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Mark Bryant
New York Knicks
Assistant coach
Personal information
Born (1965-04-25) April 25, 1965 (age 59)
Glen Ridge, New Jersey, U.S.
High school Columbia (Maplewood, New Jersey)
Listed height 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight 245 lb (111 kg)
Career information
College Seton Hall (1984–1988)
NBA Draft 1988 / Round: 1 / Pick: 21st overall
Selected by the Portland Trail Blazers
Pro career 1988–2003
League NBA
Career history
As player:
1988–1995 Portland Trail Blazers
1995–1996 Houston Rockets
1996–1998 Phoenix Suns
1999 Chicago Bulls
1999–2000 Cleveland Cavaliers
2000–2001 Dallas Mavericks
2001–2002 San Antonio Spurs
2002 Philadelphia 76ers
2002–2003 Denver Nuggets
2003 Boston Celtics
As coach:
2004–2005 Dallas Mavericks (assistant)
2005–2007 Orlando Magic (assistant)
2007–2019 Seattle SuperSonics / Oklahoma City Thunder (assistant)
2019–2023 Phoenix Suns (assistant)
2023–2024 Detroit Pistons (assistant)
2024–present New York Knicks (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
  • First-team All-Big East (1988)
  • Haggerty Award (1988)
Career NBA statistics
Points 4,313 (5.4 ppg)
Rebounds 2,992 (3.8 rpg)
Fouls 2,018 (2.5 pfpg)
Medals
Men's Basketball
Representing  United States
Summer Universiade
Silver 1987 Zagreb National team

Mark Craig Bryant (born April 25, 1965) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is currently an assistant coach for the New York Knicks. As a player, he played collegiately at Seton Hall University from 1984 to 1988, and was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers in the first round (21st pick overall) of the 1988 NBA draft. Bryant played for 10 NBA teams during his career, averaging 5.4 ppg and appeared in the 1990 and 1992 NBA Finals as a member of the Blazers.

In the 1995–96 NBA season with the Houston Rockets, he averaged 8.6 ppg and 4.9 rpg while playing 71 games. The next season, Bryant averaged career-high averages of 9.3 points, 5.2 rebounds, and 1.1 assists per game with the Phoenix Suns while playing 41 regular season games that season.

Bryant first became an assistant coach for the Dallas Mavericks during the 2004–05 season. He then was an assistant coach with the Orlando Magic from 2005 to 2007. Bryant also became an assistant coach for the Seattle SuperSonics during their last official season in the league before the team moved to Oklahoma City to become the Oklahoma City Thunder. Bryant remained an assistant coach for the Thunder through the end of the 2018–19 NBA season. Before the start of the 2019–20 NBA season, Bryant was hired as assistant coach by the Phoenix Suns, returning to the franchise where he played as a player to join new head coach Monty Williams' staff.

Born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, Bryant grew up in South Orange, New Jersey, and attended Columbia High School.

Bryant was one of the first players in NBA history to complete the Texas Triple, as he was a member of all three of the state's NBA franchises.

NBA career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1988–89 Portland 56 32 14.3 .486 .580 3.2 .6 .4 .1 5.0
1989–90 Portland 58 0 9.7 .458 .580 2.5 .2 .3 .2 2.9
1990–91 Portland 53 0 14.7 .488 .000 .733 3.6 .5 .3 .2 5.1
1991–92 Portland 56 0 14.3 .480 .000 .667 3.6 .7 .5 .1 4.1
1992–93 Portland 80 24 17.5 .503 .000 .703 4.1 .5 .5 .3 6.0
1993–94 Portland 79 10 18.2 .482 .000 .692 4.0 .5 .4 .4 5.6
1994–95 Portland 49 0 13.4 .526 .500 .651 3.3 .6 .4 .3 5.0
1995–96 Houston 71 9 22.8 .543 .000 .718 4.9 .7 .4 .3 8.6
1996–97 Phoenix 41 18 24.8 .553 .704 5.2 1.1 .5 .1 9.3
1997–98 Phoenix 70 22 15.9 .484 .000 .768 3.5 .7 .5 .2 4.2
1998–99 Chicago 45 29 26.8 .483 .000 .645 5.2 1.1 .8 .4 9.0
1999–2000 Cleveland 75 50 22.8 .503 .809 4.7 .8 .4 .4 5.7
2000–01 Dallas 18 1 5.6 .400 .600 1.2 .2 .1 .1 1.1
2001–02 San Antonio 30 3 6.9 .455 .750 1.5 .3 .2 .1 1.9
2002–03 Philadelphia 11 0 7.0 .294 1.000 1.5 .1 .1 .1 1.1
2002–03 Denver 3 0 4.7 .000 .500 .7 .7 .0 .0 .3
2002–03 Boston 2 0 4.5 .000 1.0 .5 .0 .0 .0
Career 797 198 16.9 .500 .083 .697 3.8 .6 .4 .2 5.4

Source:

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1990 Portland 13 0 12.3 .545 .750 2.2 .2 .2 .2 3.2
1991 Portland 14 0 9.8 .455 .875 2.3 .1 .1 .1 2.4
1992 Portland 12 0 9.7 .375 .750 2.4 .1 .3 .0 1.9
1993 Portland 4 4 20.8 .459 1.000 4.5 .0 .0 .8 9.8
1994 Portland 4 1 16.0 .294 .000 3.0 .5 .5 .5 2.5
1995 Portland 2 0 3.0 .500 .000 1.0 .0 .0 .0 1.0
1996 Houston 8 0 18.1 .600 .800 3.4 .5 .1 .3 6.8
1997 Phoenix 4 0 9.0 .400 1.000 1.0 .0 .0 .0 2.8
1998 Phoenix 4 1 23.3 .500 .500 5.8 .3 1.0 .5 10.0
2001 Dallas 4 0 8.5 .500 1.5 .0 .3 .0 .5
2002 San Antonio 9 4 10.1 .450 .500 1.3 .1 .1 .2 2.3
2003 Boston 1 0 2.0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0
Career 79 10 12.2 .469 .000 .732 2.5 .2 .2 .2 3.5

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