Sean Elliott
See also: Elliott
Sean Michael Elliott , born on February 2nd 1968 with Tucson (Arizona) is a player of American Basket-ball . It disputed 12 seasons in NBA including 11 pennies the shirt of the San Antonio Spurs with which it gained the title in 1999. Sean Elliott became in March 2000 the first player of the history of the league to return to the competition after a renal Transplantation.
University career
After having perfect its ranges with the college Cholla de Tucson, Sean Elliott between at the University of Arizona in 1985. It spends there 4 years whose last, exceptional, will be worth to him to be elected better university player of the country. Author of 22,3 points, 7,2 rebounds and 4,1 master keys per match, the young winger presents himself to the draft 1989 preceded by a solid reputation.
Career in NBA
The San Antonio Spurs, which leave the worst season of their history, selects the player in 3rd position. Associated with the others néo-spurs which are David Robinson and Terry Cummings, Elliott, elected in the second standard team of the beginners, quickly finds his place within a frankness which signs the largest progression of the history of the league and gains 2 consecutive titles of division. Invited with the '' All-Star Range '' 1993, the winger leaves Spurs as of the following season within the framework of an exchange with the Detroit Pistons including Dennis Rodman in particular. It will spend only one year in the Michigan before finding the black shirt and money of San Antonio. It is again All-Star during one year 1996 which will remain its best on the personal level (20,0 points, 5,1 rebounds and 2,7 master keys per match). Moved away from the grounds the major part of the season 1996-97 just like David Robinson, Elliott sees his team crumbling. The arrival of Tim Duncan gives the frankness on the right tracks and Spurs returns the best assessment of the league in 1999. Big favorites for the title, Texans briskly dominate the final stages during which Elliott marks a miraculous basket with the buzzer, synonymous with victory at the time of the 2nd match of the finales of Conference vis-a-vis the Portland Blazers. Shortly after the title, Elliott publicly announces to suffer from serious renal problems requiring a Clerc's Office. Operated successfully during the summer, it carries out its return on the parquet floors of the NBA on March 13rd 2000, becoming the first player to find the competition following a renal transplantation. Elliott, then 32 years old, puts a term at its professional path at the end of the season 2000-01. It appears, at the time, in signal 10 of Spurs for 7 of the 10 major statistical categories, while having in particular become its gunner at 3 points most prolific. Its shirt number 32 was withdrawn by the frankness texane on March 6th 2005.
Successive clubs
Prize list
- Champion NBA 1999 with San Antonio Spurs
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Elected in the AlRookie Second TEAM (second standard team of the beginners) in 1990
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Elected better university player of the United States in 1989
Statistical in career : 14,2 points/4,3 rebounds/2,6 master keys in 742 matches of regular season (+ 85 in playoffs)
External bonds
- Statistical detailed on basketball-reference.com
- withdrawal of its shirt reported on the official site of Spurs
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