John Brian Moore (born March 31, 1958) is an American former professional basketball player. Moore played college basketball for The University of Texas at Austin under head coaches Leon Black and Abe Lemons from 1975 to 1979. He spent his entire

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career playing

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for the San Antonio Spurs, save one game for the New Jersey Nets. A rare illness caused Moore to have his career put on hold in early 1986.

College career

Moore started all 112 games of his four-year college career at Texas. He finished his career as Texas' all-time career assists leader, with 714, and remains second all-time in assists per game, averaging 6.38 assists over the course of his four years as the Longhorns'

.2014–15 Texas Basketball Fact Book, p. 118 His per-game average of 8.34 assists as a senior remains a UT men's basketball record. Moore also posted a double-figure scoring average in each of his four seasons.2014–15 Texas Basketball Fact Book, p. 135 He received first-team All- Southwest Conference (SWC) honors following his senior season.2014–15 Texas Basketball Fact Book, p. 141 As a junior, Moore helped guide the Abe Lemons-coached 1977–78 Longhorns basketball team to a 26–5 overall record (then tied with Jack Gray's 1947 Final Four team for the most wins in a single season in school history), a share of the Southwest Conference championship, and the

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championship.2014–15 Texas Basketball Fact Book, p. 89 The following season, Moore helped Texas win a share of the SWC championship for the second consecutive year, defeat a school-record three AP-ranked teams, advance to the 1979 NCAA Tournament as a No. 4 seed, and finish the season with an overall record of 21–8, giving the Longhorns their first back-to-back seasons of 20 or more wins in 31 years.

NBA career

Moore was selected by the Seattle SuperSonics in the second round of the 1979 NBA draft as the 43rd overall pick, then the second-highest NBA draft position for any basketball player in UT history.2014–15 Texas Basketball Fact Book, p. 147 Over 520 games in his NBA career, Moore averaged 9.4 points, 7.4 assists, 3.0 rebounds and 1.96 steals per game, and a field goal percentage of 46.0. Moore recorded 20 assists during three games in his career, once during the playoffs, making him one of only seven players to record 20 assists or more in a playoff game. He also had two games of nine or more steals in a game, being one of only 50 different players to record nine or more steals in a game. Moore is one of ten players to have his number ("00") retired by the Spurs.

NBA career statistics

Regular season

, - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;", San Antonio , 82 , , , , 19.2 , , .479 , , .053 , , .610 , , 2.4 , , 4.5 , , 1.5 , , .3 , , 7.4 , - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;", San Antonio , 79 , , 78 , , 29.0 , , .463 , , .048 , , .670 , , 3.5 , , style="background:#cfecec;", 9.6* , , 2.1 , , .2 , , 9.4 , - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;", San Antonio , 77 , , 73 , , 33.1 , , .468 , , .227 , , .744 , , 3.6 , , 9.8 , , 2.5 , , .4 , , 12.2 , - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;", San Antonio , 59 , , 42 , , 28.0 , , .446 , , .322 , , .755 , , 3.0 , , 9.6 , , 2.1 , , .3 , , 10.1 , - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;", San Antonio , 82 , , 82 , , 32.8 , , .457 , , .281 , , .762 , , 4.6 , , 10.0 , , 2.8 , , .2 , , 12.8 , - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;", San Antonio , 28 , , 23 , , 30.6 , , .495 , , .182 , , .686 , , 3.1 , , 9.0 , , 2.5 , , .2 , , 13.0 , - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;", San Antonio , 55 , , 27 , , 22.4 , , .442 , , .278 , , .800 , , 1.8 , , 4.5 , , 1.5 , , .1 , , 8.6 , - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;", San Antonio , 4 , , 0 , , 12.8 , , .444 , , .000 , , , , 1.0 , , 2.8 , , .8 , , .0 , , 2.0 , - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;", New Jersey , 1 , , 0 , , 10.0 , , .000 , , , , , , 2.0 , , 1.0 , , .0 , , .0 , , .0 , - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;", San Antonio , 53 , , 8 , , 9.7 , , .373 , , .235 , , .593 , , 1.0 , , 1.5 , , .6 , , .1 , , 2.2 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 520 , , 333 , , 25.8 , , .460 , , .251 , , .712 , , 3.0 , , 7.4 , , 2.0 , , .2 , , 9.4

Playoffs

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1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street bridges, 14th Street Bridge in ...

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1983 The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to Internet protocol suite, TCP/IP is officially completed (this is consid ...

, style="text-align:left;", San Antonio , 11 , , , , 37.6 , , .533 , , style="background:#cfecec;", .529* , , .800, , 4.3, , style="background:#cfecec;", 14.6* , , style="background:#cfecec;", 2.5* , , .3 , , 22.5 , - , style="text-align:left;",

1985 The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a ...

, style="text-align:left;", San Antonio , 5 , , 5 , , 33.6 , , .463 , , .333 , , .652 , , 6.0 , , 8.4 , , 2.0 , , .4 , , 13.2 , - , style="text-align:left;",

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, style="text-align:left;", San Antonio , 9 , , 0 , , 9.6 , , .250 , , .000 , , .500 , , 1.2 , , 2.3 , , .8 , , .1 , , 1.8 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 41 , , 5 , , 26.4 , , .490 , , .313 , , .683 , , 3.2 , , 8.4 , , 1.7 , , .3 , , 11.3

Coaching career

Moore made his coaching debut in the 2010–11 season with the

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of the NBA D-League as an assistant coach. In December 2012 Moore was named head coach of the Corpus Christi Clutch of the American Basketball League. 10 of 12 teams did not survive the first ABL season of 2013, including the Clutch. In the Fall of 2013 Moore was named head coach the South Texas Stingrays, an expansion team in the

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. Team majority owner Marlon Minifee (who also owns the

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) decided not to bring back the Stingrays to Brownsville for 2014–15, opting to form a new team: Central Texas Swarm (now known as the Am-Mex Swarm). Moore is currently head coach of the Swarm.

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