Loy Vaught
{{Short description|American basketball player (born 1968)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Loy Vaught
| caption =
| image =
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 9
| weight_lbs = 230
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|2|27}}
| birth_place = Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.
| highschool = East Kentwood
(Kentwood, Michigan)
| college = Michigan (1986–1990)
| draft_year = 1990
| draft_round = 1
| draft_pick = 13
| draft_team = Los Angeles Clippers
| career_start = 1990
| career_end = 2001
| career_number = 35
| career_position = Power forward
| years1 = {{nbay|1990|start}}–{{nbay|1997|end}}
| team1 = Los Angeles Clippers
| years2 = {{nbay|1998|end}}–{{nbay|1999|end}}
| team2 = Detroit Pistons
| years3 = {{nbay|2000|full=y}}
| team3 = Dallas Mavericks
| years4 = {{nbay|2000|end}}
| team4 = Washington Wizards
| highlights =
| stats_league = NBA
|stat1label=Points
|stat1value=6,984 (10.1 ppg)
|stat2label=Assists
|stat2value=652 (0.9 apg)
|stat3label=Rebounds
|stat3value=4,881 (7.1 rpg)
}}
Loy Stephen Vaught (born February 27, 1968) is an American former professional basketball player who spent ten seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), primarily with the Los Angeles Clippers.
Vaught played at East Kentwood High School in Kentwood, Michigan, a suburb of Grand Rapids, and helped lead the University of Michigan Wolverines to the 1989 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship.
Vaught was drafted in 1990 by the Los Angeles Clippers. For a short period in the mid-1990s, Vaught was one of the most consistent forwards in the league, averaging 16.2 points and approximately 10 rebounds per game while missing only four games between 1994 and 1997. On April 22, 1994, in a 127–122 loss to the Suns, Vaught scored 29 points and grabbed 11 rebounds.{{Cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/199404220PHO.html|title = Los Angeles Clippers at Phoenix Suns Box Score, April 22, 1994}} On February 9, 1995, he scored a career-best 33 points along grabbing 13 rebounds in a 122–107 win over the defending champion Houston Rockets.{{Cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/199502090LAC.html|title = Houston Rockets at Los Angeles Clippers Box Score, February 9, 1995}} On December 16, 1996, he scored 17 points and grabbed 21 rebounds in a 122–121 victory over the Suns.{{Cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/199612160LAC.html|title = Phoenix Suns at Los Angeles Clippers Box Score, December 16, 1996}} That same season, Vaught led an undermanned Clippers team to the playoffs as an 8 seed, where they were swept by NBA MVP Karl Malone and the Utah Jazz in the first round.{{Cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/LAC/1997.html|title = 1996-97 Los Angeles Clippers Roster and Stats}}
Injuries sustained in 1997 hampered his career, and after that his play sharply decreased in quality and he never played more than 51 games in a season again.
Vaught closed out his career with a series of stints with the Detroit Pistons, Dallas Mavericks, and Washington Wizards. He had a well earned reputation as an outstanding rebounder in his prime (especially on the defensive end of the court). He finished twice among the top ten overall and top ten defensive rebounders in the league.
Loy Vaught lives in Los Angeles. He has two daughters, Lexi and Maya.
NBA career statistics
{{NBA player statistics legend|leader=y}}
=Regular season=
{{NBA player statistics start}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{nowrap|{{nbay|1990}}}}
| style="text-align:left;"| L.A. Clippers
| 73 || 0 || 16.1 || .487 || .000 || .662 || 4.8 || .5 || .3 || .3 || 5.5
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{nowrap|{{nbay|1991}}}}
| style="text-align:left;"| L.A. Clippers
| 79 || 38 || 21.4 || .492 || .800 || .797 || 6.5 || .9 || .5 || .4 || 7.6
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{nowrap|{{nbay|1992}}}}
| style="text-align:left;"| L.A. Clippers
| 79 || 4 || 20.9 || .508 || .250 || .748 || 6.2 || .7 || .7 || .5 || 9.4
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{nowrap|{{nbay|1993}}}}
| style="text-align:left;"| L.A. Clippers
| 75 || 56 || 28.2 || .537 || .000 || .720 || 8.7 || 1.0 || 1.0 || .3 || 11.7
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{nowrap|{{nbay|1994}}}}
| style="text-align:left;"| L.A. Clippers
| 80 || 79 || 37.1 || .514 || .212 || .710 || 9.7 || 1.7 || 1.3 || .4 || 17.5
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{nowrap|{{nbay|1995}}}}
| style="text-align:left;"| L.A. Clippers
| 80 || 78 || 37.1 || .525 || .368 || .727 || 10.1 || 1.4 || 1.1 || .5 || 16.2
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{nowrap|{{nbay|1996}}}}
| style="text-align:left;"| L.A. Clippers
| 82 || style="background:#cfecec;"| 82* || 34.6 || .500 || .167 || .702 || 10.0 || 1.3 || 1.0 || .3 || 14.9
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{nowrap|{{nbay|1997}}}}
| style="text-align:left;"| L.A. Clippers
| 10 || 6 || 26.5 || .429 || .000 || .375 || 6.5 || .7 || .4 || .2 || 7.5
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{nowrap|{{nbay|1998}}}}
| style="text-align:left;"| Detroit
| 37 || 10 || 13.0 || .381 || .000 || .643 || 3.9 || .3 || .4 || .2 || 3.4
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{nowrap|{{nbay|1999|trunc=y}}}}
| style="text-align:left;"| Detroit
| 43 || 0 || 6.8 || .360 || .000 || .688 || 2.1 || .3 || .1 || .1 || 1.7
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{nowrap|{{nbay|2000}}}}
| style="text-align:left;"| Dallas
| 37 || 1 || 10.6 || .455 || {{sort|-|–}} || .667 || 3.3 || .4 || .4 || .1 || 3.1
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{nowrap|{{nbay|2000|nolink=y}}}}
| style="text-align:left;"| Washington
| 14 || 0 || 11.2 || .521 || {{sort|-|–}} || 1.000 || 3.6 || .5 || .4 || .1 || 3.9
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career
| 689 || 354 || 24.7 || .504 || .244 || .718 || 7.1 || .9 || .7 || .3 || 10.1
|-
{{s-end}}
=Playoffs=
{{NBA player statistics start}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{nowrap|{{nbapy|1992}}}}
| style="text-align:left;"| L.A. Clippers
| 5 || 0 || 7.2 || .636 || 1.000 || 1.000 || 2.4 || .8 || .2 || .2 || 3.4
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{nowrap|{{nbapy|1997}}}}
| style="text-align:left;"| L.A. Clippers
| 3 || 3 || 30.0 || .613 || .333 || .667 || 9.0 || .7 || 1.0 || .7 || 15.0
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{nowrap|{{nbapy|1999}}}}
| style="text-align:left;"| Detroit
| 2 || 0 || 7.5 || .500 || {{sort|-|–}} || {{sort|-|–}} || .5 || .0 || .5 || .0 || 2.0
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{nowrap|{{nbapy|2000}}}}
| style="text-align:left;"| Detroit
| 2 || 0 || 8.0 || .000 || {{sort|-|–}} || {{sort|-|–}} || 3.0 || .0 || 1.0 || .0 || .0
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career
| 12 || 3 || 13.1 || .571 || .500 || .727 || 3.8 || .5 || .6 || .3 || 5.5
|-
{{s-end}}
References
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External links
- {{basketballstats|nba=Loy_Vaught}}
- [http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/gary/gary110801.txt "Loy Vaught: A Personal Remembrance"] by Gary Adornato (November 8, 2001)
- [https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/v/vaughlo01.html Loy Vaught Statistics @ Basketball-Reference.com]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20140729221758/http://www.basketballreference.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=VAUGHLO01 Loy Vaught Statistics @ BasketballReference.com]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100418044313/http://stats.ath.umich.edu/basketball/basketstart.php University of Michigan Basketball Statistical Archive]
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{{1990 NBA draft}}
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