Davis in 2005
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Born |
Oakland, California |
October 31, 1968 ||||||||||||
Nationality | American | ||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) | ||||||||||||
Listed weight | 215 lb (98 kg) | ||||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||||
High school | McClymonds (Oakland, California) | ||||||||||||
College | UTEP (1986–1990) | ||||||||||||
NBA draft | 1990 / Round: 2 / Pick: 45th overall | ||||||||||||
Selected by the Indiana Pacers | |||||||||||||
Playing career | 1990–2006 | ||||||||||||
Position | Power forward / Center | ||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||
1990–1992 | Panathinaikos | ||||||||||||
1992–1993 | Philips Milano | ||||||||||||
1993–1999 | Indiana Pacers | ||||||||||||
1999–2003 | Toronto Raptors | ||||||||||||
2003–2005 | Chicago Bulls | ||||||||||||
2005–2006 | New York Knicks | ||||||||||||
2006 | Toronto Raptors | ||||||||||||
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Career NBA statistics | |||||||||||||
Points | 9,041 (10.0 ppg) | ||||||||||||
Rebounds | 6,755 (7.5 rpg) | ||||||||||||
Blocks | 889 (1.0 bpg) | ||||||||||||
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |||||||||||||
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Antonio Lee Davis (born October 31, 1968) is an American retired National Basketball Association (NBA) player. Davis is also the former president of the NBA Players Association (NBPA). On October 31, 2012, ESPN announced the hiring of Davis as a studio analyst for NBA broadcasts.
Davis played college basketball at UTEP under coach Don Haskins from 1986 to 1990. Teaming up with fellow future NBA-All star Tim Hardaway, Davis helped the Miners win 25 games and the seventh seed in the 1987 NCAA tournament as they defeated the number ten seed Arizona in overtime by a score of 98-91, they would however lose in the second round to Iowa by a score of 84-82. The next year Davis started 30 games and averaged nearly 10 points with 6 rebounds as the Miners won 23 games and advanced again to the tournament, only to lose number nine seed Seton Hall by a score of 80-64. The following year Davis averaged 14 points (second to Hardaway) with 8 rebounds a game as the Miners won 26 games and the seventh seed in the 1989 NCAA tournament where they defeated number 10 seed Louisiana State by a score 85-74 only to lose in the second round to number 2 seed Indiana by a score of 92-69. His senior year (despite the departure of Hardaway to the NBA) the Miners still won 21 games with Davis averaging 10 points with 7 rebounds a game, they would however lose to the number six seed coming out of the tournament that year, Minnesota. After four seasons at UTEP Davis declared for the 1990 NBA draft.
Davis was drafted by the Indiana Pacers in the second round, 45th overall of the 1990 NBA draft. He initially went on to play with professional teams in Europe, rather than play in the NBA. He played with Panathinaikos in the Greek League from 1990–92, and with Philips Milano of the Italian League, during the 1992–93 season.