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Mike Bibby
Bibby with the Hawks in 2008
No. 10 – Atlanta Hawks
PositionPoint Guard
LeagueNBA
Personal information
Born (1978-05-13) May 13, 1978 (age 46)
Cherry Hill, New Jersey
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight195 lb (88 kg)
Career information
High schoolShadow Mountain (Phoenix, Arizona)
CollegeArizona
NBA draft1998: 2nd overall
Selected by the Vancouver Grizzlies
Playing career1998–present
Career highlights and awards
1996–97 Pac-10 Freshman of the Year
1997–98 First Team All-American
1997–98 Pac-10 Player of the Year
1997–98 All-Pac-10
1998–99 NBA All-Rookie First Team
Stats Edit this at Wikidata at NBA.com
Stats Edit this at Wikidata at Basketball-Reference.com
Bibby with the Hawks in the 2008 NBA Playoffs

Michael "Mike" Bibby (born May 13, 1978, in Cherry Hill, New Jersey) is an American professional basketball point guard for the NBA's Atlanta Hawks. He is a 6'2" point guard and he attended Shadow Mountain High School in Phoenix, Arizona. He is the son of former NBA player Henry Bibby and Virginia Bibby.

College career

As a freshman at Arizona, Bibby helped lead the Wildcats to the NCAA championship in 1997,[1] scoring 20 points in the title game versus the University of Kentucky. Following his sophomore season, Bibby entered the 1998 NBA Draft and was selected by the Vancouver Grizzlies with the second pick.[2]

NBA career

Vancouver Grizzlies

In his first season with the Grizzlies, Bibby averaged 13.2 points, 6.5 assists and 2.7 rebounds per game earning NBA All-Rookie honors during the season which was abbreviated by a labor dispute.[3] He improved those numbers in his next two seasons with the team, averaging 14.5 and 15.9 points per game[4], but the Grizzlies continued to struggle. On June 27, 2001, just after the Grizzlies had re-located to Memphis Bibby and Brent Price were traded to the Sacramento Kings for Jason Williams and Nick Anderson.[5] Currently, Mike Bibby is the last remaining player in the NBA to have played for the Vancouver Grizzlies.

Sacramento Kings

During the 2001–02 season, Bibby guided the Kings to the Western Conference Finals where they lost to the eventual NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers.[6] Bibby's performance during the series, perhaps most memorably his Game 5 game winner,[7] earned him a reputation as a clutch performer, and as a reward, he was granted a 7-year, $80.5 million contract.[8]

During the 2002–03 season, Bibby was hampered by injuries, playing in only 55 games, but still averaged a respectable 15.9 points per game with the Kings going 59–23 and securing second seed in the west.[9] For the 2003–04 season, Bibby posted some of the best numbers of his career, scoring 1,506 points (18.4 per game) and helping the Kings reach the playoffs.[10] Bibby helped to lift the Kings over the Dallas Mavericks in the first round, scoring a career playoff-best 36 points in the clinching Game 5.[11]

Atlanta Hawks

On February 16, 2008 the Atlanta Hawks acquired Bibby in exchange for Shelden Williams, Anthony Johnson, Tyronn Lue, Lorenzen Wright and a 2008 second-round draft pick.[12]

Even though he battled through thumb, heel and quad injuries Bibby put up 14.1 points and 6.6 assists per game while working in an unfamiliar offense to lead the Hawks to their first playoff berth in almost ten years.

On July 7, 2009 Bibby and the Hawks agreed to a three-year deal worth about $18 million.

Career transactions

Personal life

Bibby is the son of former NBA and UCLA player, former USC basketball coach and current Memphis Grizzlies assistant coach Henry Bibby. They are estranged.[14] His mother, Virginia, is a native of Trinidad & Tobago.[15] Bibby is the nephew of former Major League Baseball player Jim Bibby, and the brother-in-law of current Boston Celtics guard Eddie House, who was also his Sacramento Kings teammate during the 2004–05 season.[16] He also has two cousins in sports: Real Salt Lake forward Robbie Findley and wide receiver Shaun McDonald of the NFL's Pittsburgh Steelers.[3] Bibby and his wife, Darcy, have four children, Michael, Janae, Mia, and Nylah. [17].

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
1998–99 Vancouver 50 50 35.2 .430 .203 .751 2.7 6.5 1.6 .1 13.2
1999–00 Vancouver 82 82 38.5 .445 .363 .780 3.7 8.1 1.6 .2 14.5
2000–01 Vancouver 82 82 38.9 .454 .379 .761 3.7 8.4 1.3 .2 15.9
2001–02 Sacramento 80 80 33.2 .453 .370 .803 2.8 5.0 1.1 .2 13.7
2002–03 Sacramento 55 55 33.4 .470 .409 .861 2.7 5.2 1.3 .2 15.9
2003–04 Sacramento 82 82 36.3 .450 .392 .815 3.4 5.4 1.4 .2 18.4
2004–05 Sacramento 80 80 38.6 .443 .360 .775 4.2 6.8 1.5 .4 19.6
2005–06 Sacramento 82 82 38.6 .432 .386 .849 2.9 5.4 1.0 .1 21.1
2006–07 Sacramento 82 82 34.0 .404 .360 .830 3.2 4.7 1.1 .1 17.1
2007–08 Sacramento 15 12 31.5 .406 .393 .742 3.7 5.0 1.3 .1 13.5
2007-08 Atlanta 33 32 33.3 .414 .369 .797 3.2 6.5 1.1 .1 14.1
2008-09 Atlanta 79 79 34.7 .435 .390 .789 3.5 5.0 1.2 .1 14.9
Career 802 798 36.1 .439 .374 .805 3.3 6.1 1.3 .1 16.4

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2001–02 Sacramento 16 16 41.3 .444 .424 .826 3.8 5.0 1.4 .2 20.3
2002–03 Sacramento 12 12 33.7 .422 .282 .794 2.6 5.0 1.2 .4 12.7
2003–04 Sacramento 12 12 41.4 .429 .436 .873 4.2 7.0 1.9 .4 20.0
2004–05 Sacramento 5 5 40.0 .391 .217 .778 4.4 6.6 1.4 .4 19.6
2005–06 Sacramento 6 6 42.5 .348 .346 .900 3.8 5.2 1.5 .0 16.7
2007–08 Atlanta 7 7 36.0 .338 .292 .656 3.1 3.1 .6 .3 10.3
2008-09 Atlanta 11 11 35.5 .462 .542 .955 3.4 4.2 .9 .2 13.2
Career 69 69 38.5 .418 .391 .825 3.6 5.2 1.3 .3 16.4

Notes

  1. ^ Dienhart, Tom (1999-03-09). "The Sweetest 16". Retrieved 2007-06-27.
  2. ^ Kendrick, Graham. "Draft History - 2nd Picks". Retrieved 2007-06-27.
  3. ^ a b "Hoopshype.com Players". Retrieved 2007-06-27.
  4. ^ "Mike Bibby basketball-reference.com Profile". Retrieved 2007-06-27.
  5. ^ "Mike Bibby usabasketball.com Profile". Retrieved 2007-06-27.
  6. ^ "Horry's buzzer-beater stuns Kings". 2002-05-26. Retrieved 2007-06-27.
  7. ^ "Season on the Brink". 2002-05-28. Retrieved 2007-06-27.
  8. ^ "Kings sign Bibby to $80 million contract". 2002-08-16. Retrieved 2007-06-27.
  9. ^ "NBA 2002–2003". Retrieved 2007-07-27.
  10. ^ "#10". Retrieved 2007-07-27. {{cite web}}: Text "Mike Bibby PG" ignored (help)
  11. ^ "Bibby hits for 36, Nowitzki misses at the buzzer". 2004-04-29. Retrieved 2007-07-27.
  12. ^ ESPN - King-size surprise: Hawks, not LeBron's Cavs, get Bibby - NBA
  13. ^ Atlanta Hawks Acquire Mike Bibby from Kings
  14. ^ Scott Wolf. "FATHER-SON (NOT) BONDING : MIKE AND HENRY BIBBY AVOID ALL TALK ABOUT THEIR NON-RELATIONSHIP, EACH CONCENTRATES ON THE THING THAT TIES THEM TOGETHER: COLLEGE BASKETBALL.". 1997. Retrieved on January 7, 2010.
  15. ^ Steve Wulf. "Sonofagun, he's better". Time. April 14, 1997. Retrieved on October 22, 2009.
  16. ^ NBA.com: Eddie House Bio Page
  17. ^ Mike Bibby Bio Page NBA.com
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