Chris Raymond Gatling (born September 3, 1967 in Elizabeth, New Jersey) is an American professional basketball player, having played in the NBA from 1991 to 2002. September 3 is the 246th day of the year (247th in leap years). ... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Elizabeth, as seen from Bayonne, New Jersey across Newark Bay. ... Evolution of the rules of basketball 1895 The free throw line was officially placed 15. ... The National Basketball Association of the United States and Canada, commonly known as the NBA, is the premier professional basketball league in North America. ...

Drafted 16th overall out of Old Dominion University by the Golden State Warriors in the 1991 NBA Draft, Gatling spent the first four years of his career with the Warriors, and averaged 13.7 points and 7.6 rebounds per game in his final full season with the Warriors, 1994-95. Old Dominion University // Old Dominion University (ODU) is a university located in Norfolk, Virginia. ... The Golden State Warriors are a National Basketball Association team based in Oakland, California. ... 1991 NBA Draft - 26 June 1991 - New York City, New York Round 1 See also: List of NBA Drafts, NBA Draft ...

Gatling would never again know that kind of stability. He was traded, along with Tim Hardaway, to the Miami Heat halfway through the 1995-96 season, and also played for the Dallas Mavericks and New Jersey Nets during the 1996-97 season (representing the Mavs in the All-Star Game only a few days before being traded to the Nets). Timothy Duane Hardaway (born September 1, 1966 in Chicago, Illinois) is a former NBA basketball player, who in his prime was one of the leagues best at the point guard position. ... The Miami Heat (or the Miami HEAT as the name is officially rendered) are a National Basketball Association team based in Miami, Florida, USA. // Franchise history The Miami Heat acquired Shaquille ONeal via trade with the Los Angeles Lakers in the summer of 2004. ... The Dallas Mavericks are a National Basketball Association team based in Dallas, Texas. ... The New Jersey Nets are a National Basketball Association team based in East Rutherford, New Jersey. ...

He only played 78 games in a little over two seasons with the Nets. His next stop was the Milwaukee Bucks for the final thirty games of the lockout-shortened 1998-99 season. He split the 1999-2000 season with the Denver Nuggets and the Orlando Magic. His final two NBA seasons saw him with the Cleveland Cavaliers and again, the Heat. Gatling retired from the NBA following the 2001-02 season with career averages of 10.3 points and 5.3 rebounds per game, and a .513 field goal percentage. The Milwaukee Bucks are a National Basketball Association team based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. ... The Denver Nuggets are a National Basketball Association team based in Denver, Colorado. ... The Orlando Magic are a National Basketball Association team based in Orlando, Florida. ... The Cleveland Cavaliers are a National Basketball Association team based in Cleveland, Ohio. ... A field goal (formerly goal from the field) is a general term used in some sports wherein a goal may be scored either during general play (from the field) or via some sort of free shot. ...

After years of moving from team to team, his frustration grew over the NBA's unstable nature regarding personnel changes and thus took his game to the Russian league.

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