Timothy Eugene Legler (born December 26, 1966) is an American former professional

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(NBA). He is currently an

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basketball analyst and co-host/analyst on

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College career

Legler attended

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, where he became an Academic All-American and scored 1,699 career points in four seasons for the men's basketball team. He was named to the First Team All-Big 5 (1987) and All-MAAC teams (1987 and 1988). Legler's 3.40 GPA earned him a place on the 1988 GTE Academic All-American Team. He was a career 43 percent three-point shooter. Legler led La Salle to the 1987

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championship game at

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as well as the 1988 NCAA tournament. He was inducted into the

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in 1995 and the La Salle Hall of Athletes in 1997.

NBA career

Legler went undrafted in the

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and played in minor leagues such as the

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(CBA) & USBL from 1988–1995 around stints in the NBA with the Suns, Nuggets, Jazz & Mavericks. He led the Omaha Racers to a CBA championship while leading the league in scoring & was a 4-time CBA All-Star. Legler was selected to the All-CBA First Team in 1991 and 1993, and Second Team in 1995. He also played in France in 1992 for Limoges. Legler played in the NBA at the

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position from 1990 to 1999. He is primarily known for his time in

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, where he played four seasons (two with the

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and two with the renamed

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) from 1995 to 1999. Legler also played for the

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, and

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. During the 1995–96 season, he won the 1996

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during All-Star Weekend and holds the record for a 3-round aggregate of 65 points, having tallied 23, 22, and 20 in each round, out of a maximum possible of 30 points per round, and 90 overall. He continued on to have his most productive season statistically, leading the league in both three-point field goal percentage and true shooting percentage, and ranked third in turnover ratio. Legler made 128 three-pointers, which was over 49% of all career threes he made. Legler was one of three NBA players to finish a season shooting better than 50 percent from the field, better than 50 percent from the three-point line, and better than 80 percent from the free-throw line, the others being

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and Detlef Schrempf. Legler was well known as an accurate three-point shooter and made 260 of his 604 attempts from that range in his career, an accuracy of 43 percent. This figure ranks seventh on the all-time list His career ended due to a recurring knee problem. During his 10 seasons in the league, Legler made a little over $5.1 million in salary.

Post-NBA career

Legler began working on

in 2000, where he has worked as a basketball analyst on the programs ''

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'', '' NBA Fastbreak'', '' First Take'', '' NBA Coast to Coast'', ''

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'' and various shows on

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. He currently also is a co-host with Adam Mares on the All-NBA podcast. Legler was considered a front-runner for the vacant La Salle head coaching job in 2018, but the position was ultimately given to Ashley Howard.

Personal life

Legler attended John Randolph Tucker High School in

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and St. Mary's Catholic School in

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. In 2002, he earned an

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from the

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at the

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. He is married to Christina (née Fuller) who is a former

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. Legler has two children with his ex-wife Jennifer and resides in the Tampa Bay, Florida area.

Career statistics

NBA

Source

Regular season

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Playoffs

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References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Legler, Tim 1966 births Living people American expatriate basketball people in France American men's basketball players Basketball players from Washington, D.C. Dallas Mavericks players Denver Nuggets players Disney people ESPN people Golden State Warriors players La Salle Explorers men's basketball players Limoges CSP players NBA broadcasters Omaha Racers players Phoenix Suns players Rochester Flyers players Shooting guards Basketball players from Richmond, Virginia Undrafted NBA players Utah Jazz players Washington Bullets players Washington Wizards players Wharton School alumni