Jeffrey Nigel Malone (born June 28, 1961) is an American former professional

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player. He played

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, and is mostly known for his time with the

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(1983–1990) of the

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(NBA), where he was an

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twice, playing the shooting guard position. He also played for the

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, Philadelphia 76ers, and

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Basketball career

Malone averaged 19.0 points per game over 13 years in the NBA. He was known for his capable offense, averaging more than 20 points in six full NBA seasons with Washington and Utah. In particular, Malone was adept at running his defender through a pick or series of screens, receiving a pass and hitting a quick mid-range jump shot. Often, these shots were off-balance, either fading sideways or falling backwards away from hoop, but his accuracy remained lethal, even when well-defended. At times, Malone would go on a hot streak and score more than 15 points in a single quarter. On January 3, 1984, Malone, during his rookie season, hit a game-winning 3-pointer against the

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as he fell out of bounds along the left baseline and lofted the basketball above the backboard and made it to give the Bullets a 103–102 lead with 1 second left. This shot was listed in a votable list of the NBA's greatest shots. Malone emerged as one of the best scoring guards in the league over the next few years, appearing in the

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in both 1986 and 1987. He averaged a career-best 24.3 points per game with the Bullets in 1989-90,D-League: Flame to name Malone as coach
his last season with the team. Malone was traded to the Jazz in the off-season, adding another offensive weapon to a team that already featured future Hall of Famers

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and

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. Jeff Malone averaged 18.6 points per game in his first year in Utah, and shot 91.7 percent on free throws, good for second in the league (narrowly losing the free throw title to Indiana's

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, who shot 91.8 percent that season). Malone averaged 20.2 points per game the following year, and was named NBA Player of the Week for December 8, 1991. His scoring helped the Jazz to the Western Conference Finals that year, at that time the franchise's best-ever performance in the playoffs. During the 1993-94 season, Malone was sent to the Philadelphia 76ers in a trade that brought

Jeff Hornacek Jeffrey John Hornacek (; born May 3, 1963) is an American professional basketball coach and a former player who is a coaching consultant for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He previously was the head coach for both the ...

to Utah. Jeff was hired as Smokey Gaines'

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for the IBL Stingrays in July 1999. Malone also coached the NBA Development League's

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from 2001 to 2005, compiling a 102–98 record, before the franchise changed ownership and moved to

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, renaming the team the Austin Toros and leaving Malone out of a job. He spent some time as the head coach of the

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until that team ceased operations in 2006, citing a lack of a suitable arena to play in.

Personal life

Malone resides in Chandler, Arizona, with his wife. He has four children; Jay, Joshua, Justin, and Jasmine Malone and one grandson Marshall Knutson-Malone. Malone is the nephew of the late

Vivian Malone Jones Vivian Juanita Malone Jones (July 15, 1942 – October 13, 2005) was one of the first two black students to enroll at the University of Alabama in 1963, and in 1965 became the university's first black graduate. She was made famous when George Wa ...

, the first African American graduate of the

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, and Dr. Sharon Malone Holder, wife of U.S. Attorney General

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. He is not related to either former Jazz teammate

Moses Malone Moses Eugene Malone (March 23, 1955 – September 13, 2015) was an American professional basketball player who played in both the American Basketball Association (ABA) and the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1974 through 1995. A cen ...

(with whom he was a teammate in Washington from 1986 to 1988).

NBA career statistics

Regular season

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Playoffs

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D-league Head Coach

References

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