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Elliot Perry

Elliot Perry
Personal information
Born (1969-03-28) March 28, 1969 (age 55)
Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Listed weight150 lb (68 kg)
Career information
High schoolTreadwell (Memphis, Tennessee)
CollegeMemphis (1987–1991)
NBA draft1991: 2nd round, 37th overall pick
Selected by the Los Angeles Clippers
Playing career1991–2002
PositionPoint guard
Number34, 21, 2, 5, 1
Career history
1991Los Angeles Clippers
1991–1992Charlotte Hornets
1992La Crosse Catbirds
1992–1993Rochester Renegade
1993–1994Grand Rapids Hoops
1994–1996Phoenix Suns
1996–1999Milwaukee Bucks
1999–2000New Jersey Nets
2000Orlando Magic
2000–2001Phoenix Suns
2002Memphis Grizzlies
Career highlights and awards
Career NBA statistics
Points3,449 (6.3 ppg)
Assists1,699 (3.1 apg)
Steals574 (1.0 spg)
Stats at NBA.com Edit this at Wikidata
Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata
Medals
Men's Basketball
Representing  United States
FIBA Americas Championship
Silver medal – second place 1989 Mexico City Team competition

Elliot Lamonte Perry (born March 28, 1969) is an American former professional basketball player.

The 6'0" (1.83 m) point guard from Memphis State University (now the University of Memphis), was selected with the tenth pick of the second round (37th overall) by the Los Angeles Clippers in the 1991 NBA draft. He played ten games in 1991-92 for the Clippers before being waived and subsequently signed for the rest of the season by the Charlotte Hornets. He then moved on to Continental Basketball Association for two years before returning to the NBA with the Phoenix Suns where in 1994-95 he was voted runner-up as the NBA's Most Improved Player.

He rounded out his NBA career in 2002 with his hometown Memphis Grizzlies for whom he played just two games after signing a 10-day contract. He scored 11 points in the 2 games.

Perry is also known as "Socks" because of the high long socks he wore during his college and NBA career. A quick and slashing player in college, his ability to alter his shot in mid-air to draw a foul from his defender made him very dangerous to defend. Lack of quality supporting players forced Perry to carry the U of M team on his skill. During his senior year Penny Hardaway had been scheduled to be his teammate, but Hardaway's academic qualifying woes ensured he was red-shirted, and these two never were able to team up.

After basketball

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Perry and fellow former NBA player and Memphis State alumn Hank McDowell became the radio broadcast team's color commentators for the Memphis Grizzlies starting in the 2006-07 NBA season.[1] Today, Perry lives in Germantown, TN, a suburb of Memphis. He and his wife have a child together. He still loves to play basketball with former players and kids in his neighborhood, and is active as a mentor with the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Memphis. He is a member of Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity.

He is a minority share owner of the Memphis Grizzlies. [1]

Career statistics

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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
 *  Led the league

NBA

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Regular season

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1991–92 Los Angeles 10 0 6.6 .400 .000 .500 0.7 1.4 0.9 0.1 1.3
1991–92 Charlotte 40 0 9.3 .377 .200 .667 0.8 1.6 0.6 0.1 2.8
1993–94 Phoenix 27 9 16.0 .372 .000 .750 1.4 4.6 0.9 0.0 3.9
1994–95 Phoenix 82* 51 24.1 .520 .417 .810 1.8 4.8 1.9 0.0 9.7
1995–96 Phoenix 81 26 20.6 .475 .407 .778 1.7 4.4 1.1 0.1 8.6
1996–97 Milwaukee 82 3 19.5 .474 .358 .745 1.5 3.0 1.2 0.0 6.9
1997–98 Milwaukee 81 33 21.6 .430 .340 .844 1.3 2.8 1.1 0.0 7.3
1998–99 Milwaukee 5 0 9.4 .529 1.000 .500 1.6 2.4 0.8 0.0 4.0
1998–99 New Jersey 30 0 8.1 .349 .391 .750 0.9 1.2 0.5 0.0 2.6
1999–00 New Jersey 60 5 13.4 .435 .282 .806 1.0 2.3 0.7 0.0 5.3
2000–01 Orlando 6 0 6.5 .455 .000 .000 0.7 0.8 0.5 0.0 1.7
2000–01 Phoenix 43 6 10.7 .465 .250 .727 1.0 1.7 0.4 0.0 3.2
2001–02 Memphis 2 0 24.0 .500 .000 .500 2.0 3.5 1.5 0.0 5.5
Career 549 133 17.3 .459 .359 .783 1.4 3.1 1.0 0.0 6.3

Playoffs

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1993–94 Phoenix 4 0 3.3 .143 .000 .000 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.5
1994–95 Phoenix 9 0 11.8 .476 .400 .800 1.1 1.3 0.6 0.0 6.9
1995–96 Phoenix 4 0 12.8 .500 .000 .000 0.5 3.0 0.5 0.0 3.5
2000–01 Phoenix 2 0 8.5 .600 .000 1.000 2.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 6.5
Career 19 0 9.8 .466 .333 .778 0.8 1.5 0.5 0.0 4.8

College

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1987–88 Memphis 32 32 30.3 .417 .390 .806 3.5 4.1 2.2 0.2 13.1
1988–89 Memphis 32 32 31.8 .462 .316 .821 3.4 3.7 2.1 0.0 19.4
1989–90 Memphis 30 - 32.3 .418 .258 .753 3.7 5.0 2.7 0.2 16.8
1990–91 Memphis 32 - 36.5 .464 .360 .793 3.5 4.6 2.7 0.0 20.8
Career 126 64 32.7 .443 .345 .794 3.5 4.3 2.4 0.1 17.5

References

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  1. ^ "Memphis Tigers Men's Basketball: Former Tigers Elliot Perry and Hank McDowell to Join Memphis Grizzlies Radio Broadcasts". October 10, 2006.
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