Mike Evans (basketball)
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| Point guard | |
| Personal information | |
| Born | April 19, 1955 Goldsboro, North Carolina |
| Nationality | American |
| High school | Laurinburg Institute (Laurinburg, North Carolina) |
| Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Listed weight | 170 lb (77 kg) |
| Career information | |
| College | Kansas State (1974–1978) |
| NBA Draft | 1978 / Round: 1 / Pick: 21st overall |
| Selected by the Denver Nuggets | |
| Pro career | 1979–1989 |
| Career history | |
| As player: | |
| 1979–1980 | San Antonio Spurs |
| 1980–1982 | Milwaukee Bucks |
| 1982 | Cleveland Cavaliers |
| 1983–1988 | Denver Nuggets |
| 1988–1989 | Ipifim Torino (Italy) |
| As coach: | |
| 2001–2002 | Denver Nuggets |
| 2007-2009 | Toronto Raptors (assistant) |
| 2010–2011 | Halifax Rainmen (Canada) |
| 2011- | Moncton Miracles (Canada) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Career NBA statistics | |
| Points | 4,531 (7.7 ppg) |
| Rebounds | 808 (1.4 rpg) |
| Assists | 1,514 (2.6 apg) |
| Stats at NBA.com | |
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Michael Leeroyall "Mike" Evans (born April 19, 1955 in Goldsboro, North Carolina) is a retired American National Basketball Association player and present coach. He played collegiately at Kansas State University where he is Kansas State's 2nd all-time leading points scorer, behind Jacob Pullen, with 2,115 points. He was drafted by the Denver Nuggets with the 21st pick of the 1978 NBA Draft and had a 9-year NBA career with four different teams (the San Antonio Spurs, Milwaukee Bucks, Cleveland Cavaliers, and the Denver Nuggets). He was widely regarded throughout his career as an excellent 3-point shooter, being among the league leaders in that statistical category for several years.
After his retirement as a player, he became an assistant coach with the Nuggets. In 2001, when Dan Issel was fired, Evans assumed coaching duties for the remainder of the 2001-02 season, after which Jeff Bzdelik was hired as the team's head coach. In 2006-07 he was a scout for the Toronto Raptors.[1] He then joined the Raptors' coaching staff in 2007-08.[2] He was fired in the 2009 off-season.
He is currently the head coach of the Moncton Miracles of the National Basketball League of Canada.
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