Английская Википедия:Greg Foster (basketball)

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox basketball biography Gregory Clinton Foster (born October 3, 1968) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who last served as assistant coach for the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

College years

Foster was born in Oakland, California and attended Skyline High School where he played alongside future NBA point guard Gary Payton. He began his collegiate basketball career at UCLA, playing for the Bruins his freshman and sophomore years before transferring to UTEP. As a junior in 1988–89, he played alongside future NBA stars Tim Hardaway and Antonio Davis. Foster helped lead the Miners to two WAC titles, and as a senior he averaged 15.0 points and 6.3 rebounds per game.

Foster earned his bachelor's degree in interdisciplinary studies from UTEP in 2011.

Professional career

A 6'11" center–power forward, Foster was selected by the Washington Bullets in the second round (35th overall pick) of the 1990 NBA draft. He spent 13 seasons (1990–2003) in the NBA as a member of the Washington Bullets, Atlanta Hawks, Milwaukee Bucks, Chicago Bulls, Minnesota Timberwolves, Utah Jazz, Seattle SuperSonics, Los Angeles Lakers, and Toronto Raptors. During his long career, mainly spent as a reserve player, he reached the NBA Finals three times (twice with the Jazz and once with the Lakers) and won a championship ring with the Lakers in 2001.

Coaching career

Foster served as an assistant coach at the University of Texas-El Paso.

During the 2013–14 season, he Served as player development coach for the Philadelphia 76ers. From 2014 to 2018 Foster served as assistant coach for the Milwaukee Bucks. On June 8, 2018, the Atlanta Hawks hired Foster as an assistant coach, a position he held for the next season as well.

On November 13, 2020, Foster was hired as an assistant coach by the Indiana Pacers under Nate Bjorkgren.

On May 6, 2021, Foster was suspended one game after an on-court verbal altercation with Pacers player Goga Bitadze.

Personal life

Foster and his wife have a son and two daughters. While in high school, he had the name "Bowie" tattooed on his left shoulder as his friends felt he resembled former NBA center Sam Bowie, who was then playing for the Portland Trail Blazers.

Career stats

NBA

Regular season

Шаблон:NBA player statistics start |- | style="text-align:left;"| Шаблон:Nbay | style="text-align:left;"| Washington | 54||3||11.2||.460||.000||.689||2.8||.7||.2||.4||4.4 |- | style="text-align:left;"| Шаблон:Nbay | style="text-align:left;"| Washington | 49||3||11.2||.461||.000||.714||3.0||.7||.1||.2||4.3 |- | style="text-align:left;"| Шаблон:Nbay | style="text-align:left;"| Washington | 10||0||9.3||.440||–||.667||2.7||1.1||.0||.5||2.4 |- | style="text-align:left;"| Шаблон:Nbay | style="text-align:left;"| Atlanta | 33||0||6.2||.463||.000||.722||1.7||.3||.1||.3||3.1 |- | style="text-align:left;"| Шаблон:Nbay | style="text-align:left;"| Milwaukee | 3||0||6.3||.571||–||1.000||1.0||.0||.0||.3||3.3 |- | style="text-align:left;"| Шаблон:Nbay | style="text-align:left;"| Chicago | 17||3||17.6||.477||.–||.710||3.2||.9||.1||.5||6.1 |- | style="text-align:left;"| Шаблон:Nbay | style="text-align:left;"| Minnesota | 61||0||13.9||.470||.304||.700||3.4||.4||.2||.3||4.6 |- | style="text-align:left;"| Шаблон:Nbay | style="text-align:left;"| Utah | 73||2||11.0||.439||.125||.847||2.4||.3||.1||.3||3.8 |- | style="text-align:left;"| Шаблон:Nbay | style="text-align:left;"| Utah | 79||12||11.6||.453||.667||.831||2.4||.4||.1||.3||3.5 |- | style="text-align:left;"| Шаблон:Nbay | style="text-align:left;"| Utah | 78||49||18.5||.445||.222||.770||3.5||.7||.2||.4||5.7 |- | style="text-align:left;"| Шаблон:Nbay | style="text-align:left;"| Utah | 42||1||10.9||.377||.250||.619||2.0||.6||.1||.2||2.8 |- | style="text-align:left;"| Шаблон:Nbay | style="text-align:left;"| Seattle | 60||5||12.0||.406||.200||.643||1.8||.7||.2||.3||3.4 |- | style="text-align:left; background:#afe6ba;"|Шаблон:Nbay† | style="text-align:left;"| L.A. Lakers | 62||8||7.3||.421||.333||.714||1.8||.5||.1||.2||2.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| Шаблон:Nbay | style="text-align:left;"| Milwaukee | 6||0||4.0||.222||.000||.750||1.3||.2||.0||.0||1.2 |- | style="text-align:left;"| Шаблон:Nbay | style="text-align:left;"| Toronto | 29||9||18.6||.385||.250||.813||3.5||.4||.0||.3||4.2 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career | 656 || 95 || 12.2 || .440 || .225 || .748 || 2.6 || .5 || .1 || .3 || 3.9 Шаблон:S-end

Playoffs

Шаблон:NBA player statistics start |- | style="text-align:left;"| 1993 | style="text-align:left;"| Atlanta | 1 || 0 || 5.0 || .333 || – || .750 || 1.0 || .0 || .0 || .0 || 5.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 1995 | style="text-align:left;"| Utah | 12 || 0 || 6.3 || .500 || – || .600 || 1.0 || .2 || .1 || .2 || 2.3 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 1996 | style="text-align:left;"| Utah | style="background:#cfecec;"|20* || 0 || 15.5 || .389 || .250 || .867 || 2.8 || .6 || .2 || .4 || 4.2 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 1997 | style="text-align:left;"| Utah | 20 || 16 || 16.8 || .453 || .500 || .600 || 3.4 || .3 || .1 || .3 || 4.1 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 1998 | style="text-align:left;"| Utah | 8 || 0 || 8.8 || .421 || – || – || 1.0 || .1 || .1 || .0 || 2.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 1999 | style="text-align:left;"| Seattle | 5 || 0 || 13.6 || .368 || .400 || 1.000 || 2.2 || .2 || .0 || .2 || 3.6 |- | style="text-align:left; background:#afe6ba;"|Шаблон:Nbay† | style="text-align:left;"| L.A. Lakers | 1 || 0 || 3.0 || – || – || – || 1.0 || .0 || .0 || .0 || .0 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career | 67 || 16 || 12.9 || .425 || .333 || .784 || 2.3 || .3 || .1 || .2 || 3.5 Шаблон:S-end