Jeffrey Grayer (born December 17, 1965) is a retired American professional

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player and collegiate basketball coach. As a

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, Grayer starred at

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from 1985 to 1988 where he set (and still holds) the all-time career scoring record, with 2,502 points.Iowa State career scoring leader Jeff Grayer hired as Cyclones assistant coach - ESPN
/ref> He was named 3-time all-Big Eight and All-American in 1988. Grayer was a member of the United States 1988 Olympic basketball team and was drafted by the

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in the first round (13th pick overall) of the 1988 NBA Draft. The NBA

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played ten years in the league for five different teams. In April 2010, Grayer was hired by

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as an assistant men's basketball coach at Iowa State. In August 2010, after McDermott left to take a position at

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he was replaced by new coach

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. Hoiberg retained Grayer as Director of Basketball Operations rather than as an assistant coach, and Grayer left shortly after and returned to his home state of

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, citing a desire to be a coach as his reason for leaving.Jeff Grayer leaving Iowa State Cyclones basketball staff, returning to Michigan - ESPN
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NBA career statistics

Regular season

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, 11 , , 2 , , 18.2 , , .438 , , .000 , , .850 , , 3.2 , , 2.0 , , 0.9 , , 0.1 , , 7.4 , - , align="left" , 1989–90 , align="left" ,

, 71 , , 40 , , 20.1 , , .460 , , .125 , , .651 , , 3.1 , , 1.5 , , 0.7 , , 0.1 , , 7.7 , - , align="left" , 1990–91 , align="left" ,

, style="background:#cfecec;", 82* , , 7 , , 17.3 , , .433 , , .000 , , .687 , , 3.0 , , 1.5 , , 0.6 , , 0.1 , , 6.4 , - , align="left" , 1991–92 , align="left" ,

, 82 , , 11 , , 20.2 , , .448 , , .288 , , .667 , , 3.1 , , 1.8 , , 0.8 , , 0.2 , , 9.0 , - , align="left" , 1992–93 , align="left" , Golden State , 48 , , 12 , , 21.4 , , .467 , , .143 , , .669 , , 3.3 , , 1.5 , , 0.6 , , 0.2 , , 8.8 , - , align="left" , 1993–94 , align="left" , Golden State , 67 , , 4 , , 16.4 , , .526 , , .167 , , .602 , , 2.9 , , 0.9 , , 0.5 , , 0.2 , , 6.8 , - , align="left" , 1994–95 , align="left" ,

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, 47 , , 25 , , 23.4 , , .428 , , .333 , , .699 , , 3.2 , , 1.6 , , 0.6 , , 0.1 , , 8.3 , - , align="left" , 1996–97 , align="left" ,

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, 25 , , 0 , , 12.6 , , .458 , , .364 , , .550 , , 1.5 , , 1.0 , , 0.3 , , 0.3 , , 3.6 , - , align="left" , 1997–98 , align="left" ,

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, 1 , , 0 , , 11.0 , , .000 , , .000 , , .000 , , 0.0 , , 1.0 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , - , align="left" , 1997–98 , align="left" , Golden State , 4 , , 0 , , 5.8 , , .571 , , .667 , , .000 , , 1.0 , , 0.3 , , 0.5 , , 0.0 , , 2.5 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 438 , , 101 , , 18.9 , , .457 , , .255 , , .663 , , 3.0 , , 1.4 , , 0.6 , , 0.1 , , 7.4

Playoffs

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, 4 , , 0 , , 3.0 , , .000 , , .000 , , .000 , , 0.5 , , 0.3 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , - , align="left" , 1990–91 , align="left" ,

, 3 , , 0 , , 12.3 , , .385 , , .000 , , .833 , , 2.0 , , 2.0 , , 0.3 , , 0.0 , , 5.0 , - , align="left" , 1993–94 , align="left" , Golden State , 3 , , 0 , , 15.3 , , .550 , , .000 , , .667 , , 2.0 , , 0.3 , , 0.3 , , 0.3 , , 8.0 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 10 , , 0 , , 9.5 , , .485 , , .000 , , .778 , , 1.4 , , 0.8 , , 0.2 , , 0.1 , , 3.9

References

External links

NBA.com player file
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