Reggie_Slater

Reggie Slater

Reggie Slater

American basketball player

Reginald Dwayne Slater (born August 27, 1970) is an American former professional basketball player born in Houston, Texas. He played the power forward position and played college basketball at the University of Wyoming. His son Rashawn Slater was a first round draft choice by the Los Angeles Chargers. Reggie married Katie Slater. Reggie has four kids, Aliyah Slater, Reginald Slater Jr. (RJ), Rashawn Slater, and Rylan Slater. RJ played football for the Air Force Academy in 2014-2018.

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Professional career

Slater was not selected in the 1992 NBA draft and played professionally in Spain for two years before being signed by the Denver Nuggets in 1994.[1]

Slater played in eight NBA seasons for the Nuggets, Portland Trail Blazers, Dallas Mavericks, Toronto Raptors, Minnesota Timberwolves, New Jersey Nets and Atlanta Hawks from 1994–1999 and 2000–2003.[2] Over the course of his NBA career, Slater played in 259 games and scored a total of 1,450 points and averaged 5.6 points and 3.0 rebounds per game.[3] His best NBA season came during the 1997–98 NBA season as a member of the Raptors, where he appeared in 78 games and averaged 8.0 points, 3.9 rebounds, 0.9 assists, 0.6 steals and 0.4 blocks in 21.3 minutes per game, all career bests except for blocks. As a result, more than 43 percent of his NBA career scoring and more than 30 percent of his NBA career games played totals came during that season.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    "SLATER'S SHOTS SAVE NUGGETS". Sun Sentinel. December 16, 1994.
  2. [2]
    "Slater returns to Timberwolves". CBC.ca. October 8, 2003.
  3. [3]
    "Former Timberwolves player Reggie Slater passed on work ethic to his son, potential Vikings draftee Rashawn". 10 April 2021.
  4. [4]
    "Reggie Slater". Basketball-Reference.com.
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