Milton Wagner
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| Shooting guard / Point guard | |
| Personal information | |
| Born | February 20, 1963 Camden, New Jersey |
| Nationality | American |
| High school | Camden |
| Listed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
| Listed weight | 185 lb (84 kg) |
| Career information | |
| College | Louisville (1981–1986) |
| NBA Draft | 1986 / Round: 2 / Pick: 35th overall |
| Selected by the Dallas Mavericks | |
| Pro career | 1986–1999 |
| Career history | |
| 1986–1987 | Rockford Lightning (CBA) |
| 1987 | La Crosse Catbirds (CBA) |
| 1987–1988 | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 1988–1989 | Rapid City Thrillers (CBA) |
| 1990 | Miami Heat |
| 1990–1991 | Quad City Thunder (CBA) |
| 1991 | Memphis Rockers (WBL) |
| 1992–1993 | Paris Basket Racing (France) |
| 1993–1994 | Beitar Ramat Gan (Israel) |
| 1994–1995 | Hapoel Tel Aviv (Israel) |
| 1995–1996 | Hapoel Holon (Israel) |
| 1997–1998 | TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen (Germany) |
| 1998–1999 | Espé Basket Châlons-en-Champagne (France) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| Stats at NBA.com | |
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Milton "Milt" Wagner (born February 20, 1963 in Camden, New Jersey) is a retired American basketball player in the NBA.
Wagner played high school basketball at Camden High School.[1]
A 6'5" point guard/shooting guard he led the Louisville Cardinals to the 1986 NCAA Championship along with three Final Four berths (1982, 1983, 1986) as well as to the 1984 Sweet Sixteen. He helped the Cardinals to a 113-32 record, three Metro Conference regular season titles and two Metro Conference Tournament crowns during his college career. He redshirted the 1985 season with a broken foot.
A three-time All-Metro Conference selection, Wagner ranks fifth (was fourth after finishing collegiate career) in Cardinal history with 1,836 career points, with a 12.7 career scoring average while also averaging 3.0 assists and 2.5 rebounds. He played in 144 career games, second all-time at Louisville, and started the last 111 games he played. He ranks sixth in career assists (432) and seventh in career free throw percentage (.808, 336-of-413).
Wagner was drafted in the second round of the 1986 NBA Draft. Wagner is one of the few players that have won national titles in high school, college and in the NBA. He achieved this together with fellow team mate Billy Thompson with whom he played in all 3 sporting levels (except for the NBA—Thompson won the title one year before Wagner).
Wagner is also the father of former NBA player Dajuan Wagner. He served as an assistant men's basketball coach for the University of Texas at El Paso under Tony Barbee.[2] It was announced that Barbee would be bringing Wagner, along with his other assistant coaches from UTEP with him to Auburn University.
[edit] References
- ^ Strauss, Robert. "IN PERSON; Hoop Dreams Revisit Camden", The New York Times, February 13, 2000. Accessed April 6, 2008. "Legends have grown up around its stars, from the Sunkett brothers and Itchy Smith in the 1960s to Billy Thompson and Milt Wagner, teammates in the early 1980s, both of whom went on to play for the Los Angeles Lakers.
- ^ http://utepathletics.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/wagner_milt00.html
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