Scott Skiles

Position	Point guard
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight	180 lb (82 kg)
Nationality	United States
Born	March 5, 1964 (1964-03-05) (age 43) LaPorte, Indiana
College	Michigan State
Draft	22nd overall, 1986 Milwaukee Bucks
Pro career	1986–1997
Former teams	Milwaukee Bucks (1986–87) Indiana Pacers (1989–89) Orlando Magic (1989-94) Washington Bullets (1994-95) Philadelphia 76ers (1995-96) PAOK (1996-97)
Awards	NBA Most Improved Player Award (1991)

Scott Allen Skiles (born March 5, 1964 in LaPorte, Indiana) is a former professional basketball player and current head coach of the Chicago Bulls. Skiles holds the NBA record for assists in one game, with thirty. In 1990-91 he won the NBA Most Improved Player Award. Currently, he lives in Chicago during the season, and spends the summer months in New Buffalo, Michigan. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... This article is about the day. ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Indiana. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Michigan State Spartans mens basketball team represents Michigan State University (MSU) and competes in the Big 10 Conference of NCAA Division I. The team currently plays at the Breslin Student Events Center. ... The 1986 NBA Draft is perhaps most notable for the drug-related death of highly-touted Len Bias less than two days after being selected second overall by the defending champion Boston Celtics. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Indiana Pacers are a professional basketball team that plays in the National Basketball Association (NBA). ... The Orlando Magic is a professional basketball team based in Orlando, Florida. ... The Washington Wizards are a professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C.. They play in the National Basketball Association (NBA). ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... PAOK Basketball Club (BC) is one of the top professional basketball teams in Greeces First Division league AND IN EUROPEAN BASKETBALL AS WELL.ESPECIALLY AT THE LATE 80S AND THE FIRST HALF OF 90S. REACHED THE SEMI FINALS OF EUROPEAN CUPWINNERS CUP AT 89-90(DISQUALLIFIED BY... NBA Most Improved Player Award The annual award presented at seasons end to the National Basketball Association (NBA) player who has made the most noticeable improvement from the previous season or seasons. ... This article is about the day. ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by throwing a ball through a 10-foot high hoop (the basket) under organized rules. ... The head coach in sports coaching is the coach who is in charge of the other coaches. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... The National Basketball Association of the United States and Canada, commonly known as the NBA, is the premier professional basketball league in North America. ... In basketball, an assist is attributed to a player who passes the ball to a teammate in a way that leads to a score by field goal, meaning that he or she was assisting in the basket. ... The 1990-91 NBA Season was the 45th season of the National Basketball Association. ... NBA Most Improved Player Award The annual award presented at seasons end to the National Basketball Association (NBA) player who has made the most noticeable improvement from the previous season or seasons. ... Nickname: Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in the Chicago metro area and Illinois Coordinates: , Country United States State Illinois County Cook & DuPage Settled 1770s Incorporated March 4, 1837 Government  - Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Area  - City  234. ... New Buffalo is a city in Berrien County in the U.S. state of Michigan. ...

High school and college

In 1982, Skiles led Plymouth High School to the Indiana State Championship. Plymouth, with no starter taller than 6'6", was considered to be the weakest of the final four teams in the tournament that year. Amazingly, they won the state title with a 75-74 double overtime victory over heavily favored Gary Roosevelt. In that game, Skiles scored 39 points to lead the Pilgrims past the Roosevelt Panthers. His long 22 foot field goal, that was well beyond where the current three-point line is (no three-point shot existed in 1982) as time expired sent the game into overtime. Many consider the game one of the most memorable finals from the era of classless basketball in Indiana, when all high schools in the state competed for a single championship regardless of enrollment. Indiana adopted a multiclass tournament in 1998, and prior to that it was much more difficult for smaller schools to compete and win the title. Plymouth was the smallest school to win the championship since Milan in 1954. (Milan's story has been immortalized in the movie Hoosiers.) Plymouth High School enrollment at that time was about 900 students attending grades 9 through 12. Skiles scored 25 of his 39 points in the championship game after the third quarter of play. During the 1982 season, Skiles led the state in scoring, averaging 30.2 points per game. Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ... Official language(s) English Capital Indianapolis Largest city Indianapolis Area  Ranked 38th  - Total 36,418 sq mi (94,321 km²)  - Width 140 miles (225 km)  - Length 270 miles (435 km)  - % water 1. ... Hoosiers is a 1986 movie about a small-town high school basketball team that wins the state championship, set during a time when Indiana had only one state champ in basketball regardless of varied enrollments. ...

Skiles attended Michigan State University, where in his senior season he was a First Team All-America selection as well as the Big Ten Conference MVP and scoring champion. He left MSU as its all-time career scoring leader (2,145 points) and still holds the Spartans' record for most points scored in a season (850). While in East Lansing, he was arrested and charged with felony possession of cocaine and misdemeanor possession of marijuana. The cocaine charge was dropped when Skiles pleaded guilty to the marijuana possession. He was arrested and charged with drunken driving a year later and served 15 days in jail. During his senior season, Skiles committed a parole violation on an earlier marijuana conviction, and served a brief jail sentence^[1]. Michigan State University (MSU) is a co-educational public research university in East Lansing, Michigan USA. Founded in 1855, it was the pioneer land-grant institution and served as a model for future land-grant colleges in the United States under the 1862 Morrill Act. ... The Big Ten Conference is the United States oldest Division I college athletic conference. ...

Professional playing career

The Milwaukee Bucks made Skiles the 22nd overall selection of the 1986 NBA Draft and he was one of the draft's few bright spots in the first round. In ten seasons, he played for the Bucks (1986–87), Indiana Pacers (1987–89), Orlando Magic (1989–94), Washington Bullets (1994–95), and Philadelphia 76ers (1995–96). This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The 1986 NBA Draft is perhaps most notable for the drug-related death of highly-touted Len Bias less than two days after being selected second overall by the defending champion Boston Celtics. ... The Indiana Pacers are a professional basketball team that plays in the National Basketball Association (NBA). ... The Orlando Magic is a professional basketball team based in Orlando, Florida. ... The Washington Wizards are a professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C.. They play in the National Basketball Association (NBA). ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ...

In 1989, Skiles was selected by the newly-formed Orlando Magic in the NBA expansion draft. In that year Skiles would become a pivotal sixth man, and as backup point guard amassed 7.7 ppg, 4.8 assists per game, and twenty-one minutes per game. The following year he would transition to the position of starting point guard.

On December 30, 1990, Skiles racked up 30 assists in Orlando's 155-116 victory over the Denver Nuggets, breaking Kevin Porter's NBA single-game assists record (29).^[2] He averaged 17.2 points and 8.4 assists per game that season, doubling his marks from the previous year and earning the NBA Most Improved Player Award. is the 364th day of the year (365th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ... For the original defunct Denver Nuggets, see Denver Nuggets (original). ... Kevin Porter (born April 17, 1950 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American former professional basketball player. ... NBA Most Improved Player Award The annual award presented at seasons end to the National Basketball Association (NBA) player who has made the most noticeable improvement from the previous season or seasons. ...

In 1996, nursing a serious shoulder injury, Skiles left the U.S. for the European league and joined PAOK in Thessaloniki, Greece. At PAOK, expectations were high for the new arrival from the NBA. Midway through the season, however, injuries and contract problems with key players threatened to devolve into a disastrous season for PAOK and French coach Michel Gomez. Still struggling with injury himself, increasingly at odds with his coach, and fighting a custody battle in the U.S. for his two children, Scott asked to be released from his contract. Instead, President Lakis Alexopoulos fired Gomez and offered Skiles the job. Despite lacking three of their top players due to injury, Skiles led PAOK to a winning record as coach in the remainder of the '96-'97 season, and an unexpected 3rd place finish in the league tournament. Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... The Euroleague (EL) is a high-calibre professional basketball league with teams from thirteen different European countries. ... PAOK Basketball Club (BC) is one of the top professional basketball teams in Greeces First Division league AND IN EUROPEAN BASKETBALL AS WELL.ESPECIALLY AT THE LATE 80S AND THE FIRST HALF OF 90S. REACHED THE SEMI FINALS OF EUROPEAN CUPWINNERS CUP AT 89-90(DISQUALLIFIED BY... Thessaloniki or Salonica (Greek: Θεσσαλονίκη) is Greeces second-largest city and the capital of Macedonia. ...

Coaching career

The following year Scott Skiles returned to the NBA as an assistant coach with the Phoenix Suns and was later elevated to head coach (1999). Under Skiles, Phoenix compiled a winning record (.595) and made the playoffs in two of his three years, including a first-round win over the defending NBA champion San Antonio Spurs in 2000. In 2003, after a two-year absence from the game, Skiles came to the Chicago Bulls as head coach where he focused on improving the young Bulls' defense and developing greater consistency in a talented but underachieving team. In the first full year under his direction, Chicago limited its opposition to an NBA-best .422 field goal percentage and held their opponents to a franchise record and NBA season-high 26 straight games below 100 points. Scott was named NBA Eastern Conference Coach of the Month for January 2005 after guiding the Bulls to an NBA best 13-3 mark in that month. The Phoenix Suns are a professional basketball team, based in Phoenix, Arizona. ... Year 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar). ... Current NBA Playoff logo. ... The San Antonio Spurs are an American professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas. ... 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... The Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association is made up of fifteen teams, and organized in three divisions of five teams each. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In 2006, Skiles led his Bulls to a 41-41 record (earning a 7th seed in the playoffs) and faced the Miami Heat (the 2nd seed) in the first round of the playoffs, losing in six games. However, in 2007, Skiles led the Bulls to a 49-33 record, and again faced the Heat, this time sweeping them in four games. However, the Bulls went on to lose the first three games of their second-round series against the top-seeded Detroit Pistons, losing Game 3 at the United Center after holding a double-digit lead for much of the game. After winning two consecutive games to stave off elimination, the Pistons finally finished off Skiles and the Bulls in six games. This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Quotes

• "If I had a dollar for every time someone asked me that question ... wait a minute, I do have a dollar for every time I've been asked that question."
• "My problem would not be 'can I play in the game?' It would be, 'can I get up the next morning?' That's one of the reasons I stopped playing. I got tired of crawling to the breakfast table the next morning."
• "“This is almost my 20th year [as coach and player] and I've never seen two players from the other team shoot more than our entire team.” - after a game with Cleveland in which Cavaliers stars LeBron James and Zydrunas Ilgauskas each shot more free throws than his Chicago Bulls
• When asked by a reporter in 2003 to describe what Eddy Curry could do to improve his rebounding, Coach Skiles responded: "Jump." ^[3]

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References

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External link

• Career statistics - from basketball-reference.com