Patrick Joseph Garrity (born August 23, 1976) is an American former professional

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player who played for ten years in the

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(NBA). He was a member of the

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Executive Committee from 2000 to 2008 where he served as secretary and treasurer. He is currently the assistant general manager of the

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High school years

At Lewis-Palmer High School in Monument, Colorado, Garrity was a three time All-State selection and part of the 1994 Class 4A State of

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High School Basketball Championship team. He was a three time All-State selection and the Class 4A player of the year for the 1993–94 season as well as valedictorian of his high school class. His jersey, number 53, is retired at Lewis-Palmer High School.

College career

At the

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, Garrity played four years with the Fighting Irish averaging double-digits in scoring in all four seasons, including a 23.2 point-per-game average in his senior season of 1997–98. He was the

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in 1997. In 1998, he was a Consensus Second Team All-America selection. He was a two-time Academic All-America selection as well as Academic All-American of the Year for Division I men's basketball in 1998.

Professional career

Garrity was drafted by the

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with the 19th pick of the

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. The Bucks traded his rights and the rights to

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, to the

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for the rights to Robert Traylor. Then Garrity's rights, along with

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, and a first-round draft pick, were traded to the

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in exchange for

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. Garrity played in Phoenix averaging 5.6 points per game in 39 appearances (in an

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-shortened 50-game regular season). He was traded, along with Danny Manning and two future draft picks, to the

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for

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. He played in all 82 games with Orlando in 1999–2000, averaging 8.2 points per game and shooting 40.1 percent from three-point territory. He had a similar performance in 2000–01, and then in 2001–02 his scoring average hit a career-high of 11.1 points per game as he started 43 of the 80 games he played. On March 19, 2002, in a 101–91 win over the

, Garrity made a career high 7 three pointers on his way to a 21 point total. During the season he ranked 7th in the NBA in both 3 point field goal percentage and 3 point field goals made. Garrity participated in the 2001 and 2003

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s during NBA All-Star Weekend. His average dipped to 10.7 points per game in 2002–03. That season, on November 2, 2002, Garrity scored 13 points and grabbed a career high 15 rebounds in a 100–90 win over the Bucks. Garrity's 2003–04 campaign ended after he played in only two games due to cartilage damage in his right knee, which forced him to undergo

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. On January 26, 2006, Garrity scored 24 points in a 119–115 overtime win against the

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. On September 11, 2008, he announced his retirement from professional basketball. About 2009 he was taking classes at the

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Post-playing career

Garrity worked for

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before returning to the NBA as director of strategic planning for the

. On June 15, 2016, Garrity was promoted and became the assistant general manager of the

NBA career statistics

Regular season

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, 76 , , 1 , , 20.8 , , .387 , , .433 , , .867 , , 2.8 , , .7 , , .5 , , .2 , , 8.3 , - , align="left" , 2001–02 , align="left" ,

, 80 , , 43 , , 30.1 , , .426 , , .427 , , .836 , , 4.2 , , 1.2 , , .8 , , .3 , , 11.1 , - , align="left" , 2002–03 , align="left" ,

, 81 , , 53 , , 31.9 , , .419 , , .396 , , .830 , , 3.8 , , 1.5 , , .8 , , .2 , , 10.7 , - , align="left" , 2003–04 , align="left" ,

, 2 , , 0 , , 11.0 , , .333 , , .000 , , .000 , , .0 , , .5 , , .0 , , .0 , , 1.0 , - , align="left" , 2004–05 , align="left" ,

, 71 , , 0 , , 13.5 , , .402 , , .333 , , .879 , , 1.7 , , .4 , , .3 , , .1 , , 4.6 , - , align="left" , 2005–06 , align="left" ,

, 57 , , 0 , , 16.5 , , .417 , , .388 , , .811 , , 1.9 , , .7 , , .2 , , .2 , , 4.9 , - , align="left" , 2006–07 , align="left" ,

, 33 , , 0 , , 8.4 , , .314 , , .344 , , .889 , , 1.3 , , .4 , , .2 , , .0 , , 2.2 , - , align="left" , 2007–08 , align="left" ,

, 31 , , 0 , , 9.2 , , .338 , , .216 , , .800 , , 1.4 , , .4 , , .2 , , .0 , , 2.1 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 552 , , 107 , , 20.0 , , .417 , , .398 , , .806 , , 2.6 , , .8 , , .4 , , .1 , , 7.3

Playoffs

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2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a multi-national coalition in an invasion of Afghanist ...

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, 4 , , 0 , , 29.3 , , .472 , , .500 , , .800 , , 1.3 , , .5 , , .0 , , .2 , , 12.0 , - , align="left" ,

2002 File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains East Timor independence, indepe ...

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, 4 , , 4 , , 36.8 , , .375 , , .389 , , .750 , , 7.5 , , 2.3 , , .5 , , .2 , , 8.5 , - , align="left" ,

2003 File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry into Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an epidemic in China, and was a precursor to SARS-CoV-2; A ...

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, 7 , , 1 , , 23.3 , , .286 , , .235 , , 1.000 , , 2.6 , , .7 , , .3 , , .4 , , 4.0 , - , align="left" ,

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

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, 2 , , 0 , , 3.0 , , .000 , , .000 , , .500 , , 1.0 , , .0 , , .0 , , .0 , , .5 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , , 20 , , 5 , , 24.3 , , .393 , , .407 , , .857 , , 3.2 , , .9 , , .2 , , .3 , , 6.9

References

External links

NBA.com Profile – Pat Garrity
{{DEFAULTSORT:Garrity, Pat 1976 births Living people All-American college men's basketball players American men's basketball players Basketball players from Colorado Basketball players from Nevada Detroit Pistons executives Fuqua School of Business alumni Milwaukee Bucks draft picks Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball players Orlando Magic players People from Monument, Colorado Phoenix Suns players Power forwards (basketball) Sportspeople from Las Vegas