High school years

At Lewis-Palmer High School in Monument, Colorado, Garrity was a three time All-State selection and part of the 1994 Class 4A State of Colorado High School Basketball Championship team. He was a three time All-State selection and the Class 4A player of the year for the 1993-94 season as well as valedictorian of his high school class. His jersey, number 53, is retired at Lewis-Palmer High School.

College career

At the University of Notre Dame, Garrity spent four years with the Fighting Irish, averaging double-digits in scoring in all four seasons, including a 23.2 point-per-game average in his senior season of 1997-98. He was the Big East Men's Basketball Player of the Year in 1997. In 1998, he was a Consensus Second Team All-America selection. He was a two-time Academic All-America selection as well as Academic All-American of the Year for Men's Division I basketball in 1998.

Professional career

Garrity was drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks with the 19th pick of the 1998 NBA draft. The Bucks traded his rights, and the rights to Dirk Nowitzki, to the Dallas Mavericks for the rights to Robert Traylor. Then Garrity's rights, along with Martin Müürsepp, Bubba Wells and a first-round draft pick, were traded to the Phoenix Suns in exchange for Steve Nash.

His rookie year was spent in Phoenix, and he averaged 5.6 points per game in 39 appearances (in an NBA lockout-shortened 50-game regular season). Following his inaugural campaign, Garrity was traded, along with Danny Manning and two future draft picks, to the Orlando Magic for Anfernee Hardaway.

He played in all 82 games with his new team in 1999-2000, averaging 8.2 points per game and shooting 40.1 percent from three-point territory. He had a similar performance in 2000-01, and then in 2001-02 his scoring average hit a career-high of 11.1 points per game as he started 43 of the 80 games he played. During that season he ranked 7th in the NBA in both 3 point field goal percentage and 3 point field goals made.

His average dipped to 10.7 points per game in 2002-03. Garrity's 2003-04 campaign ended after he played in only two games due to cartilage damage in his right knee, which forced him to undergo microfracture surgery.

On September 11, 2008, he announced his retirement from professional basketball. As of 2009, he is taking classes at the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University.

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
1998-99	Phoenix	39	9	13.8	.500	.389	.714	1.9	.5	.2	.1	5.6
1999-00	Orlando	82	1	18.0	.441	.401	.721	2.6	.7	.4	.2	8.2
2000-01	Orlando	76	1	20.8	.387	.433	.867	2.8	.7	.5	.2	8.3
2001-02	Orlando	80	43	30.1	.426	.427	.836	4.2	1.2	.8	.3	11.1
2002-03	Orlando	81	53	31.9	.419	.396	.830	3.8	1.5	.8	.2	10.7
2003-04	Orlando	2	0	11.0	.333	.000	.000	.0	.5	.0	.0	1.0
2004-05	Orlando	71	0	13.5	.402	.333	.879	1.7	.4	.3	.1	4.6
2005-06	Orlando	57	0	16.5	.417	.388	.811	1.9	.7	.2	.2	4.9
2006-07	Orlando	33	0	8.4	.314	.344	.889	1.3	.4	.2	.0	2.2
2007-08	Orlando	31	0	9.2	.338	.216	.800	1.4	.4	.2	.0	2.1
Career		552	107	20.0	.417	.398	.806	2.6	.8	.4	.1	7.3

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1999	Phoenix	3	0	17.3	.529	1.000	1.000	3.0	.3	.3	.3	9.0
2001	Orlando	4	0	29.3	.472	.500	.800	1.3	.5	.0	.2	12.0
2002	Orlando	4	4	36.8	.375	.389	.750	7.5	2.3	.5	.2	8.5
2003	Orlando	7	1	23.3	.286	.235	1.000	2.6	.7	.3	.4	4.0
2008	Orlando	2	0	3.0	.000	.000	.500	1.0	.0	.0	.0	.5
Career		20	5	24.3	.393	.407	.857	3.2	.9	.2	.3	6.9

[ Source: Wikipedia ]