Greg Buckner

Greg Buckner

Guard/Forward
Personal information
Date of birth	September 16, 1976 (1976-09-16)
Place of birth	Hopkinsville, Kentucky
Nationality	American
High school	University Heights Academy
Listed height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight	210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
College	Clemson
NBA Draft	1998 / 53rd overall
Selected by the Dallas Mavericks
Pro career	1999–present
League	NBA
Career history
Grand Rapids Hoops (1998–99) Dallas Mavericks (1999–02; 2006–07) Philadelphia 76ers (2002–04) Denver Nuggets (2004–06) Minnesota Timberwolves (2007–08) Memphis Grizzlies (2008–09)
Career highlights and awards
ACC Rookie of the Year
Stats at NBA.com

Medal record
Men’s Basketball
Competitor for United States
Summer Universiade
Gold	1997 Trapani	Team competition

Gregory Derayle Buckner (born September 16, 1976 in Hopkinsville, Kentucky) is an American 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 has played for the Mavericks, Philadelphia 76ers, Denver Nuggets, Minnesota Timberwolves and Memphis Grizzlies with a career scoring average of 5.0 points per game.

After playing with the Mavericks fro 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.

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	.1	5.0

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2000–01	Dallas	5	0	15.0	.478	.333	.700	4.2	.6	1.0	.0	6.0
2001–02	Dallas	7	0	15.0	.480	.000	.750	3.7	.6	.4	.1	3.9
2002–03	Philadelphia	10	0	11.2	.323	.222	1.000	1.7	.3	.1	.2	2.6
2004–05	Denver	5	2	20.0	.222	.222	.000	3.2	1.0	.4	.2	2.0
2005–06	Denver	5	4	27.4	.418	.313	.875	2.8	1.2	.6	.2	12.6
2006–07	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

External links

• Player profile @ NBA.com
• Greg Buckner at Basketball-Reference.com