Greg Buckner

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Greg Buckner
Position Shooting guard/Forward
Height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight 205 lb (93 kg/14.6 st)
League NBA
Team Minnesota Timberwolves
Jersey #7
Born September 16, 1976 (1976-09-16) (age 31)
Hopkinsville, Kentucky
Nationality USA
High school University Heights Academy
College Clemson
Draft 2nd round, 53rd overall, 1998
Dallas Mavericks
Pro career 1999–present
Former teams Grand Rapids Hoops (1998-99)
Dallas Mavericks (1999-02), (2006-07)
Philadelphia 76ers (2002-04)
Denver Nuggets (2004-2006)
Awards ACC Rookie of the Year
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Gregory Derayle Buckner (born September 16, 1976 in Hopkinsville, Kentucky) is a professional basketball player in the NBA, currently playing for the Minnesota Timberwolves. Selected in the second round (53rd overall) of the 1998 NBA Draft by the Dallas Mavericks after playing college basketball at Clemson, he has played for the Mavericks, Philadelphia 76ers and Denver Nuggets, with a career scoring average of 5.5 points per game. He was traded to the Timberwolves for Trenton Hassell on September 28, 2007.[1]

In the 2004-05 NBA season, he was third in the league in points per shot attempt.

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  1. ^ Timberwolves and Mavericks swap guards

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1 McCants | 3 Telfair | 4 Foye | 5 Smith | 7 Buckner | 8 Gomes | 22 Brewer | 24 Walker | 25 Jefferson | 30 Snyder | 32 Richard | 35 Madsen | 51 Doleac | 55 Jarić | Coach Wittman
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