Nikki Teasley
American basketball player (born 1979)
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::summary American basketball player (born 1979) ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox basketball biography"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Nikki Teasley |
| position | Point guard |
| height_ft | 6 |
| height_in | 0 |
| weight_lbs | 169 |
| number | 42 |
| birth_date | |
| birth_place | Washington D.C., U.S. |
| high_school | Saint John's Catholic Prep |
| (Buckeystown, Maryland) | |
| college | North Carolina (1997–2002) |
| draft_league | WNBA |
| draft_year | 2002 |
| draft_round | 1 |
| draft_pick | 5 |
| draft_team | Portland Fire |
| career_start | 2002 |
| career_end | 2009 |
| years1 | 2002–2005 |
| team1 | Los Angeles Sparks |
| years2 | 2006–2007 |
| team2 | Washington Mystics |
| years3 | 2008–2009 |
| team3 | Atlanta Dream |
| years4 | 2009 |
| team4 | Detroit Shock |
| highlights | * WNBA champion (2002) |
| wnba_profile | nikki_teasley |
| medal_templates | |
| :: |
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- WNBA All-Star (2003)
- WNBA All-Star game MVP (2003)
- 2× All-WNBA Second Team (2003–2004)
- 2× WNBA assists leader (2004, 2006)
- First-team All-ACC (2002)
- ACC Tournament MVP (2000)
- ACC Rookie of the Year (1998)
- ACC All-Freshman Team (1998)
- Gatorade National Player of the Year (1997) | wnba_profile = nikki_teasley | medal_templates =
Nikki Teasley (born March 22, 1979) is a former American basketball player in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).
Born in Washington, D.C., she played college basketball at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
In the 2002 WNBA draft, Teasley was selected as the #5 overall pick by the Portland Fire. But shortly afterwards, she was traded with Sophia Witherspoon to the Los Angeles Sparks for Ukari Figgs and second-round pick Gergana Slavtcheva.
Teasley helped the Sparks win their second consecutive title by hitting a series-winning three-pointer in the final seconds.
On March 24, 2008, Teasley was waived by the Washington Mystics.
The Atlanta Dream signed Teasley in 2008 and she suited up for the 2009 season. Teasley was then waived for Ivory Latta.
Career statistics
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| † | Denotes season(s) in which Teasley won a WNBA championship |
|---|---|
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WNBA
Regular season
|- | align="left" style="background:#afe6ba | 2002† | align="left" | Los Angeles |32||32||27.6||40.4||40.0||75.0||2.6||4.4||0.8||0.3||2.1||6.4 |- | align="left" | 2003 | align="left" | Los Angeles |34||34||35.0||38.9||42.4||87.5||5.1||6.3||1.1||0.4||3.2||11.5 |- | align="left" | 2004 | align="left" | Los Angeles |34||34||32.5||38.8||41.2||76.5||3.4||6.1||1.2||0.2||3.0||9.9 |- | align="left" | 2005 | align="left" | Los Angeles |19||19||29.0||33.3||30.9||84.6||2.8||3.7||1.2||0.2||2.5||7.4 |- | align="left" | 2006 | align="left" | Washington |34||34||28.8||37.1||34.4||82.6||2.6||5.4||1.3||0.3||2.3||10.7 |- | align="left" | 2007 | align="left" | Washington |33||33||22.6||33.6||32.9||93.3||2.2||3.3||0.7||0.2||1.9||5.2 |- class="sortbottom" | align="left" | 2008 | style="text-align:center;" colspan="13" |Did not play (waived) |- | align="left" rowspan=2 | 2009 | align="left" | Atlanta |10||10||23.4||40.0||41.2||80.0||1.7||3.5||0.9||0.1||1.2||3.9 |- | align="left" | Detroit |11||7||20.2||38.5||33.3||100.0||1.3||2.2||0.5||0.4||1.5||3.8 |- class="sortbottom" | align="left" rowspan=2 | Career | align="left" | 7 years, 4 teams |207||203||28.5||37.6||37.7||83.5||3.0||4.7||1.0||0.3||2.4||8.2 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;"| All-Star |1||0||24.4||33.3||40.0||100.0||6.0||6.0||5.0||0.0||0.0||10.0
Playoffs
|- | align="left" style="background:#afe6ba | 2002† | align="left" | Los Angeles |6||6||30.7||33.3||22.7||84.2||2.2||7.8||1.5||0.2||3.7||8.2 |- | align="left" | 2003 | align="left" | Los Angeles |9||9||34.7||32.8||22.2||80.0||4.4||7.9||1.3||0.0||3.0||7.8 |- | align="left" | 2004 | align="left" | Los Angeles |3||3||29.3||26.3||33.3||100.0||1.0||5.3||0.7||0.3||4.7||6.3 |- | align="left" | 2005 | align="left" | Los Angeles |2||1||30.5||33.3||18.2||66.7||2.5||7.0||1.5||0.0||1.5||11.0 |- | align="left" | 2006 | align="left" | Washington |2||2||33.5||33.3||0.0||85.7||5.0||4.0||0.5||0.0||3.5||10.0 |- | align="left" | 2009 | align="left" | Detroit |5||5||16.6||44.4||40.0||66.7||0.2||1.8||0.2||0.2||1.8||4.8 |- class="sortbottom" | align="left" | Career | align="left" | 6 years, 3 teams |27||26||29.4||33.5||23.2||80.0||2.7||6.1||1.0||0.1||3.0||7.6
College
::data[format=table title="NCAA statistics{{Cite web|url=http://goheels.com/documents/2017/6/22/5068907.pdf|title=North Carolina Media Guide|access-date=2017-09-14}}"]
| Year | Team | GP | Points | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997–98 | North Carolina | 30 | 387 | 41.5% | 35.9% | 77.1% | 3.5 | 5.5 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 12.9 |
| 1998–99 | 36 | 555 | 41.3% | 31.3% | 68.7% | 4.7 | 5.9 | 2.6 | 0.528 | 15.4 | |
| 1999-00 | 26 | 379 | 39.0% | 31.7% | 81.5% | 4.0 | 6.2 | 2.3 | 0.192 | 14.6 | |
| 2000-01 | Did not play | ||||||||||
| 2001-02 | 33 | 501 | 36.7% | 36.8% | 86.3% | 4.4 | 5.7 | 2.1 | 0.394 | 15.2 | |
| Career | 125 | 1822 | 39.6% | 34.0% | 77.9% | 4.2 | 5.8 | 2.2 | 0.3 | 14.6 | |
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References
References
- "Nikki Teasley – WNBA.com – Official Site of the WNBA". WNBA.com – Official Site of the WNBA.
- TERRY, MIKE. (2002-04-20). "Sparks' Trade Is Talk of the Draft". Los Angeles Times.
- "North Carolina Media Guide".
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