Doug Overton

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Doug Overton

| image =

| width =

| caption =

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 3

| weight_lbs = 190

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|08|03}}

| birth_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.

| death_date =

| death_place =

| high_school = Dobbins Technical
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

| college = La Salle (1987–1991)

| draft_year = 1991

| draft_round = 2

| draft_pick = 40

| draft_team = Detroit Pistons

| career_start = 1991

| career_end = 2005

| career_number = 14, 11, 9, 20, 24, 2

| career_position = Point guard

| years1 = 1991–1992

| team1 = Rockford Lightning

| years2 = 1992

| team2 = Illawarra Hawks

| years3 = {{nbay|1992|start}}–{{nbay|1994|end}}

| team3 = Washington Bullets

| years4 = {{nbay|1995|full=y}}

| team4 = Denver Nuggets

| years5 = {{nbay|1996|start}}–{{nbay|1997|end}}

| team5 = Philadelphia 76ers

| years6 = {{nbay|1998|end}}

| team6 = Orlando Magic

| years7 = {{nbay|1998|end}}

| team7 = New Jersey Nets

| years8 = {{nbay|1998|end}}

| team8 = Philadelphia 76ers

| years9 = {{nbay|1999|start}}–{{nbay|2000|start}}

| team9 = Boston Celtics

| years10 = 2000–2001

| team10 = Kansas City Knights

| years11 = {{nbay|2000|end}}

| team11 = Charlotte Hornets

| years12 = {{nbay|2000|end}}

| team12 = New Jersey Nets

| years13 = 2001–2002

| team13 = Kansas City Knights

| years14 = 2002

| team14 = FC Barcelona

| years15 = 2003

| team15 = Sioux Falls Skyforce

| years16 = {{nbay|2003|full=y}}

| team16 = Los Angeles Clippers

| years17 = 2005

| team17 = Michigan Mayhem

| cyears1 = 2006–2008

| cteam1 = St. Joseph's (assistant)

| cyears2 = 2008–2013

| cteam2 = New Jersey / Brooklyn Nets (assistant)

| cyears3 = 2013–2014

| cteam3 = Springfield Armor

| cyears4 = 2016–present

| cteam4 = Lincoln (PA)

| highlights =

All-NBL First Team (1992)
3× First-team All-MAAC (1989–1991)

| stats_league = NBA

| stat1label = Points

| stat1value = 2,253 (4.5 ppg)

| stat2label = Rebounds

| stat2value = 654 (1.3 rpg)

| stat3label = Assists

| stat3value = 1,038 (2.1 apg)

}}

Douglas M. Overton (born August 3, 1969) is an American retired professional basketball player and coach.

Playing career

Prior to his NBA career, Overton spent a season with the Illawarra Hawks of the Australian NBL. He credits his experience playing in Australia as the reason he was able to make the NBA during a podcast with aussiehoopla.com [http://www.aussiehoopla.com/doug-overton-illawarra-hawks-the-first-player-to-go-from-the-nbl-to-the-nba/ Doug Overton (Illawarra Hawks) the first player to leap to NBA from the NBL]

Overton was selected by the Detroit Pistons in the 2nd round (40th overall) of the 1991 NBA draft. A {{convert|6|ft|3|in|m|adj=on}} point guard from La Salle University, Overton played in 11 NBA seasons for 8 teams. He played for the Washington Bullets, Denver Nuggets, Philadelphia 76ers, Orlando Magic, New Jersey Nets, Boston Celtics, Charlotte Hornets and Los Angeles Clippers.

In his NBA career, Overton played in 499 games and scored a total of 2,253 points.

Coaching career

In May 2006, Overton was named assistant men's basketball coach at Saint Joseph's University.[https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/news/story?id=2439532 St. Joe's hires former La Salle star as assistant - Men's College Basketball - ESPN] He became an assistant coach for the NBA's New Jersey Nets (now Brooklyn Nets) in 2008.[http://www.nba.com/nets/news/doug_overton_assistant_coach.html Nets Name Doug Overton Assistant Coach] He was also named Nets Player Development Coach prior to the 2010–11 season.[http://www.nba.com/nets/news/Overton_Development_Release_100915.html NETS Name Doug Overton Player Development Coach] In August 2013, he was named head coach of the D-League's Springfield Armor.{{Cite web |url=http://www.nba.com/dleague/springfield/armor_name_doug_overton__hea_2013_08_20.html |title=Armor Name Doug Overton as Head Coach |website=NBA.com |access-date=August 21, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130822101638/http://www.nba.com/dleague/springfield/armor_name_doug_overton__hea_2013_08_20.html |archive-date=August 22, 2013 |url-status=dead }} Overton currently coaches Lincoln University men's basketball in Oxford, Pennsylvania.

Career statistics

=NBA=

Source{{Cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/o/overtdo01.html|title=Doug Overton NBA stats|website=Basketball Reference|publisher=Sports Reference, LLC|accessdate=2 September 2023}}

==Regular season==

|-

| align="left" | {{nbay|1992}}

| align="left" | Washington

| 45 || 13 || 22.0 || .471 || .231 || .728 || 2.4 || 3.5 || .7 || .1 || 8.1

|-

| align="left" | {{nbay|1993}}

| align="left" | Washington

| 61 || 1 || 12.3 || .403 || .091 || .827 || 1.1 || 1.5 || .3 || .0 || 3.6

|-

| align="left" | {{nbay|1994}}

| align="left" | Washington

| style="background:#cfecec;"|82* || 20 || 20.8 || .416 || .424 || .872 || 1.7 || 3.0 || .6 || .0 || 7.0

|-

| align="left" | {{nbay|1995}}

| align="left" | Denver

| 55 || 0 || 11.0 || .376 || .308 || .727 || 1.1 || 1.9 || .2 || .1 || 3.3

|-

| align="left" | {{nbay|1996}}

| align="left" | Philadelphia

| 61 || 4 || 10.4 || .426 || .250 || .938 || 1.1 || 1.7 || .4 || .0 || 3.6

|-

| align="left" | {{nbay|1997}}

| align="left" | Philadelphia

| 23 || 2 || 12.0 || .381 || .000 || .875 || .6 || 1.6 || .3 || .0 || 2.7

|-

| align="left" | {{nbay|1998}}

| align="left" | Orlando

| 6 || 0 || 5.5 || .500 || .000 || 1.000 || .3 || .5 || .2 || .0 || 3.0

|-

| align="left" | {{nbay|1998|nolink=y}}

| align="left" | New Jersey

| 8 || 1 || 21.8 || .439 || .500 || .857 || 2.1 || 2.0 || .4 || .1 || 8.0

|-

| align="left" | {{nbay|1998|nolink=y}}

| align="left" | Philadelphia

| 10 || 0 || 3.7 || .333 || .000 || – || .2 || .4 || .1 || .0 || 1.0

|-

| align="left" | {{nbay|1999|trunc=y}}

| align="left" | Boston

| 48 || 0 || 9.0 || .396 || .357 || .952 || .7 || 1.1 || .2 || .0 || 3.2

|-

| align="left" | {{nbay|2000}}

| align="left" | Boston

| 7 || 1 || 20.6 || .341 || .250 || .636 || 2.1 || 2.7 || .6 || .0 || 5.4

|-

| align="left" | {{nbay|2000|nolink=y}}

| align="left" | Charlotte

| 2 || 0 || 7.5 || 1.000 || – || – || .0 || .0 || .5 || .0 || 2.0

|-

| align="left" | {{nbay|2000|nolink=y}}

| align="left" | New Jersey

| 12 || 9 || 26.3 || .376 || .313 || .600 || 2.0 || 4.4 || .3 || .0 || 6.9

|-

| align="left" | {{nbay|2001}}

| align="left" | L.A. Clippers

| 18 || 0 || 7.2 || .318 || .259 || .571 || .7 || .7 || .2 || .1 || 2.2

|-

| align="left" | {{nbay|2003}}

| align="left" | New Jersey

| 6 || 0 || 3.7 || .375 || – || 1.000 || .2 || .7 || .2 || .0 || 1.3

|-

| align="left" | {{nbay|2003|nolink=y}}

| align="left" | L.A. Clippers

| 55 || 11 || 18.4 || .405 || .130 || .724 || 1.5 || 2.4 || .5 || .0 || 3.9

|- class="sortbottom"

| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career

| 499 || 62 || 14.6 || .412 || .319 || .816 || 1.3 || 2.1 || .4 || .0 || 4.5

References

External links

[https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/o/overtdo01.html Doug Overton's stats @ Basketball-reference.com]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20080604140405/http://sjuhawks.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/overton_doug00.html Saint Joseph's Hawks bio]

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