Eric Piatkowski

Position	Guard, Forward
Height	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Weight	215 lb (98 kg)
Team	Phoenix Suns
Nationality	United States
Born	September 30, 1970 Stuebenville, Ohio
College	Nebraska
Draft	1st Round, 15th overall, 1994 Indiana Pacers
Pro career	1994 – present
Former teams	Los Angeles Clippers 1994-2003 Houston Rockets 2003-04 Chicago Bulls 2004-06

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Career history

After completing his eligibility at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Piatkowski was drafted by the Indiana Pacers with the 15th pick of the 1994 NBA Draft. The Pacers immediately dealt his draft rights, along with those of Pooh Richardson and Malik Sealy, to the Los Angeles Clippers for Mark Jackson and the draft rights to Greg Minor. The University of Nebraska–Lincoln is a state-supported institution of higher learning located in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA. Often referred to as simply Nebraska or UNL, it is the flagship and largest campus of the University of Nebraska system. ... The Indiana Pacers are a professional basketball team that plays in the National Basketball Association (NBA). ... 1994 NBA Draft - 29 June 1994 - Indianapolis, Indiana Round 1 See also: List of NBA Drafts, NBA Draft Category: ... Jerome Pooh Richardson (born May 14, 1966 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a former professional NBA basketball player. ... Malik Sealy (February 1, 1970 - May 20, 2000), best known to some as Stacy Patton in the 1996 movie Eddie co-staring with Whoopi Goldberg was a native of Bronx, New York, was also a guard for the Minnesota Timberwolves from 1998 until his death in a car accident. ... The Los Angeles Clippers are a professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California. ... Mark A. Jackson (born April 1, 1965 in Brooklyn, New York) is a 6 3 former professional basketball player who played point guard for the New York Knicks, Indiana Pacers, Los Angeles Clippers, Denver Nuggets, Utah Jazz, and Houston Rockets in the National Basketball Association in a career spanning from... Greg Magado Minor (born September 18, 1971 in Sandersville, Georgia) is an American former NBA basketball player. ...

Piatkowski averaged 7.0 points per game in his rookie year of 1994-95 while shooting .374 from the three-point line.

He played his first nine seasons with the Clippers, then was signed as an unrestricted free agent by the Houston Rockets before the 2003-04 season. Piatkowski became a Bull on September 8, 2004, when Houston sent him, Adrian Griffin and Mike Wilks to Chicago in exchange for Dikembe Mutombo. The Houston Rockets are a professional basketball team based in Houston, Texas. ... September 8 is the 251st day of the year (252nd in leap years). ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Adrian Griffin (born July 4, 1974 in Wichita, Kansas) is a professional basketball player currently with the Dallas Mavericks of the NBA. Griffin went undrafted after leaving Seton Hall University, and began his career in 1999-2000 with the Boston Celtics. ... Michael Sharod Wilks, Jr. ... Dikembe Mutombo Mpolondo Mukamba Jean Jacques Wamutombo, more commonly known as Dikembe Mutombo (born June 25, 1966 in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo), is a basketball player in the NBA, playing at the position of center for the Houston Rockets. ...

On July 3, 2006, Piatkowski agreed to sign with the Phoenix Suns for a two year, $2.4 million deal, which was officially signed on July 13.

In the NBA video game, NBA Live 2007 by EA Sports, Piatkowski possesses the unusual ability to completely dominate the game despite his relitively low ability scores.

Career highlights

• As of 2004, with a .399 percentage, he holds 22nd place in NBA history and 9th place among active players for career three-point percentage.
• With 616 games played as a Clipper, he ranks 2nd in total games played in Clippers franchise history.
• He set the Clippers individual season record for three-point percentage at .466, and is ranked third in the NBA. (2001-02)
• On February 16, 2002, he set a career high of 36 points against the Dallas Mavericks.
• In 1997-98, he established a career high 11.3 PPG average, .452 FG%, .724 FT%, 3.5 rpg, 1.3 apg, and three-pointers made and attempted.
• In 1996-97 he made his NBA Playoffs debut, with an average of 5.3 PPG, in 12.7 mpg in three games.
• Nicknamed "Pike" for his surname, and "The Polish Rifle" for both his ancestry and three-point shooting accuracy.
• His jersey at Nebraska (No. 52) was retired in 2006.^[2]
• During his time with the Chicago Bulls, affectionate Bulls fans began referring to Piatkowski's enthusiastic courtside fist-pumps after big plays for the team as "The Pike Punch" and would often say that they couldn't declare a close game truly over until Piatkowski had executed a "Punch".

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Notes

1. ^ http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/sports/articles/0703suns0703.html
2. ^ http://www.huskers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=20&SPID=24&DB_OEM_ID=100&ATCLID=238733

External links

• NBA.com Profile - Eric Piatkowski