn Nets | |
|---|---|
| Position | Assistant coach |
| League | NBA |
| Personal information | |
| Born | October 17, 1962 Los Angeles, California |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Listed weight | 185 lb (84 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Inglewood (Inglewood, California) |
| College | Colorado (1980–1984) |
| NBA draft | 1984 / Round: 1 / Pick: 13th overall |
| Selected by the Phoenix Suns | |
| Playing career | 1984–1995 |
| Position | Shooting guard |
| Number | 24, 6, 5 |
| Coaching career | 2001–present |
| Career history | |
| As player: | |
| 1984–1988 | Phoenix Suns |
| 1988–1992 | Milwaukee Bucks |
| 1992–1995 | Utah Jazz |
| 1995 | Boston Celtics |
| As coach: | |
| 2001–2002 | Jilin Northeast Tigers (assoc. HC) |
| 2002–2005 | Wonju TG Xers (assoc. HC) |
| 2005–2007 | Incheon Electroland Black Slammers |
| 2007–2008 | Phoenix Suns (assistant) |
| 2008–2010 | Reno Bighorns |
| 2010–2011 | Foshan Dralions |
| 2014–2015 | Brooklyn Nets (assistant) |
| 2015–present | Phoenix Suns (assistant) |
| Career NBA statistics | |
| Points | 8,772 (11.1 ppg) |
| Assists | 4,339 (5.5 apg) |
| Steals | 1,153 (1.5 spg) |
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
John Jay Humphries (born October 17, 1962) is a retired American professional basketball player who played in the NBA. He later served as the first head coach of the NBA D-League's Reno Bighorns.[1] Jay previously worked as an assistant coach for the Brooklyn Nets, and he now serves as assistant coach for the Phoenix Suns of the NBA.
Humphries played on the top-ranked high school basketball team in the country in 1980. Inglewood High School went undefeated with the help of Humphries, center Vince Kelley, point guard Ralph Jackson, and wing man Angelo Robinson, as they went on to win the national championship that year.[2] Humphries, a 6'3" guard, then played four seasons of college basketball for the University of Colorado.
Humphries was selected 13th overall by the Phoenix Suns in the 1984 NBA Draft. He was traded to the Milwaukee Bucks in 1988. The Bucks traded him to the Utah Jazz prior to the 1992-93 season in exchange for Blue Edwards. Humphries retired in 1995 as a member of the Boston Celtics; he holds career averages of 11.1 points and 5.5 assists per game.
Humphries began his basketball coaching career as an associate head coach in the Chinese CBA in 2001. He spent another five years in the Korean Professional Basketball League in South Korea as head coach of the Inchon ET Land Black Slamer, and associate head coach for the Wonju TG Xers.[1]
In 1998 he joined a team of retired NBA players, including Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Oscar Robertson and Adrian Dantley on a tour of China for a series of exhibition games against the Chinese national team.[3]
For the 2014–15 season, Humphries was hired by the Brooklyn Nets as an assistant to new head coach Lionel Hollins.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bighorns hire Humphries as first head coach
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- ↑ http://www.thebigo.com/News/tour.html
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External links
- College & NBA stats @ basketballreference.com
- Pages with broken file links
- 1962 births
- Living people
- African-American basketball players
- American basketball coaches
- American expatriate basketball people in China
- American expatriate basketball people in South Korea
- Basketball players from California
- Boston Celtics players
- Brooklyn Nets assistant coaches
- Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball players
- Incheon Electro Land Elephants coaches
- Milwaukee Bucks players
- People from Inglewood, California
- Phoenix Suns assistant coaches
- Phoenix Suns draft picks
- Phoenix Suns players
- Point guards
- Reno Bighorns coaches
- Sportspeople from Los Angeles, California
- Utah Jazz players
- Wonju Dongbu Promy coaches
