Nathan Allen Driggers (born October 12, 1973) is a retired American basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Boston Celtics. After becoming the all-time leading scorer and 1995 NAIA Player of the Year[1] at the University of Montevallo in Alabama, Driggers appeared in 15 games for the NBA's Boston Celtics in the mid-1990s. He also played professionally in Australia, Belgium and France.[2]
Personal information | |
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Born | Chicago, Illinois | October 12, 1973
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
Listed weight | 215 lb (98 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Corliss (Chicago, Illinois) |
College | Montevallo (1991–1995) |
NBA draft | 1995: undrafted |
Position | Shooting guard |
Number | 27 |
Career history | |
1995–1996 | Quad City Thunder |
1996–1997 | La Crosse Bobcats |
1996–1997 | Boston Celtics |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Driggers, who is the only NBA player to have played basketball for the University of Montevallo,[3] scored a total of 36 points for a 1996–97 Celtics team that went 15–67.
Driggers was convicted of selling stolen guns in September 2017. He was sentenced to eight years in prison.[4]
References
edit- ^ University of Montevallo - Athletics Archived 2014-06-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Counterfeit Air Jordans lead to arrest of former NBA player - Chicago Tribune
- ^ "NBA Players who Attended University of Montevallo - Basketballreference.com". www.databasebasketball.com. Archived from the original on May 6, 2006. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
- ^ "Former Celtic Nate Driggers sentenced to prison for selling stolen guns". ESPN.com. September 15, 2017. Retrieved September 15, 2017.
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