Wes Matthews

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Wesley Joel Matthews Sr. (born August 24, 1959) is an American former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He won two NBA championships with the Los Angeles Lakers. He is the father of former NBA player Wesley Matthews.

Basketball career

Matthews graduated from Warren Harding High School in Bridgeport, Connecticut, in 1977. A Script error: No such module "convert".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". point guard at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, he was selected by the Washington Bullets with the 14th pick of the 1980 NBA draft. He played nine seasons in the league with the Bullets, Atlanta Hawks (two stints), Philadelphia 76ers, Chicago Bulls, San Antonio Spurs and Los Angeles Lakers. Averaging eight points and four assists per game, he scored 3,654 career points and earned NBA Championship rings with the 1987 and 1988 Lakers.

Matthews retired from professional basketball in 1996. Besides his NBA stints, he also played in the United States Basketball League, in the Continental Basketball Association and in Italy, spending the 1989–90 season at Ranger Varese before being called by the Hawks for one regular season match.

He had a stint in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA), winning the best import award in 1991 for Ginebra San Miguel.


Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Template:Nbay	Washington	45	Script error: No such module "sort".	25.8	.499	.333	.767	1.5	4.4	1.0	0.2	12.3
Template:Nbay	Atlanta	34	Script error: No such module "sort".	32.5	.488	.000	.837	2.1	6.2	1.8	0.2	12.5
Template:Nbay	Atlanta	47	5	17.8	.440	.250	.759	1.2	3.0	1.1	0.0	6.9
Template:Nbay	Atlanta	64	0	18.5	.403	.292	.768	1.4	3.9	0.9	0.1	6.9
Template:Nbay	Atlanta	6	0	16.0	.533	.000	.818	0.7	3.5	0.8	0.2	8.3
Template:Nbay	Philadelphia	14	5	20.9	.446	.143	.643	1.6	4.4	0.8	0.1	7.1
Template:Nbay	Chicago	78	38	19.5	.495	.125	.694	0.9	4.5	0.9	0.2	5.7
Template:Nbay	San Antonio	75	46	24.7	.531	.160	.820	1.7	6.3	1.2	0.4	10.9
Template:Nbay†	L.A. Lakers	50	0	10.6	.476	.333	.806	0.9	2.0	0.5	0.1	4.2
Template:Nbay†	L.A. Lakers	51	8	13.8	.460	.233	.831	1.3	2.7	0.5	0.1	5.7
Template:Nbay	Atlanta	1	0	13.0	.333	.000	1.000	0.0	5.0	0.0	0.0	4.0
Career		465	102	20.0	.478	.225	.788	1.3	4.2	1.0	0.2	7.9


Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1982	Atlanta	4	Script error: No such module "sort".	14.0	.200	Script error: No such module "sort".	1.000	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.5	4.0
1983	Atlanta	3	Script error: No such module "sort".	12.7	.333	.000	.800	0.0	3.7	0.0	0.3	3.3
1984	Philadelphia	4	Script error: No such module "sort".	5.8	.500	.500	.500	0.0	1.0	0.3	0.0	2.5
1985	Chicago	4	4	22.8	.344	.000	.778	1.5	3.0	1.3	0.0	7.3
1986	San Antonio	3	3	38.7	.648	.000	.750	2.3	8.0	2.0	0.0	25.3
1987†	L.A. Lakers	12	0	5.1	.478	.000	.857	0.3	0.8	0.1	0.0	2.3
1988†	L.A. Lakers	10	0	2.7	.400	.000	.800	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.0	1.2
Career		38	7	10.1	.482	.111	.800	0.5	1.7	0.4	0.1	4.6

Matthews' son, Wesley, also a basketball guard, played for Marquette University,^[1] and has played in the NBA since going undrafted in 2009.

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