Greg Buckner

Greg Buckner

Born: September 16, 1976
Age: 47
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Biography

Gregory Derayle Buckner (born September 16, 1976) is an American former professional basketball player who last played for the Memphis Grizzlies of the NBA. Selected in the second round (53rd overall) of the 1998 NBA Draft by the Dallas Mavericks after playing college basketball at Clemson, he played for the Mavericks, Philadelphia 76ers, Denver Nuggets, Minnesota Timberwolves and Memphis Grizzlies with a career scoring average of 5.0 points per game. Buckner's first professional experience came with the Grand Rapids Hoops of the Continental Basketball Association (CBA), where he averaged 8.6 points and 3.9 rebounds per game in the 1998-99 season.

After playing with the Mavericks from 1999 to 2002, Buckner signed with the 76ers as a free agent. He was waived after two seasons with the 76ers, then signed with the Denver Nuggets. In 2006, he re-signed with the Dallas Mavericks, but after one season, he was traded to the Timberwolves for Trenton Hassell on September 28, 2007. In June 2008, the Timberwolves traded him to the Memphis Grizzlies with Marko Jaric and Antoine Walker for Kevin Love, Mike Miller, Brian Cardinal and Jason Collins.

On July 9, 2009, Buckner was traded to the Dallas Mavericks as a part of the four-team deal among Grizzlies, Mavericks, Orlando Magic and Toronto Raptors.

On September 14, 2009, Buckner was waived by the Dallas Mavericks to make room for James Singleton who accepted the Mavs' qualifying offer.

On July 29, 2011, he joined the Houston Rockets as a player development coach, and he currently serves the team as an assistant coach. Buckner has reached the playoffs three times with the team as part of the coaching staff.

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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 Dallas 48 1 19.2 .476 .385 .683 3.6 1.1 .8 .4 5.7
2000-01 Dallas 37 9 22.2 .438 .286 .728 4.2 1.3 .9 .2 6.2
2001-02 Dallas 44 16 20.1 .525 .313 .690 3.9 1.1 .7 .4 5.8
2002-03 Philadelphia 75 5 20.2 .465 .273 .802 2.9 1.3 1.0 .2 6.0
2003-04 Philadelphia 53 3 13.3 .377 .273 .741 1.9 .8 .4 .1 3.1
2004-05 Denver 70 41 21.7 .528 .405 .778 3.0 1.9 1.1 .1 6.2
2005-06 Denver 73 27 24.1 .434 .354 .782 2.9 1.7 1.2 .3 6.7
2006-07 Dallas 76 11 18.1 .411 .311 .794 2.1 .9 .6 .1 4.0
2007-08 Minnesota 31 4 16.8 .385 .300 .864 2.1 1.3 .7 .1 4.0
2008-09 Memphis 63 0 13.9 .384 .255 .800 2.1 .9 .5 .1 2.5
Career 570 117 19.1 .450 .334 .757 2.8 1.3 .8 .2 5.0

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2001 Dallas 5 0 15.0 .478 .333 .700 4.2 .6 1.0 .0 6.0
2002 Dallas 7 0 15.0 .480 .000 .750 3.7 .6 .4 .1 3.9
2003 Philadelphia 10 0 11.2 .323 .222 1.000 1.7 .3 .1 .2 2.6
2005 Denver 5 2 20.0 .222 .222 .000 3.2 1.0 .4 .2 2.0
2006 Denver 5 4 27.4 .418 .313 .875 2.8 1.2 .6 .2 12.6
2007 Dallas 6 0 7.3 .000 .000 .500 1.0 .3 .3 .2 .2
Career 38 6 15.1 .377 .259 .786 2.6 .6 .4 .2 4.1

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