Jerry Stackhouse
Jerry Darnell Stackhouse ( born November 5, 1974 in Kinston, North Carolina ) is a retired American professional basketball player. Stackhouse attended for four years, the University of North Carolina, where he played successfully for the Tar Heels basketball. At the beginning of the 2000s Stackhouse was one of the best players in the NBA. 2000 and 2001, he was invited to the NBA All- Star Game.
NBA career
1995 Stackhouse was selected as the third in the NBA Draft by the Philadelphia 76ers. In his first season 1995/1996 he made remarkable 19.6 points per game and was the NBA All- Rookie First Team convened. Jerry Stackhouse was in his first season as a safe long -time contender for the title of NBA Rookie of the Year until he misconduct Jeff Hornacek fouled in a game against the Utah Jazz and physically attacked him after the following exchange. Stackhouse was subsequently banned by the authorities in the NBA for two games and sanctioned with a penalty in the amount of approximately U.S. $ 7500.
In the 1996/1997 season Stackhouse was traded to the Detroit Pistons, where he later scored 29.8 points per game in his first season and 23.6 one year. During the season he turned against the Chicago Bulls with 57 points the team record for the Pistons for most points in a game on.
In 2002, Stackhouse was traded from the Pistons to the Washington Wizards against Richard Hamilton and another 5 players. In the 2003-2004 season Stackhouse scored 21.5 points and 4.5 assists per game, but could be used only in 26 of 82 games due to an injury of the right knee.
2004 were sold to the Dallas Mavericks Jerry Stackhouse and Christian Laettner. Stackhouse came in his first season for the Mavericks but only as a sixth man off the bench, as his knee injury was still not completely healed. In the season 2005/2006 Stackhouse came into the play-offs regularly used. On 16 June 2006 Stu Jackson discovered in the 5th game of the NBA Finals a foul by Stackhouse on Shaquille O'Neal and locked Stackhouse ( alongside Jason Terry and DJ Mbenga ) then as a third player for the final. So Dallas lost the final 4-2 with the Miami Heat. Stackhouse played until the end of the 2008/2009 season with the Mavericks, but was under new coach Rick Carlisle more and more to substitute and barely got playing time. In 2009 he received therefore no new contract in Dallas. He then received a trial at the New York Knicks, but was not required. A move to Europe, he declined despite good offers. Then gave in January 2010, the Milwaukee Bucks his commitment for the rest of the season 2009/ 2010.
He remained there only until the summer of 2010 and then moved to Miami Heat, where he is scheduled behind the new stars like LeBron James and Chris Bosh as a backup. On 23 November 2010 Stackhouse was released by the Heat to make room for Erick Dampier, which is to replace the injured Udonis Haslem. During the season, he worked as an analyst for NBA TV.
In the season 2011/2012 Stackhouse plays for the Atlanta Hawks. There he helped as a bench player that the Hawks again the Play Offs reached. After the season, Stackhouse signed a contract with the Brooklyn Nets over a year. For the Nets, he came only used sporadically. His contract was not renewed for season end.
End of career
On November 15, 2013 it was announced that Stackhouse will work for Fox Sports Networks as Detroit Pistons analyst.