Norm Nixon
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| Norm Nixon | |
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| Position(s): Point guard |
Jersey #(s): 10 |
| Height: 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
Weight: 170 lb (77 kg) |
| Born: October 11, 1955 Macon, Georgia |
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| Career information | |
| Year(s): 1977–1989 | |
| NBA Draft: 1977 / Round: 1 / Pick: 22 | |
| College: Duquesne | |
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| Career stats | |
| Points | 12,065 |
| Assists | 6,386 |
| Steals | 1,187 |
| Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com | |
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Norman Ellard Nixon (born October 11, 1955 in Macon, Georgia, USA) is a retired American professional basketball player for the NBA, who spent ten seasons with the Los Angeles Lakers and the San Diego/Los Angeles Clippers.
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[edit] Career
Norm Nixon was the 22nd overall pick in the 1977 NBA Draft by the Lakers out of Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He helped the Lakers to win NBA world championships in 1980 and 1982, before he was traded to the San Diego Clippers prior to the 1983-84 season in exchange for the draft rights to guard Byron Scott.
After six successful years with the Lakers, he joined the Clippers. In his first year with the Clippers, he led the league in assists and made the All-Star team for the second time. After the 1985-86 season, he spent much of his later career on the injured list, spending more than two full seasons on the injured list before retiring for good at the end of the 1988-89 season. With the Clippers he averaged 9.0 assists (13.0 assists per 48 minutes), records which still stand.[citation needed]
During his career, Nixon scored 12,065 points (15.7 points per game) and had 6,386 assists (8.3 APG) in 768 games played. Although he had impressive statistics, he may be remembered most for faking a free throw at the end of a Lakers-Spurs game on Nov. 30, 1982, which caused a double lane violation.[1] The refs erroneously ordered a jump ball, instead of requiring Nixon to re-shoot the free throw, and the end of the game was later replayed in April 1983.
In his retirement years, Nixon concentrated on several business ventures, and served one season doing radio commentary for the Clippers (2004-05), as well as doing analyst work for KABC-TV's postgame coverage of ABC's NBA telecasts from 2005 to 2007.
Recently hired by FSN West to take over Jack Haley's position as studio color analyst for all Lakers home games. Nixon currently works alongside studio host Bill McDonald during pregame, halftime, and postgame coverage.
[edit] Personal life
Norm Nixon is married to actress/producer/director/dancer Debbie Allen and is the father of dancer Vivian Nixon and basketball player Norm Nixon Jr.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- NBA statistics @ basketball-reference.com
- Norm Nixon Georgia Sports Hall of Fame Inductee
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