Basketball career

After playing four years (1992-1996) of college basketball at the University of South Florida, he was undrafted in the 1996 NBA Draft. In 1996-97, he played with the now-defunct LaCrosse Bobcats in the CBA before going overseas to play for the Cibona Zagreb club in Croatia from 1997-1999.

Atkins started his NBA career in 1999 with the Orlando Magic, with immediate impact (all games played, averaging 9 points and four assists per game). He then played for the Detroit Pistons (being included in a July 2000 deal which brought Grant Hill to Orlando) and Boston Celtics (being traded midway through 2003-04 for Mike James, thus not appearing in the 2004 NBA Finals).

In 2004, Atkins was traded in a multi-player deal which sent Gary Payton to Boston and Atkins to the Los Angeles Lakers. During 2004-05, he registered career-highs in points (14 ppg) and minutes (35), playing and starting in all 82 regular season contests.

Atkins was traded along with Caron Butler to the Washington Wizards in exchange for Kwame Brown and Laron Profit in the 2005 offseason. As Atkins appeared sparingly throughout the season, the Wizards bought out the remainder of his contract on January 18, 2006. Atkins had voiced displeasure with the amount of playing time he was receiving, and he and the team both felt a change of scenery was needed.

On January 23, 2006, Atkins signed as a free agent with the Memphis Grizzlies, replacing the injured Damon Stoudamire. Atkins averaged in double figures in his half-season stint in Tennessee.

Atkins signed as a free agent on July 2007 with the Denver Nuggets. A hernia injury plagued him throughout most of the year, and he failed to have a significant impact in 2007-08.

On January 7, 2009, the Nuggets traded Atkins, along with a 2009 first round draft pick and cash considerations, to the Oklahoma City Thunder for Johan Petro and a 2009 second round draft pick.

On July 27, 2009, he was traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves along with Damien Wilkins for center Etan Thomas and two future second-round draft picks.

On September 22, 2009, Chucky Atkins was waived by the Minnesota Timberwolves. He signed a non guaranteed contract with the Detroit Pistons on September 28, 2009. Atkins played 40 games for the Pistons in his second stint with them during the 2009-2010 season .

On September 27, 2010, Atkins signed with the Phoenix Suns. He was waived on October 11, 2010.

After retiring from the game in 2011, Atkins went on to coach his alum high school in 2012-13 and 2013-14 before quitting the job on the eve of the 2014-15 season after he was arrested on charges of driving under the influence twice within three months.

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
1999-00	Orlando	82	0	19.8	.424	.350	.729	1.5	3.7	.6	.0	9.5
2000-01	Detroit	81	75	29.2	.399	.357	.692	2.1	4.1	.8	.1	12.0
2001-02	Detroit	79	62	28.9	.466	.411	.692	2.0	3.3	.9	.1	12.1
2002-03	Detroit	65	7	21.5	.361	.355	.816	1.5	2.7	.4	.1	7.1
2003-04	Detroit	40	0	18.8	.374	.323	.721	1.2	2.4	.5	.0	6.2
2003-04	Boston	24	24	33.0	.418	.351	.778	1.9	5.3	1.1	.0	12.0
2004-05	L.A. Lakers	82	82	35.4	.426	.387	.803	2.4	4.4	.9	.0	13.6
2005-06	Washington	28	2	19.7	.379	.359	.710	1.6	2.5	.5	.0	6.7
2005-06	Memphis	43	39	27.0	.401	.352	.811	1.7	3.0	.7	.1	11.4
2006-07	Memphis	75	23	27.5	.434	.379	.810	1.9	4.6	.7	.1	13.2
2007-08	Denver	24	0	14.7	.344	.316	.444	1.3	2.0	.4	.0	4.7
2008-09	Denver	14	0	8.2	.333	.294	1.000	.4	2.0	.1	.1	1.9
2008-09	Oklahoma City	18	0	16.6	.291	.250	.917	1.0	1.7	.4	.1	3.9
2009-10	Detroit	40	11	16.1	.363	.301	.926	.7	2.3	.4	.0	4.0
Career		696	325	24.9	.412	.364	.772	1.7	3.4	.7	.0	9.9

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2002	Detroit	10	10	29.4	.364	.359	.765	2.4	3.4	.6	.1	11.3
2003	Detroit	17	3	18.4	.352	.367	.808	1.2	1.5	1.0	.0	6.1
2004	Boston	4	4	33.3	.436	.300	.895	3.5	3.8	.8	.0	13.5
2006	Memphis	4	4	25.8	.405	.364	.625	.8	3.0	.5	.0	9.8
2008	Denver	1	0	3.0	.000	.000	.000	1.0	.0	.0	.0	.0
Career		36	21	23.5	.374	.355	.800	1.7	2.4	.8	.0	8.6

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