Chris Raymond Gatling (born September 3, 1967) is an American former professional basketball player. Gatling played for many National Basketball Association (NBA) teams from 1991 to 2002. He played for the US national team in the

1990 FIBA World Championship The 1990 FIBA World Championship was the 11th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship for men's teams. It was hosted by Argentina from 8 to 19 August 1990. The final phase of the competition was held at the Luna Pa ...

, winning the bronze medal.

College career

Gatling played three years at Old Dominion University after transferring there from the University of Pittsburgh. He is ODU's sixth all-time scorer with 1,811 points. He also hauled down 859 career rebounds which rank him ninth all-time. Gatling is the school's all-time field goal percentage leader at .606 (697–1150), and is second all-time at ODU with (12) 30-point games. He shot .620 (251–405) from the field in 1991. Gatling scored 36 points in a game against UNC Charlotte in 1991 and against

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in March 1989. He earned honorable mention All-American honors in 1990 and 1991. Gatling was named sophomore of the year in 1988, and then

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Player of the Year in both 1990 and 1991. In 1991, he was named the Sun Belt Conference tournament

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as he led the then seventh seeded Monarchs to the finals before losing to South Alabama.

Professional career

Gatling was drafted 16th overall by the

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in the 1991 NBA draft. He spent the first four years of his career with the Warriors, and averaged 13.7 points and 7.6 rebounds per game in his final full season with the Warriors, 1994–95. That same year, Gatling led the NBA in field goal percentage at 0.633-one of the ten highest percentages in NBA history. Gatling was traded, along with

Tim Hardaway Timothy Duane Hardaway Sr. (born September 1, 1966) is an American former professional basketball player. Hardaway played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Golden State Warriors, Miami Heat, Dallas Mavericks, Denver Nuggets a ...

, to the Miami Heat halfway through the 1995–96 season, and also played for the

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and New Jersey Nets during the 1996–97 season (representing the Mavericks in the

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only a few days before being traded to the Nets). He played 78 games in slightly more than two seasons with the Nets before requesting a trade. He played next with the Milwaukee Bucks for the final thirty games of the lockout-shortened 1998–99 season. He split the 1999–2000 season with the

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and the

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. His final two NBA seasons saw him with the

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and again, the Heat. Gatling retired from the NBA following the 2001–02 season with career averages of 10.3 points and 5.3 rebounds per game, and a .513

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percentage. After his NBA career ended in 2002, he played one season in Russian League with CSKA Moscow.

Personal life

Gatling attended Elizabeth High School in

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. Gatling is known for his frequent use of the headband as an accessory to his NBA uniform. In 2001, he stated that he started the practice as a reminder that he is lucky to be alive after suffering a serious head injury as a teenager. In December 2017, Gatling was sentenced in Maricopa County, Arizona to two and a half years in prison for fraud.

NBA career statistics

Regular season

, - , align="left" , 1991–92 , align="left" , Golden State , 54 , , 1 , , 11.3 , , .568 , , .000 , , .661 , , 3.4 , , .3 , , .6 , , .7 , , 5.7 , - , align="left" , 1992–93 , align="left" , Golden State , 70 , , 11 , , 17.8 , , .539 , , .000 , , .725 , , 4.6 , , .6 , , .6 , , .8 , , 9.3 , - , align="left" , 1993–94 , align="left" , Golden State , 82 , , 23 , , 15.8 , , .588 , , .000 , , .620 , , 4.8 , , .5 , , .5 , , .8 , , 8.2 , - , align="left" , 1994–95 , align="left" , Golden State , 58 , , 22 , , 25.3 , , style="background:#cfecec;", .633* , , .000 , , .592 , , 7.6 , , .9 , , .7 , , .9 , , 13.7 , - , align="left" , 1995–96 , align="left" , Golden State , 47 , , 2 , , 18.3 , , .555 , , .000 , , .636 , , 5.1 , , .6 , , .4 , , .6 , , 9.1 , - , align="left" , 1995–96 , align="left" , Miami , 24 , , 0 , , 23.5 , , .598 , , .000 , , .733 , , 7.3 , , .7 , , .7 , , .5 , , 15.2 , - , align="left" , 1996–97 , align="left" , Dallas , 44 , , 1 , , 27.1 , , .533 , , .167 , , .706 , , 7.9 , , .6 , , .8 , , .7 , , 19.1 , - , align="left" , 1996–97 , align="left" , New Jersey , 3 , , 0 , , 30.7 , , .419 , , .000 , , .938 , , 7.3 , , 1.0 , , 1.3 , , .0 , , 17.0 , - , align="left" , 1997–98 , align="left" , New Jersey , 57 , , 16 , , 23.8 , , .455 , , .250 , , .600 , , 5.9 , , .9 , , .9 , , .5 , , 11.5 , - , align="left" , 1998–99 , align="left" , New Jersey , 18 , , 2 , , 15.6 , , .371 , , .000 , , .500 , , 3.6 , , .7 , , .4 , , .2 , , 4.7 , - , align="left" , 1998–99 , align="left" , Milwaukee , 30 , , 1 , , 16.5 , , .482 , , .143 , , .362 , , 3.8 , , .7 , , .8 , , .2 , , 6.3 , - , align="left" , 1999–00 , align="left" , Orlando , 45 , , 0 , , 23.1 , , .455 , , .304 , , .698 , , 6.6 , , .9 , , 1.1 , , .2 , , 13.3 , - , align="left" , 1999–00 , align="left" , Denver , 40 , , 0 , , 19.3 , , .456 , , .234 , , .742 , , 5.1 , , .8 , , .8 , , .3 , , 10.4 , - , align="left" , 2000–01 , align="left" , Cleveland , 74 , , 6 , , 22.6 , , .449 , , .304 , , .684 , , 5.3 , , .8 , , .7 , , .4 , , 11.4 , - , align="left" , 2001–02 , align="left" , Miami , 54 , , 1 , , 15.0 , , .447 , , .125 , , .701 , , 3.8 , , .5 , , .3 , , .2 , , 6.4 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 700 , , 86 , , 19.7 , , .513 , , .249 , , .660 , , 5.3 , , .7 , , .7 , , .5 , , 10.3 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", All-Star , 1 , , 0 , , 12.0 , , .125 , , .000 , , .000 , , 2.0 , , .0 , , 1.0 , , .0 , , 2.0

Playoffs

, - , align="left" ,

1992 File:1992 Events Collage V1.png, From left, clockwise: 1992 Los Angeles riots, Riots break out across Los Angeles, California after the Police brutality, police beating of Rodney King; El Al Flight 1862 crashes into a residential apartment buildi ...

, align="left" , Golden State , 4 , , 0 , , 20.3 , , .621 , , .000 , , .636 , , 6.3 , , .0 , , .5 , , 2.5 , , 12.5 , - , align="left" ,

1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which Sinking of the MS Estonia, sank in ...

, align="left" , Golden State , 3 , , 1 , , 18.0 , , .615 , , .000 , , .769 , , 5.7 , , 1.3 , , .7 , , .3 , , 8.7 , - , align="left" ,

1996 File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A Centennial Olympic Park bombing, bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical Anti-abortion violence, anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 8 ...

, align="left" , Miami , 3 , , 0 , , 22.7 , , .273 , , .000 , , .500 , , 8.0 , , 0.3 , , .7 , , .0 , , 6.0 , - , align="left" ,

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...

, align="left" , New Jersey , 3 , , 1 , , 27.0 , , .500 , , .000 , , .667 , , 3.3 , , .7 , , .7 , , .7 , , 15.3 , - , align="left" ,

1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shootin ...

, align="left" , Milwaukee , 2 , , 0 , , 6.0 , , .000 , , .000 , , .000 , , 1.5 , , .0 , , .5 , , .0 , , .0 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 15 , , 2 , , 19.7 , , .490 , , .000 , , .623 , , 5.3 , , .5 , , .6 , , .9 , , 9.3

References

External links

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