Mike Evans (basketball)

Michael Leeroyall Evans (born April 19, 1955) is an American former National Basketball Association (NBA) player and coach. He played collegiately at Kansas State University where he is Kansas State's second all-time leading points scorer, behind Jacob Pullen, with 2,115 points. He was drafted by the Denver Nuggets with the 21st pick of the 1978 NBA draft and had a 9-year NBA career with four teams (the San Antonio Spurs, Milwaukee Bucks, Cleveland Cavaliers, and the Denver Nuggets). He was widely regarded throughout his career as an excellent 3-point shooter, being among the league leaders in that statistical category during his stint in Denver.

After his retirement as a player, he became an assistant coach with the Nuggets. In 2001, when Dan Issel was fired, Evans assumed coaching duties for the remainder of the 2001–02 season, after which Jeff Bzdelik was hired as the team's head coach. In 2006–07 he was a scout for the Toronto Raptors. He then joined the Raptors' coaching staff in 2007–08. He was fired in the 2009 off-season.

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
1979–80	San Antonio	79	-	15.8	.448	.286	.682	1.4	2.9	0.8	0.1	6.2
1980–81	Milwaukee	71	-	12.8	.460	.143	.781	1.2	2.4	0.5	0.1	4.5
1981–82	Milwaukee	14	0	14.0	.471	.000	.667	0.9	1.6	0.6	0.0	4.0
1981–82	Cleveland	8	0	9.3	.314	.000	.625	1.3	2.5	0.5	0.0	3.4
1982–83	Denver	42	5	16.5	.473	.000	.805	1.4	2.7	0.5	0.1	6.3
1983–84	Denver	78	5	21.6	.431	.360	.847	1.8	3.7	0.8	0.1	8.1
1984–85	Denver	81	0	17.7	.489	.363	.863	1.5	2.9	0.8	0.1	10.1
1985–86	Denver	81	1	17.1	.425	.222	.846	1.2	2.2	0.8	0.0	9.5
1986–87	Denver	81	4	19.3	.458	.314	.780	1.6	2.3	1.0	0.1	10.1
1987–88	Denver	56	0	11.7	.453	.396	.811	0.9	1.4	0.6	0.1	6.1
Career		591	15	16.7	.452	.307	.807	1.4	2.6	0.7	0.1	7.7

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1979–80	San Antonio	2	-	6.0	.375	.500	.750	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	5.5
1980–81	Milwaukee	4	-	9.5	.529	.000	.875	0.3	1.5	0.0	0.3	6.3
1982–83	Denver	8	-	22.9	.486	.300	.647	2.4	4.8	0.6	0.0	10.8
1983–84	Denver	5	-	15.4	.321	.125	1.000	0.6	2.4	0.0	0.0	4.6
1984–85	Denver	15	0	18.7	.434	.333	.824	2.1	3.1	0.9	0.2	10.3
1985–86	Denver	10	0	20.4	.366	.241	.833	2.0	2.5	1.0	0.3	9.2
1986–87	Denver	3	0	19.0	.368	.286	1.000	2.3	2.7	1.0	0.0	6.0
1987–88	Denver	11	1	19.9	.395	.273	.933	2.0	2.1	1.1	0.0	10.5
Career		58	1	18.5	.414	.284	.825	1.8	2.8	0.7	0.1	9.1

Head coaching record

Legend

Regular season	G	Games coached	W	Games won	L	Games lost	W–L %	Win–loss %
Playoffs	PG	Playoff games	PW	Playoff wins	PL	Playoff losses	PW–L %	Playoff win–loss %

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External links

• BasketballReference.com: Mike Evans (as coach)
• BasketballReference.com: Mike Evans (as player)