Wesley Person

Retired • Retired after 2006 season • SG/SF • 11 years of NBA experience

Not to be confused with: Wesley Person Jr
Height6'6
Weight200 lbs
Born28th March 1971 (age 55)
Nationality🇺🇸USA
Pre-draft teamAuburn
HandRight
Agentn/a
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Stats
Year League Team GMPGPTS/GFGFGAFG% 3P3PA3P% FTFTAFT%ORBDRB TRBASTSTLBLKTOVPF
1994-95 NBA Phoenix Suns 78 23.1 10.4 4.0 8.2 48.4% 1.5 3.4 43.6% 1.0 1.3 79.2% 0.9 1.7 2.6 1.3 0.6 0.3 1.0 1.9
1995-96 NBA Phoenix Suns 82 31.8 12.7 4.8 10.7 44.5% 1.4 3.8 37.4% 1.8 2.3 77.1% 0.7 3.2 3.9 1.7 0.7 0.3 1.1 1.8
1996-97 NBA Phoenix Suns 80 29.1 13.5 5.1 11.3 45.3% 2.1 5.2 41.3% 1.1 1.4 79.8% 0.9 2.8 3.7 1.5 1.1 0.3 1.0 1.3
1997-98 NBA Cleveland Cavaliers 82 39.0 14.7 5.4 11.7 46.0% 2.3 5.5 43.0% 1.6 2.1 77.6% 0.8 3.6 4.4 2.3 1.6 0.6 1.3 1.3
1998-99 NBA Cleveland Cavaliers 45 29.8 11.2 4.4 9.7 45.3% 1.7 4.4 37.5% 0.7 1.2 60.4% 0.4 2.7 3.2 1.8 0.8 0.4 0.9 1.2
1999-00 NBA Cleveland Cavaliers 79 26.0 9.2 3.5 8.3 42.8% 1.3 3.2 42.4% 0.8 1.0 79.2% 0.6 2.8 3.4 1.8 0.5 0.2 0.8 1.5
2000-01 NBA Cleveland Cavaliers 44 21.8 7.1 2.9 6.6 43.8% 0.8 1.9 40.5% 0.5 0.7 80.0% 0.3 2.7 3.0 1.5 0.6 0.3 0.9 1.4
2001-02 NBA Cleveland Cavaliers 78 35.8 15.1 6.0 12.1 49.5% 1.8 4.1 44.4% 1.3 1.6 79.8% 0.6 3.1 3.8 2.2 1.0 0.5 0.9 1.2
2002-03 NBA Memphis Grizzlies 66 29.4 11.0 4.2 9.1 45.6% 1.5 3.5 43.3% 1.2 1.5 81.4% 0.4 2.5 2.9 1.7 0.6 0.3 0.8 1.0
2003-04 NBA Memphis Grizzlies 16 17.8 5.2 2.1 6.7 30.8% 0.7 2.7 25.6% 0.4 0.5 75.0% 0.1 1.0 1.1 1.4 0.3 0.1 1.0 0.7
2003-04 NBA Atlanta Hawks 9 14.7 4.4 1.4 4.3 33.3% 0.9 2.1 42.1% 0.7 0.7 100.0% 0.2 2.6 2.8 0.6 0.3 0.1 0.4 0.6
2003-04 NBA Portland Trail Blazers 33 18.8 6.5 2.4 5.1 47.6% 1.1 2.3 47.4% 0.6 0.8 76.0% 0.4 1.9 2.2 1.2 0.3 0.2 0.5 0.7
2003-04 NBA Total (NBA) 58 17.9 5.8 2.2 5.4 40.1% 0.9 2.4 39.9% 0.5 0.7 79.5% 0.3 1.7 2.0 1.1 0.3 0.2 0.7 0.7
2004-05 NBA Denver Nuggets 25 18.4 8.1 3.3 6.8 48.5% 1.3 2.7 48.5% 0.2 0.4 55.6% 0.1 2.4 2.4 1.1 0.5 0.2 0.4 1.0
2004-05 NBA Miami Heat 16 12.9 3.9 1.6 3.6 43.9% 0.5 1.3 38.1% 0.3 0.3 100.0% 0.1 1.3 1.4 0.7 0.4 0.0 0.4 0.4
2004-05 NBA Total (NBA) 41 16.3 6.4 2.6 5.5 47.3% 1.0 2.2 46.1% 0.2 0.3 69.2% 0.1 2.0 2.0 1.0 0.5 0.1 0.4 0.7

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Bookkeeping The Retired Guys, 2013 Edition

Wesley Person - Person was coaching high school basketball at Enterprise State Community College, spending one year as an assistant with the women's team, then being head coach of the men's team for one season. After an 8-21 season, Person was fired. He then began to volunteer as an assistant for the women's team at Troy University, but made the headline for a different reason last January with this arrest. And then in November, he was arrested again.
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Where Are They Now, 2011: Bookkeeping The Retired Guys

Vitaly Potapenko, Walter McCarty and Wesley Person - Last time we checked in Vitaly Potapenko, he was an assistant coach at the D-League's Fort Wayne Mad Ants. Last time we checked in on Walter McCarty, he was an assistant coach for Rick Pitino at Louisville. Both are now assistants at the Indiana Pacers. And both survived when Jim O'Brien got fired.

Not so lucky was Wesley Person. After only one season as head coach at Enterprise-Ozark community college, Person was fired after going 8-21. He now owns a bowling alley and skate rink in Alabama called "Sharpshooter."
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