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Rod Strickland

Guard  at Houston Rockets
Age59
NationalityUSA
Height191 cm (6'3")
Weight84 kg
BornJul 11, 1966
CollegeDePaul
Career
12.6PPG
3.6RPG
7.0APG
1,291 games · 17 seasons

Career snapshot

17seasons
1,291games
16,213career pts
16.3PER (avg)
Most-played franchise: Portland Trail Blazers · 312 games · 1992-93–2000-01

Position rank · 2003-04

#72PPG rank
#23PER rank
#57WS rank
Among 109 Guard players (min. 41 games)

Career highs (single season)

PPG 18.9 1994-95 · POR
RPG 5.3 1997-98 · WAS
APG 10.5 1997-98 · WAS
PER 21.6 1994-95 · POR
WS 9.3 1993-94 · POR

Draft

1988
Round 1 · Pick 19
from DePaul

Honors & awards

1×
All-NBA Team
1997

Career by team

Houston Rockets
2004-05 – 2004-05 · 1 seasons
1.8 PPG 1.7 RPG 2.4 APG
16 games
Orlando Magic
2003-04 – 2003-04 · 1 seasons
6.8 PPG 2.6 RPG 4.0 APG
46 games
Toronto Raptors
2003-04 – 2003-04 · 1 seasons
4.7 PPG 2.5 RPG 3.9 APG
15 games
Minnesota Timberwolves
2002-03 – 2002-03 · 1 seasons
6.8 PPG 2.0 RPG 4.6 APG
47 games
Miami Heat
2001-02 – 2001-02 · 1 seasons
10.4 PPG 3.1 RPG 6.1 APG
76 games
Portland Trail Blazers
1992-93 – 2000-01 · 5 seasons
16.1 PPG 4.3 RPG 8.3 APG
312 games
Washington Wizards
1996-97 – 2000-01 · 5 seasons
15.5 PPG 4.3 RPG 8.9 APG
304 games
San Antonio Spurs
1989-90 – 1991-92 · 3 seasons
13.9 PPG 4.2 RPG 8.2 APG
146 games
New York Knicks
1988-89 – 1989-90 · 2 seasons
8.7 PPG 2.2 RPG 4.1 APG
132 games

Stats by season

SeasonTeamGGSMIN PTSREBASTSTLBLK FG%3P%FT%PERWS
1988-89 NYK 81 10 16.8 8.9 2.0 3.9 1.2 0.0 46.7 32.2 74.5 18.0 3.7
1989-90 NBA 82 24 26.1 10.6 3.2 5.7 1.5 0.2 45.4 26.7 62.6 — —
1989-90 NYK 51 0 20.0 8.4 2.5 4.3 1.4 0.2 44.0 28.6 63.8 15.9 1.8
1989-90 SAS 31 24 36.2 14.2 4.3 8.0 1.8 0.2 46.8 22.2 61.5 15.4 2.5
1990-91 SAS 58 56 35.8 13.8 3.8 8.0 2.0 0.2 48.2 33.3 76.3 16.2 5.7
1991-92 SAS 57 54 36.0 13.8 4.6 8.6 2.1 0.3 45.5 33.3 68.7 16.9 5.2
1992-93 POR 78 35 31.7 13.7 4.3 7.2 1.7 0.3 48.5 13.3 71.7 18.0 7.4
1993-94 POR 82 58 35.2 17.2 4.5 9.0 1.8 0.3 48.3 20.0 74.9 19.8 9.3
1994-95 POR 64 61 35.4 18.9 5.0 8.8 1.9 0.1 46.6 37.4 74.5 21.6 8.5
1995-96 POR 67 63 37.7 18.7 4.4 9.6 1.4 0.2 46.0 34.2 65.2 19.1 7.1
1996-97 WAS 82 81 36.5 17.2 4.1 8.9 1.7 0.2 46.6 16.9 73.8 — —
1997-98 WAS 76 76 39.7 17.8 5.3 10.5 1.7 0.3 43.4 25.0 72.6 19.6 8.1
1998-99 WAS 44 43 37.1 15.7 4.8 9.9 1.7 0.1 41.6 28.6 74.6 20.2 4.1
1999-00 WAS 69 67 31.7 12.6 3.8 7.5 1.4 0.3 42.9 4.8 70.2 17.1 3.7
2000-01 NBA 54 28 25.4 9.2 2.6 5.6 1.0 0.1 42.4 23.5 75.1 — —
2000-01 POR 21 0 16.7 4.6 1.7 3.4 0.5 0.0 41.8 0.0 57.7 12.2 0.4
2000-01 WAS 33 28 30.9 12.2 3.2 7.0 1.3 0.1 42.6 25.0 78.2 17.4 1.8
2001-02 MIA 76 64 30.2 10.4 3.1 6.1 1.1 0.1 44.3 30.8 76.6 15.6 4.9
2002-03 MIN 47 8 20.3 6.8 2.0 4.6 1.0 0.1 43.2 9.1 73.8 15.4 1.7
2003-04 NBA 61 10 19.6 6.3 2.5 4.0 0.6 0.2 42.5 27.8 73.5 — —
2003-04 ORL 46 9 19.9 6.8 2.6 4.0 0.6 0.2 45.4 30.3 75.0 15.8 1.2
2003-04 TOR 15 1 18.8 4.7 2.5 3.9 0.5 0.3 33.3 0.0 68.2 11.8 0.1
2004-05 HOU 16 2 12.3 1.8 1.7 2.4 0.2 0.1 20.9 50.0 90.0 4.6 -0.2

Transfers & team changes

Derived from season-by-season team membership.

Date Move Type Notes
Jul 2004 Toronto Raptors Houston Rockets season change
Jul 2004 Orlando Magic Houston Rockets season change
Oct 2003 Orlando Magic Toronto Raptors mid season trade From 2003-04 to 2003-04
Jul 2003 Minnesota Timberwolves Toronto Raptors season change
Jul 2003 Minnesota Timberwolves Orlando Magic season change
Jul 2002 Miami Heat Minnesota Timberwolves season change
Jul 2001 Portland Trail Blazers Miami Heat season change
Jul 2001 Washington Wizards Miami Heat season change
Jul 2000 Washington Wizards Portland Trail Blazers season change
Jul 1996 Portland Trail Blazers Washington Wizards season change
Jul 1992 San Antonio Spurs Portland Trail Blazers season change
Jul 1989 New York Knicks San Antonio Spurs season change

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Born on July 11

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About Rod Strickland

Rodney Strickland is an American basketball coach and former professional player. He is currently the head coach at Long Island University. Prior to LIU, he served as the program manager for the NBA G League's professional path. Strickland played college basketball for the DePaul Blue Demons, earning All-American honors. He had a long career in the National Basketball Association (NBA), playing from 1988 to 2005. Strickland was an assistant coach for the South Florida Bulls, under Orlando Antigua from 2014 to 2017. He formerly served in an administrative role for the University of Kentucky bas