- Trevor Ruffin
Trevor Ruffin (born
September 26 1970 inBuffalo, New York ) is an American professionalbasketball player formerly in theNBA and the ABA.The 6' 1"
point guard from the University of Hawaiokinai played with thePhoenix Suns and thePhiladelphia 76ers from 1994–1996. He was waived by the ABA's Buffalo Rapids/Silverbacks during the 2005-2006 season due to injury but returned as interim head coach in November 2006 following the resignation ofRichard Jacob . He has since been succeeded byMarc Fulcher .Although he only started in 24 out of 110 career NBA games, Ruffin was known to provide instant point production when he entered the game as a substitute. Similar to another 6' 1" former Phoenix Sun guard
Eddie House , Ruffin provided "instant offense" when he came into the game off the bench. In fact, during his rookie season with Phoenix in 1994-95, he averaged 29.2 points per 40 minutes (Nearly 5 points in 6.5 minutes per game). [http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/r/ruffitr01.html]External links
* [http://www.basketballreference.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=RUFFITR01 NBA stats] @ basketballreference.com
* [http://www.sportsstats.com/jazzyj/greats/cba94/ruffin.htm College stats] @ sportsstats.com
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