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Reggie Slater
Personal information
Born (1970-08-27) August 27, 1970 (age 54)
Houston, Texas
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight215 lb (98 kg)
Career information
High schoolKashmere (Houston, Texas)
CollegeWyoming (1988–1992)
NBA draft1992: undrafted
Playing career1992–2003
PositionPower forward
Number35, 40, 50, 24
Career history
1992–1993Peñas Huesca
1993–1994Girona
1994–1995Denver Nuggets
1995Portland Trail Blazers
1995Chicago Rockers
1995–1996Denver Nuggets
1996Dallas Mavericks
1996Ülkerspor
1996–1997La Crosse Bobcats
19971999Toronto Raptors
1999–2000Montecatini SC
2000–2001Minnesota Timberwolves
2001New Jersey Nets
2001–2002Atlanta Hawks
2002Kansas City Knights
2002Basket Livorno
2002–2003Minnesota Timberwolves
2003Caja San Fernando
2003Unicaja Málaga
Career highlights and awards
Stats at NBA.com Edit this at Wikidata
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Reginald Dwayne Slater (born August 27, 1970) is an American retired professional basketball player born in Houston, Texas. He played the power forward position and played college basketball at the University of Wyoming. His son Rashawn Slater was drafted by the Los Angeles Chargers.

Professional career

Slater was not selected in the 1992 NBA Draft and played professionally in Spain for two years before being signed by the Denver Nuggets in 1994.[1]

Slater played in eight NBA seasons for the Nuggets, Portland Trail Blazers, Dallas Mavericks, Toronto Raptors, Minnesota Timberwolves, New Jersey Nets and Atlanta Hawks from 1994–1999 and 2000–2003.[2] Over the course of his NBA career, Slater played in 259 games and scored a total of 1,450 points and averaged 5.6 points and 3.0 rebounds per game.[3] His best NBA season came during the 1997–98 NBA season as a member of the Raptors, appearing in 78 games and averaged 8.0 points, 3.9 rebounds, 0.9 assists, 0.6 steals and 0.4 blocks in 21.3 minutes per game, all career bests except for blocks. As a result, more than 43 percent of his NBA career scoring and more than 30 percent of his NBA career games played totals came during that season.[4]

References

  1. ^ "SLATER'S SHOTS SAVE NUGGETS". Sun Sentinel. December 16, 1994.
  2. ^ "Slater returns to Timberwolves". CBC.ca. October 8, 2003.
  3. ^ "Former Timberwolves player Reggie Slater passed on work ethic to his son, potential Vikings draftee Rashawn".
  4. ^ "Reggie Slater". Basketball-Reference.com.