Morlon Wiley
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| Shooting guard | |
| Personal information | |
| Born | September 24, 1966 New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Nationality | American |
| High school | Long Beach Polytechnic (Long Beach, California) |
| Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
| Listed weight | 185 lb (84 kg) |
| Career information | |
| College | Long Beach State (1984–1988) |
| NBA Draft | 1988 / Round: 2 / Pick: 46th overall |
| Selected by the Dallas Mavericks | |
| Pro career | 1988–1999 |
| Career history | |
| 1988–1989 | Dallas Mavericks |
| 1989–1991 | Orlando Magic |
| 1991 | Rapid City Thrillers (CBA) |
| 1991 | San Antonio Spurs |
| 1992–1993 | Atlanta Hawks |
| 1993 | Dallas Mavericks |
| 1993 | Grand Rapids Hoops (CBA) |
| 1993–1994 | Quad City Thunder (CBA) |
| 1994 | Miami Heat |
| 1994–1995 | Dallas Mavericks |
| 1995 | Atlanta Hawks |
| 1995–1998 | Quad City Thunder (CBA) |
| 1998–1999 | Grand Rapids Hoops (CBA) |
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Morlon David Wiley (born September 24, 1966 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is an American former professional basketball player and current assistant coach for the National Basketball Association's Orlando Magic.
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[edit] College career
Wiley played college basketball at Long Beach State, where he was a four-year starter for the 49ers.[1] In 1988, he was an all-Big West Conference pick, and his leadership led to the school's first NIT appearance.[1] In his college career, he scored 30 points on six occasions, is third on the all-time list in assists with 425, second in steals with 187, and fourth in free throw percentage with .780.[1] He was inducted into the 49ers' Hall of Fame in 2005.[1]
[edit] Professional career
Wiley was drafted in the second round, 46th overall, by the Dallas Mavericks in the 1988 NBA Draft. He played a season for the Mavericks, playing in 51 games during the 1988-89 season.[2] In the 1989 NBA Expansion Draft on June 15, Wiley became one of the 12 players chosen by the Orlando Magic to be placed on their first roster.[3] On June 29, Wiley was signed to a two-year contract.[3] In his first season with the Magic, he started a couple games, playing in 40, and averaged 5.7 points and 2.9 assists per game.[2] The following season he only played 34, and he was waived shortly into the 1991-92 season, having only played 9 games that season for Orlando.[2] He signed onto the San Antonio Spurs, but only played 3 games for them.[2] Wiley then became a member of the Atlanta Hawks for the rest of the season. After playing for parts of the 1991-92 and 1992-93 season, Wiley joined the Mavericks for the rest of the season, in his second stint.[2] After not playing for most of the 1993-94 season, Wiley was signed to a 10-day contract by the Miami Heat on March 9, 1994.[4] He then had a third sting with the Mavericks, playing for them for 12 games at the end of the season.[2] After playing part of the 1994-95 season for the Mavericks in Wiley's third stint, he was traded to the Houston Rockets with a second-round pick for Scott Brooks, in the only trade deadline deal in 1995.[5] Wiley never played for the Rockets, instead ending his career with a 10-day contract with the Hawks.[6]
After his career ended, Wiley was part of the Dallas Mavericks' player development staff from 2000 to 2004. He then became an assistant coach for the Orlando Magic.[7]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d "49er History". Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. http://web.archive.org/web/20070928064447/http://www.longbeachstate.com/history/HOF/wiley-morlon.html. Retrieved 2007-05-26.
- ^ a b c d e f "Morlon Wiley Statistics - Basketball-Reference.com". http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/w/wileymo01.html. Retrieved 2007-05-31.
- ^ a b "MAGIC: All-Time Transactions". http://www.nba.com/magic/news/AllTime_Transactions-155422-808.html. Retrieved 2007-05-31.
- ^ "HEAT: Key Dates and Transactions: 1994". http://www.nba.com/heat/history/keydates_transactions_1994.html. Retrieved 2007-05-31.
- ^ Winderman, Ira (2000). "Let's make a deal--or not". The Sporting News. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1208/is_8_224/ai_60040222. Retrieved 2007-05-31.
- ^ "Transactions". The New York Times. 1995-03-06. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE0DE133EF935A35750C0A963958260. Retrieved 2007-05-31.
- ^ "NBA.com Morlon Wiley". http://www.nba.com/coachfile/morlon_wiley/index.html?nav=page. Retrieved 2007-05-31.
[edit] External links
- NBA stats @ basketballreference.com
- 1966 births
- African American basketball players
- American basketball players
- Atlanta Hawks players
- California State University, Long Beach alumni
- Dallas Mavericks draft picks
- Dallas Mavericks players
- Grand Rapids Hoops players
- Living people
- Long Beach State 49ers men's basketball players
- Miami Heat players
- Orlando Magic expansion draft picks
- Orlando Magic assistant coaches
- Orlando Magic players
- People from New Orleans, Louisiana
- Point guards
- Quad City Thunder players
- Rapid City Thrillers players
- San Antonio Spurs players
- Shooting guards
