Skip to content
Players › Los Angeles Lakers › Nick Van Exel
Guard · Los Angeles Lakers

Nick Van Exel

Age 54 · USA · 185 cm (6'1") · 86 kg · Born Nov 27, 1971 · Cincinnati

14.7 PPG 2.9 RPG 6.6 APG 952 games 13 seasons
Nick Van Exel

Career snapshot

13seasons
952games
13,995career pts
15.6PER (avg)
Most-played franchise: Los Angeles Lakers · 378 games · 1993-94–1997-98

Position rank · 2005-06

#86PPG rank
#60PER rank
#57WS rank
Among 105 Guard players (min. 41 games)

Career highs (single season)

PPG 21.4 2001-02 · DEN
RPG 3.9 1999-00 · DEN
APG 9.0 1999-00 · DEN
PER 18.5 2000-01 · DEN
WS 7.2 1996-97 · LAL

Draft

1993
Round 2 · Pick 37
from Cincinnati

Honors & awards

1×
All-Star Selection
1997
1×
All-Rookie Team
1993

Career by team

San Antonio Spurs
2005-06 – 2005-06 · 1 seasons
5.5 PPG 1.4 RPG 1.9 APG
65 games
Portland Trail Blazers
2004-05 – 2004-05 · 1 seasons
11.1 PPG 3.0 RPG 4.3 APG
53 games
Golden State Warriors
2003-04 – 2003-04 · 1 seasons
12.6 PPG 2.7 RPG 5.3 APG
39 games
Dallas Mavericks
2001-02 – 2002-03 · 2 seasons
12.7 PPG 2.9 RPG 4.3 APG
100 games
Denver Nuggets
1998-99 – 2001-02 · 4 seasons
17.6 PPG 3.4 RPG 8.4 APG
245 games
Los Angeles Lakers
1993-94 – 1997-98 · 5 seasons
14.9 PPG 2.8 RPG 7.3 APG
378 games

Stats by season

SeasonTeamGGSMIN PTSREBASTSTLBLK FG%3P%FT%PERWS
1993-94 LAL 81 80 33.3 13.6 2.9 5.8 1.0 0.1 39.4 33.8 78.1 13.6 3.4
1994-95 LAL 80 80 36.8 16.9 2.8 8.3 1.2 0.1 42.0 35.8 78.3 16.3 6.4
1995-96 LAL 74 74 34.0 14.9 2.4 6.9 0.9 0.1 41.7 35.7 79.9 15.9 5.7
1996-97 LAL 79 79 37.2 15.3 2.9 8.5 0.9 0.1 40.2 37.8 82.5 16.0 7.2
1997-98 LAL 64 46 32.1 13.8 3.0 6.9 1.0 0.1 41.9 38.9 79.1 17.8 7.1
1998-99 DEN 50 50 36.0 16.5 2.3 7.4 0.8 0.1 39.8 30.8 81.1 16.7 2.2
1999-00 DEN 79 79 37.3 16.1 3.9 9.0 0.9 0.1 39.0 33.2 81.7 16.0 4.9
2000-01 DEN 71 70 37.9 17.7 3.4 8.5 0.9 0.3 41.4 37.7 81.9 18.5 6.4
2001-02 NBA 72 46 34.7 18.4 3.5 6.6 0.6 0.2 40.9 34.0 80.1 — —
2001-02 DAL 27 2 28.0 13.2 3.1 4.2 0.5 0.1 41.1 34.7 84.4 16.3 1.5
2001-02 DEN 45 44 38.6 21.4 3.8 8.1 0.7 0.2 40.8 33.7 78.2 18.4 2.9
2002-03 DAL 73 1 27.8 12.5 2.8 4.3 0.6 0.1 41.2 37.8 76.4 15.6 4.0
2003-04 GSW 39 29 32.2 12.6 2.7 5.3 0.5 0.1 39.0 30.7 70.7 13.1 1.2
2004-05 POR 53 34 30.5 11.1 3.0 4.3 0.8 0.0 38.1 38.9 78.4 12.5 1.6
2005-06 SAS 65 2 15.2 5.5 1.4 1.9 0.2 0.0 39.7 35.7 68.3 11.0 1.4

Transfers & team changes

Derived from season-by-season team membership.

Date Move Type Notes
Jul 2005 Portland Trail Blazers San Antonio Spurs season change
Jul 2004 Golden State Warriors Portland Trail Blazers season change
Jul 2003 Dallas Mavericks Golden State Warriors season change
Oct 2001 Dallas Mavericks Denver Nuggets mid season trade From 2001-02 to 2001-02
Jul 2001 Denver Nuggets Dallas Mavericks season change
Jul 1998 Los Angeles Lakers Denver Nuggets season change

Similar players

Jalen Rose Jalen Rose Guard-Forward · Indiana Pacers 14.7 career PPG Igor Rakocevic Igor Rakocevic Guard · Minnesota Timberwolves 14.7 career PPG Steve Nash Steve Nash Guard · Phoenix Suns 14.6 career PPG Rex Chapman Rex Chapman Guard · Miami Heat 14.5 career PPG Mike Bibby Mike Bibby Guard · Sacramento Kings 14.3 career PPG Wally Szczerbiak Wally Szczerbiak Guard-Forward · Minnesota Timberwolves 14.3 career PPG Michael Finley Michael Finley Guard-Forward · Dallas Mavericks 15.2 career PPG Stephen Jackson Stephen Jackson Guard-Forward · Los Angeles Clippers 15.3 career PPG

Born on November 27

Emanuel Leaks 1945 · Philadelphia 76ers Don Adams 1947 · Detroit Pistons Jim Price 1949 · Los Angeles Lakers Henry Dickerson 1951 · Detroit Pistons Ron Valentine 1957 · Denver Nuggets Dean Garrett 1966 · Golden State Warriors Brendan Haywood 1979 · Cleveland Cavaliers Branko Jorovic 1981

About Nick Van Exel

Nickey Maxwell Van Exel is an American professional basketball coach and former player who last served as an assistant coach for the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Van Exel played for six NBA teams from 1993 through 2006. He was an NBA All-Star with the Los Angeles Lakers in 1998.