Morlon Wiley

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Morlon Wiley

| image =

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| caption =

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 4

| weight_lb = 185

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|09|24}}

| birth_place = New Orleans, Louisiana

| death_date =

| death_place =

| nationality = American

| high_school = Long Beach Polytechnic
(Long Beach, California)

| college = Long Beach State (1984–1988)

| draft_year = 1988

| draft_round = 2

| draft_pick = 46

| draft_team = Dallas Mavericks

| career_start = 1988

| career_end = 1999

| career_number = 20, 11, 21

| career_position = Shooting guard

| years1 = {{nbay|1988|full=y}}

| team1 = Dallas Mavericks

| years2 = {{nbay|1989|start}}–{{nbay|1991|start}}

| team2 = Orlando Magic

| years3 = 1991

| team3 = Rapid City Thrillers

| years4 = {{nbay|1991|start}}

| team4 = San Antonio Spurs

| years5 = {{nbay|1991|end}}–{{nbay|1992|end}}

| team5 = Atlanta Hawks

| years6 = {{nbay|1992|end}}

| team6 = Dallas Mavericks

| years7 = 1993

| team7 = Grand Rapids Hoops

| years8 = 1993–1994

| team8 = Quad City Thunder

| years9 = {{nbay|1993|end}}

| team9 = Miami Heat

| years10 = {{nbay|1993|end}}–{{nbay|1994|end}}

| team10 = Dallas Mavericks

| years11 = {{nbay|1994|end}}

| team11 = Atlanta Hawks

| years12 = 1995–1998

| team12 = Quad City Thunder

| years13 = 1998–1999

| team13 = Grand Rapids Hoops

| highlights =

CBA champion (1994)

}}

Morlon David Wiley (born September 24, 1966) is an American former professional basketball player and former assistant coach for the National Basketball Association's Orlando Magic.

College career

Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, Wiley played college basketball at Long Beach State, where he was a four-year starter for the 49ers.{{cite web|url=http://www.longbeachstate.com/history/HOF/wiley-morlon.html |title=49er History |accessdate=2007-05-26 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928064447/http://www.longbeachstate.com/history/HOF/wiley-morlon.html |archivedate=2007-09-28 |url-status=dead }} In 1988, he was an all-Big West Conference pick, and his leadership led to the school's first NIT appearance. In his college career, he scored 30 points on six occasions, is third on the all-time list in assists with 425, second in steals with 187, and fourth in free throw percentage with .780. He was inducted into the 49ers' Hall of Fame in 2005.

Professional career

Wiley was drafted in the second round, 46th overall, by the Dallas Mavericks in the 1988 NBA draft. He played a season for the Mavericks, playing in 51 games during the 1988–89 season.{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/w/wileymo01.html|title=Morlon Wiley Statistics - Basketball-Reference.com|accessdate=2007-05-31}} In the 1989 NBA Expansion Draft on June 15, Wiley became one of the 12 players chosen by the Orlando Magic to be placed on their first roster.{{cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/magic/news/AllTime_Transactions-155422-808.html|title=MAGIC: All-Time Transactions|website=NBA.com |accessdate=2007-05-31}} On June 29, Wiley was signed to a two-year contract. In his first season with the Magic, he started a couple games, playing in 40, and averaged 5.7 points and 2.9 assists per game. The following season, he only played 34, and he was waived shortly into the 1991–92 season, having only played 9 games that season for Orlando. He signed onto the San Antonio Spurs, but only played 3 games for them. Wiley then became a member of the Atlanta Hawks for the rest of the season. After playing for parts of the 1991–92 and 1992–93 season, Wiley joined the Mavericks for the rest of the season, in his second stint. After not playing for most of the 1993–94 season, Wiley was signed to a 10-day contract by the Miami Heat on March 9, 1994.{{cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/heat/history/keydates_transactions_1994.html|title=HEAT: Key Dates and Transactions: 1994|website=NBA.com |accessdate=2007-05-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071024042014/http://www.nba.com/heat/history/keydates_transactions_1994.html|archive-date=2007-10-24|url-status=dead}} He then had a third stint with the Mavericks, playing for them for 12 games at the end of the season. After playing part of the 1994–95 season for the Mavericks in Wiley's third stint, he was traded to the Houston Rockets with a second-round pick for Scott Brooks, in the only trade deadline deal in 1995.{{cite news|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1208/is_8_224/ai_60040222|title=Let's make a deal—or not|accessdate=2007-05-31 | work=The Sporting News | first=Ira | last=Winderman | year=2000}} Wiley never played for the Rockets, instead ending his career with a 10-day contract with the Hawks.{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE0DE133EF935A35750C0A963958260|title=Transactions| accessdate=2007-05-31 | work=The New York Times | date=1995-03-06}}

Morley won a Continental Basketball Association (CBA) championship with the Quad City Thunder in 1994.{{cite web |title=1993-94 Quad City Thunder Statistics |url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbasketball/stats/t-CBAQCT/y-1993 |website=Stats Crew |access-date=March 12, 2025}}

After his career ended, Wiley was part of the Dallas Mavericks' player development staff from 2000 to 2004. He then became an assistant coach for the Orlando Magic.{{cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/coachfile/morlon_wiley/index.html?nav=page|title=NBA.com Morlon Wiley|website=NBA.com |accessdate=2007-05-31}}

Personal

Wiley is the younger brother of fellow NBA alum Michael Wiley.{{cite web| last = Wagner | first = Dick | title = The NBA Hasn't Changed Morlon Wiley : Ex-Cal State Long Beach Cager Keeps Perspective, Even the Same Car | work = Los Angeles Times | date = July 9, 1989| url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-07-09-sp-5426-story.html | access-date = May 17, 2015}}

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20051127002555/http://www.basketballreference.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=WileyMo01 NBA stats] @ basketballreference.com

Category:1966 births

Category:Living people

Category:American men's basketball players

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Category:Dallas Mavericks draft picks

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Category:Grand Rapids Hoops players

Category:Long Beach State Beach men's basketball players

Category:Miami Heat players

Category:Orlando Magic expansion draft picks

Category:Orlando Magic assistant coaches