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{{Short description|American basketball player (born 1966)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{BLP sources|date=February 2011}}
{{Infobox NBA biography
| name = Tim Legler
| image = Cavs Fan Fest (27077662426).jpg
| image_size = 
| caption = Legler at Cleveland Cavaliers Fan Fest in 2016
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|12|26}}
| birth_place = [[Washington, D.C.]], U.S.
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 4
| weight_lbs = 200
| high_school = [[John Randolph Tucker High School|John Randolph Tucker]]<br>([[Richmond, Virginia]])
| college = [[La Salle Explorers men's basketball|La Salle]] (1984–1988)
| draft_year = 1988
| career_start = 1988
| career_end = 1999
| career_position = [[Shooting guard]]
| career_number = 23, 22, 18, 20
| years1 = 1988
| team1 = [[Philadelphia Aces]]
| years2 = 1988–1989
| team2 = [[Wisconsin Flyers|Rochester Flyers]]
| years3 = 1989
| team3 = [[Youngstown Pride]]
| years4 = 1989–1990
| team4 = [[Omaha Racers]]
| years5 = {{nbay|1989|end}}
| team5 = [[Phoenix Suns]]
| years6 = 1990
| team6 = Philadelphia Aces
| years7 = 1990
| team7 = Omaha Racers
| years8 = {{nbay|1990|full=y}}
| team8 = [[Denver Nuggets]]
| years9 = 1991
| team9 = [[Philadelphia Spirit]]
| years10 = 1991–1992
| team10 = Omaha Racers
| years11 = 1992
| team11 = [[Limoges CSP]]
| years12 = 1992
| team12 = Philadelphia Spirit
| years13 = {{nbay|1992|start}}
| team13 = [[Utah Jazz]]
| years14 = 1992–1993
| team14 = Omaha Racers
| years15 = {{nbay|1992|end}}–{{nbay|1993|end}}
| team15 = [[Dallas Mavericks]]
| years16 = 1994–1995
| team16 = Omaha Racers
| years17 = {{nbay|1994|end}}
| team17 = [[Golden State Warriors]]
| years18 = {{nbay|1995|start}}–{{nbay|1998|end}}
| team18 = [[Washington Wizards|Washington Bullets / Wizards]]
| years19 = {{nbay|1999|start}}
| team19 = Golden State Warriors
| highlights =
* [[NBA Three-Point Contest]] champion ({{nasg|1996}})
* 4x [[List of Continental Basketball Association All-Star Games|CBA All-Star]] (1990, 1992, 1993, 1995)
* 2× All-[[Continental Basketball Association|CBA]] First Team (1991, 1993)
* All-CBA Second Team (1995)
* [[Continental Basketball Association statistical leaders|CBA scoring champion]] (1993)
| stat1label = [[Point (basketball)|Points]]
| stat1value = 1,967 (6.9 ppg)
| stat2label = [[Rebound (basketball)|Rebounds]]
| stat2value = 481 (1.6 rpg)
| stat3label = [[Assist (basketball)|Assists]]
| stat3value = 402 (1.3 apg)
}}
'''Timothy Eugene Legler''' (born December 26, 1966) is an American former professional [[basketball]] player who played in the [[National Basketball Association]] (NBA).<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Tim Legler |url=https://espnpressroom.com/us/bios/legler_tim/ |access-date=2023-06-26 |website=ESPN Press Room U.S. |language=en-US}}</ref> He is currently an [[ESPN]] basketball analyst<ref name=":0" /> and co-host/analyst on [[SiriusXM NBA Radio]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=SiriusXM NBA Radio: The Starting Lineup {{!}} Feb. 23 {{!}} NBA.com |url=https://www.nba.com/watch/event/siriusxm-nba-radio-the-starting-lineup-feb-23 |access-date=2023-06-26 |website=www.nba.com}}</ref>

==College career==
Legler attended [[La Salle University]],<ref name=":0" /> where he became an Academic All-American and scored 1,699 career points in four seasons for the [[La Salle Explorers men's basketball|men's basketball team]]. He was named to the First Team All-Big 5 (1987) and All-MAAC teams (1987 and 1988). Legler's 3.40 GPA earned him a place on the 1988 GTE Academic All-American Team. He was a career 43 percent three-point shooter. Legler led La Salle to the 1987 [[National Invitation Tournament]] championship game at [[Madison Square Garden]] as well as the [[1988 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|1988 NCAA tournament]]. He was inducted into the [[Philadelphia Big 5]] [[Hall of Fame]] in 1995 and the La Salle Hall of Athletes in 1997.

==NBA career==
Legler went undrafted in the [[1988 NBA draft]] and played in minor leagues such as the [[Continental Basketball Association]] (CBA) & USBL from 1988–1995 around stints in the NBA with the Suns, Nuggets, Jazz & Mavericks. He led the Omaha Racers to a CBA championship while leading the league in scoring & was a 4-time CBA All-Star. Legler was selected to the All-CBA First Team in 1991 and 1993, and Second Team in 1995.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tim Legler minor league basketball statistics |url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbasketball/stats/p-legletim001 |website=Stats Crew |access-date=February 25, 2025}}</ref> He also played in France in 1992 for Limoges. 

Legler played in the NBA at the [[shooting guard]] position from 1990 to 1999. He is primarily known for his time in [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]], where he played four seasons (two with the [[Washington Bullets]] and two with the renamed [[Washington Wizards]]) from 1995 to 1999. Legler also played for the [[Phoenix Suns]], [[Denver Nuggets]], [[Utah Jazz]], [[Dallas Mavericks]], and [[Golden State Warriors]].<ref name=":1" />

During the [[1995-96 NBA season|1995–96 season]], he won the 1996 [[Three-Point Shootout]] during All-Star Weekend and holds the record for a 3-round aggregate of 65 points, having tallied 23, 22, and 20 in each round, out of a maximum possible of 30 points per round, and 90 overall. He continued on to have his most productive season statistically, leading the league in both three-point field goal percentage and true shooting percentage, and ranked third in turnover ratio.<ref name=":1" /> Legler made 128 three-pointers, which was over 49% of all career threes he made. Legler was one of three NBA players to finish a season shooting better than 50 percent from the field, better than 50 percent from the three-point line, and better than 80 percent from the free-throw line, the others being [[Steve Kerr]] and [[Detlef Schrempf]].

Legler was well known as an accurate three-point shooter and made 260 of his 604 attempts from that range in his career, an accuracy of 43 percent. This figure ranks seventh on the all-time list<ref name=":1" />

His career ended due to a recurring knee problem. During his 10 seasons in the league, Legler made a little over $5.1 million in salary.<ref name=":1" />

==Post-NBA career==
Legler began working on [[ESPN]] in 2000, where he has worked as a basketball analyst on the programs ''[[NBA Shootaround]]'', ''[[NBA Fastbreak]]'', ''[[First Take (talk show)|First Take]]'', ''[[NBA Coast to Coast]]'', ''[[SportsCenter]]'' and various shows on [[ESPN Radio]].<ref name=":0" /> He currently also is a co-host with Adam Mares on the All-NBA podcast.

Legler was considered a front-runner for the vacant La Salle head coaching job in 2018, but the position was ultimately given to [[Ashley Howard (basketball)|Ashley Howard]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vuhoops.com/2018/4/6/17204342/villanova-news-links-ashley-howard-la-salle-coaching-search|title = Villanova's first loss could be asst. Coach Ashley Howard|date = 6 April 2018}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Legler attended [[John Randolph Tucker High School]] in [[Henrico County, Virginia]] and [[St. Mary's Catholic School (Richmond, Virginia)|St. Mary's Catholic School]] in [[Richmond, Virginia]]. In 2002, he earned an [[MBA]] from the [[Wharton School]] at the [[University of Pennsylvania]]. He is married to Christina (née Fuller) who is a former [[Philadelphia Eagles]] [[Cheerleader]]. Legler has two children with his ex-wife Jennifer and resides in the Tampa Bay, Florida area.{{citation needed|date=April 2025}}

==Career statistics==

{{NBA player statistics legend}}

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|style="background:#CFECEC; width:1em"|*
|Led the league
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===NBA===

Source<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/l/legleti01.html|title=Tim Legler|website=[[Basketball Reference]]|publisher=[[Sports Reference]]|accessdate=30 April 2022}}</ref>

====Regular season====
{{NBA player statistics start}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1989}}
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1989–90 Phoenix Suns season|Phoenix]]
| 11 || 0 || 7.5 || .379 || .000 || '''1.000''' || .7 || .5 || .2 || .0 || 2.5
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1990}}
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1990–91 Denver Nuggets season|Denver]]
| 10 || 0 || 14.8 || .347 || .250 || .833 || 1.8 || 1.2 || .2 || .0 || 5.8
|-
| style="text-align:left;"rowspan=2 | {{nbay|1992}}
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1992–93 Utah Jazz season|Utah]]
| 3 || 0 || 1.7 || .333 || – || – || .3 || .0 || .0 || .0 || .7
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1992–93 Dallas Mavericks season|Dallas]]
| 30 || 0 || 21.0 || .437 || .338 || .803 || '''1.9''' || 1.5 || '''.8''' || .2 || '''9.6'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1993}}
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1993–94 Dallas Mavericks season|Dallas]]
| '''79''' || 0 || 16.7 || .438 || .374 || .840 || 1.6 || 1.5 || .7 || .2 || 8.3
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1994}}
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1994–95 Golden State Warriors season|Golden State]]
| 24 || 0 || 15.5 || '''.522''' || .520 || .882 || 1.7 || 1.1 || .5 || .0 || 7.3
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1995}}
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1995–96 Washington Bullets season|Washington]]
| 77 || 0 || '''23.1''' || .507 || style="background:#CFECEC; width:1em"|'''.522'''* || .863 || 1.8 || '''1.8''' || .6 || .2 || 9.4
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1996}}
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1996–97 Washington Bullets season|Washington]]
| 15 || 0 || 12.1 || .313 || .276 || .857 || 1.4 || .5 || .2 || '''.3''' || 2.9
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1997}}
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1997–98 Washington Wizards season|Washington]]
| 8 || 0 || 9.5 || .158 || .000 || .750 || .5 || .4 || .1 || .0 || 1.1
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1998}}
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1998–99 Washington Wizards season|Washington]]
| 30 || 0 || 12.6 || .443 || .400 || .500 || 1.3 || .7 || .1 || .1 || 4.0
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1999|trunc=y}}
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1999–2000 Golden State Warriors season|Golden State]]
| 23 || '''4''' || 12.3 || .359 || .333 || .778 || 1.0 || 1.0 || .2 || .0 || 3.3
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career
| 310 || 4 || 16.9 || .447 || .431 || .840 || 1.6 || 1.3 || .5 || .1 || 7.0
{{s-end}}

====Playoffs====
{{NBA player statistics start}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1997 NBA Playoffs|1997]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1996–97 Washington Bullets season|Washington]]
| 3 || 0 || 6.3 || .000 || .000 || .500 || .3 || .7 || .0 || .0 || .3
{{s-end}}

== See also ==
* [[List of National Basketball Association career 3-point field goal percentage leaders]]

==References==
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==External links==
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{{basketballstats |nba=100 |bbr=l/legleti01}}
* {{IMDB name|1910470}}

{{Three-Point Contest Winners}}
{{NBA on ESPN Radio}}

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