Purvis Short

Purvis Short

Infobox NBA Player
name = Purvis Short


league =
height_ft = 6
height_in = 7
weight_lbs = 210
position = Small forward/Shooting guard
birth_date = birth date and age|1957|7|2
birth_place = Hattiesburg, Mississippi
former_teams = Golden State Warriors (1978–1987)
Houston Rockets (1987–1989)
New Jersey Nets (1989–1990) Hapoel Tel Aviv (1991–1992)
highschool = Blair in Hattiesburg, Mississippi
college = Jackson State
nationality = USA
draft = 5th overall
draft_team = Golden State Warriors
draft_year = 1978
career_start = 1978
career_end = 1992
awards =

Purvis Short (born July 2 1957, in Hattiesburg, Mississippi) is a retired American professional basketball player, who starred with the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association during the 1980s. A 6'7" small forward, Short averaged 17.3 points per game over his twelve-season career in the NBA.On November 17, 1984 in game against New Jersey, Short scored a career high 59 points. At the time, only 9 other players had scored more points in one game (Wilt Chamberlain doing it several times).After leaving The NBA in 1990, Short took a year off Basketball. In early 1991 he returned to play, this time in Israel For Hapoel Tel Aviv.Short led the team to a successful season that ended in a 3-2 loss to arch rivals Maccabi Tel Aviv in the Playoff Final series.He retired after the end of the season, in 1992.

External links

* [http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/s/shortpu01.html Career statistics] @ basketball-reference.com


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