Jay Humphries

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Jay Humphries
No. 24, 6, 5
Shooting guard
Personal information
Born	(1962-10-17) October 17, 1962 Los Angeles, California
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Listed weight	185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High school	Inglewood (Inglewood, California)
College	Colorado (1980–1984)
NBA draft	1984 / Round: 1 / Pick: 13th overall
Selected by the Phoenix Suns
Pro playing career	1984–1995
Career history
As player:
1984–1988	Phoenix Suns
1988–1992	Milwaukee Bucks
1992–1995	Utah Jazz
1995	Boston Celtics
As coach:
2008–2010	Reno Bighorns (NBA D-League)
2010–2011	Foshan Dralions (China)
Career NBA statistics
Points	8,772 (11.1 ppg)
Assists	4,339 (5.5 apg)
Steals	1,153 (1.5 spg)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

John Jay Humphries (born October 17, 1962) is a retired American professional basketball player who played in the NBA. He later served as the first head coach of the NBA D-League's Reno Bighorns.^[1]

A 6'3" (1.90 m) guard from the University of Colorado, Humphries was selected 13th overall by the Phoenix Suns in the 1984 NBA Draft. He was traded to the Milwaukee Bucks in 1987. The Bucks traded him to the Utah Jazz prior to the 1992-93 season in exchange for Blue Edwards.

Humphries retired in 1995 as a member of the Boston Celtics; he holds career averages of 11.1 points and 5.5 assists per game.

Humphries began his basketball coaching career as an associate head coach in the Chinese CBA in 2001. He spent another five years in the Korean Professional Basketball League in South Korea as head coach of the Inchon ET Land Black Slamer, and associate head coach for the Wonju TG Xers.^[1]

In 1998 he joined a team of retired NBA players, including Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Oscar Robertson and Adrian Dantley on a tour of China for a series of exhibition games against the Chinese national team.^[2]

Notes

External links

College & NBA stats @ basketballreference.com

v t e 1984 NBA Draft

First round	Hakeem Olajuwon Sam Bowie Michael Jordan Sam Perkins Charles Barkley Melvin Turpin Alvin Robertson Lancaster Gordon Otis Thorpe Leon Wood Kevin Willis Tim McCormick Jay Humphries Michael Cage Terence Stansbury John Stockton Jeff Turner Vern Fleming Bernard Thompson Tony Campbell Kenny Fields Tom Sewell Earl Jones Michael Young

Second round	Devin Durrant Victor Fleming Ron Anderson Cory Blackwell Stuart Gray Steve Burtt, Sr. Jay Murphy Eric Turner Steve Colter Tony Costner Othell Wilson Charles Jones Ben Coleman Charlie Sitton Danny Young Anthony Teachey Tom Sluby Willie White Greg Wiltjer Fred Reynolds Gary Plummer Jerome Kersey Ronnie Williams

Persondata
Name	Humphries, Jay
Alternative names
Short description	American basketball player-coach
Date of birth	October 17, 1962
Place of birth	Los Angeles, California
Date of death
Place of death

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