Mark Bryant (basketball)

Mark Bryant
New York Knicks
Position	Assistant coach
League	NBA
Personal information
Born	April 25, 1965 (age 59); Glen Ridge, New Jersey, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight	245 lb (111 kg)
Career information
High school	Columbia (Maplewood, New Jersey)
College	Seton Hall (1984–1988)
NBA draft	1988: 1st round, 21st overall pick
	Selected by the Portland Trail Blazers
Playing career	1988–2003
Position	Power forward
Number	2, 9, 11
Career history
As player:
1988–1995	Portland Trail Blazers
1995–1996	Houston Rockets
1996–1998	Phoenix Suns
1999	Chicago Bulls
1999–2000	Cleveland Cavaliers
2000–2001	Dallas Mavericks
2001–2002	San Antonio Spurs
2002	Philadelphia 76ers
2002–2003	Denver Nuggets
2003	Boston Celtics
As coach:
2004–2005	Dallas Mavericks (assistant)
2005–2007	Orlando Magic (assistant)
2007–2019	Seattle SuperSonics / Oklahoma City Thunder (assistant)
2019–2023	Phoenix Suns (assistant)
2023–2024	Detroit Pistons (assistant)
2024–present	New York Knicks (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
	First-team All-Big East (1988); Haggerty Award (1988);
Career NBA statistics
Points	4,313 (5.4 ppg)
Rebounds	2,992 (3.8 rpg)
Fouls	2,018 (2.5 pfpg)
	Stats at NBA.com
	Stats at Basketball Reference
Men's Basketball
Representing United States
Summer Universiade

Mark Craig Bryant (born April 25, 1965) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is currently an assistant coach for the New York Knicks. As a player, he played collegiately at Seton Hall University from 1984 to 1988, and was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers in the first round (21st pick overall) of the 1988 NBA draft. Bryant played for 10 NBA teams during his career, averaging 5.4 ppg and appeared in the 1990 and 1992 NBA Finals as a member of the Blazers.

In the 1995–96 NBA season with the Houston Rockets, he averaged 8.6 ppg and 4.9 rpg while playing 71 games. The next season, Bryant averaged career-high averages of 9.3 points, 5.2 rebounds, and 1.1 assists per game with the Phoenix Suns while playing 41 regular season games that season.

Bryant first became an assistant coach for the Dallas Mavericks during the 2004–05 season. He then was an assistant coach with the Orlando Magic from 2005 to 2007. Bryant also became an assistant coach for the Seattle SuperSonics during their last official season in the league before the team moved to Oklahoma City to become the Oklahoma City Thunder. Bryant remained an assistant coach for the Thunder through the end of the 2018–19 NBA season. Before the start of the 2019–20 NBA season, Bryant was hired as assistant coach by the Phoenix Suns, returning to the franchise where he played as a player to join new head coach Monty Williams' staff.^[1]

Born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey,^[2] Bryant grew up in South Orange, New Jersey,^[3] and attended Columbia High School.^[4]

Bryant was one of the first players in NBA history to complete the Texas Triple, as he was a member of all three of the state's NBA franchises.

NBA career statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field goal percentage	3P%	3-point field goal percentage	FT%	Free throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high

Regular season


Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1988–89	Portland	56	32	14.3	.486	–	.580	3.2	.6	.4	.1	5.0
1989–90	Portland	58	0	9.7	.458	–	.580	2.5	.2	.3	.2	2.9
1990–91	Portland	53	0	14.7	.488	.000	.733	3.6	.5	.3	.2	5.1
1991–92	Portland	56	0	14.3	.480	.000	.667	3.6	.7	.5	.1	4.1
1992–93	Portland	80	24	17.5	.503	.000	.703	4.1	.5	.5	.3	6.0
1993–94	Portland	79	10	18.2	.482	.000	.692	4.0	.5	.4	.4	5.6
1994–95	Portland	49	0	13.4	.526	.500	.651	3.3	.6	.4	.3	5.0
1995–96	Houston	71	9	22.8	.543	.000	.718	4.9	.7	.4	.3	8.6
1996–97	Phoenix	41	18	24.8	.553	–	.704	5.2	1.1	.5	.1	9.3
1997–98	Phoenix	70	22	15.9	.484	.000	.768	3.5	.7	.5	.2	4.2
1998–99	Chicago	45	29	26.8	.483	.000	.645	5.2	1.1	.8	.4	9.0
1999–2000	Cleveland	75	50	22.8	.503	–	.809	4.7	.8	.4	.4	5.7
2000–01	Dallas	18	1	5.6	.400	–	.600	1.2	.2	.1	.1	1.1
2001–02	San Antonio	30	3	6.9	.455	–	.750	1.5	.3	.2	.1	1.9
2002–03	Philadelphia	11	0	7.0	.294	–	1.000	1.5	.1	.1	.1	1.1
2002–03	Denver	3	0	4.7	.000	–	.500	.7	.7	.0	.0	.3
2002–03	Boston	2	0	4.5	.000	–	–	1.0	.5	.0	.0	.0
Career		797	198	16.9	.500	.083	.697	3.8	.6	.4	.2	5.4

Source: ^[5]

Playoffs


Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1990	Portland	13	0	12.3	.545	–	.750	2.2	.2	.2	.2	3.2
1991	Portland	14	0	9.8	.455	–	.875	2.3	.1	.1	.1	2.4
1992	Portland	12	0	9.7	.375	–	.750	2.4	.1	.3	.0	1.9
1993	Portland	4	4	20.8	.459	–	1.000	4.5	.0	.0	.8	9.8
1994	Portland	4	1	16.0	.294	.000	–	3.0	.5	.5	.5	2.5
1995	Portland	2	0	3.0	.500	–	.000	1.0	.0	.0	.0	1.0
1996	Houston	8	0	18.1	.600	–	.800	3.4	.5	.1	.3	6.8
1997	Phoenix	4	0	9.0	.400	–	1.000	1.0	.0	.0	.0	2.8
1998	Phoenix	4	1	23.3	.500	–	.500	5.8	.3	1.0	.5	10.0
2001	Dallas	4	0	8.5	.500	–	–	1.5	.0	.3	.0	.5
2002	San Antonio	9	4	10.1	.450	–	.500	1.3	.1	.1	.2	2.3
2003	Boston	1	0	2.0	–	–	–	.0	.0	.0	.0	.0
Career		79	10	12.2	.469	.000	.732	2.5	.2	.2	.2	3.5

References

^ "Phoenix Suns announce complete coaching staff". NBA.com.
^ Mark Bryant Stats, Basketball-Reference.com. Accessed January 7, 2018. "Born: April 25, 1965 (Age: 52-257d) in Glen Ridge, New Jersey"
^ Martinez, Michael. "College Basketball '87: Seton Hall; Carlesimo Starts To Lookup", The New York Times, January 11, 1987. Accessed December 23, 2007. "The team's pivotal player is Mark Bryant, a 6-foot-9-inch junior from South Orange, who had 24 points and 15 rebounds against Georgetown."
^ Rowe, John. "PJ GIVING IT HIS ALL", The Record (Bergen County), March 25, 1992. "His first breakthrough was convincing Mark Bryant of Columbia High School in Maplewood to come to the Hall."
^ "Mark Bryant". Basketball Reference. Sports Reference. Retrieved July 3, 2021.

External links

Career statistics from NBA.com and Basketball Reference

[1] "Phoenix Suns announce complete coaching staff". NBA.com.

[2] Mark Bryant Stats, Basketball-Reference.com. Accessed January 7, 2018. "Born: April 25, 1965 (Age: 52-257d) in Glen Ridge, New Jersey"

[3] Martinez, Michael. "College Basketball '87: Seton Hall; Carlesimo Starts To Lookup", The New York Times, January 11, 1987. Accessed December 23, 2007. "The team's pivotal player is Mark Bryant, a 6-foot-9-inch junior from South Orange, who had 24 points and 15 rebounds against Georgetown."

[4] Rowe, John. "PJ GIVING IT HIS ALL", The Record (Bergen County), March 25, 1992. "His first breakthrough was convincing Mark Bryant of Columbia High School in Maplewood to come to the Hall."

[5] "Mark Bryant". Basketball Reference. Sports Reference. Retrieved July 3, 2021.

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