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Sam Mitchell

American basketball player and coach

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Also known as Samuel E. Mitchell Jr. · Samuel E. Mitchell, Jr.

Born: September 2, 1963
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Birthplace: Columbus
Citizenship: United States
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Occupation: basketball player
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1.Stated in RealGMRetrieved 2022-04-04
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, basketball coach
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1.Stated in Basketball ReferenceRetrieved 2022-04-24
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, coach
Education: Columbus High School
, Mercer University
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Height: 198 cm

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Samuel E. Mitchell Jr. is an American former professional basketball player and coach. Playing at small forward, Mitchell's 18-year professional basketball career spanned three decades, and was most notable for his ten seasons with the NBA's Minnesota Timberwolves, whom he also coached as an interim for the 2015–16 season. Mitchell coached for the Toronto Raptors from 2004 to 2008 as well, winning Coach of the Year Award in 2007.

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NBA stats — season by season

13 seasons · from AIDB's NBA dataset

Season	Team	G	GS	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	3P%	FT%	PPG	RPG	APG
1989–90	MIN	80	30	2,414	1,012	462	89	66	54	44.600	.000	76.800	12.7	5.8	1.1
1990–91	MIN	82	60	3,121	1,197	520	133	66	57	44.100	.000	77.500	14.6	6.3	1.6
1991–92	MIN	82	63	2,151	825	473	94	53	39	42.300	18.200	78.600	10.1	5.8	1.1
1992–93	IND	81	1	1,402	584	248	76	23	10	44.500	17.400	81.100	7.2	3.1	0.9
1993–94	IND	75	18	1,084	362	190	65	33	9	45.800	.000	74.500	4.8	2.5	0.9
1994–95	IND	81	12	1,377	529	243	61	43	20	48.700	10.000	72.400	6.5	3.0	0.8
1995–96	MIN	78	42	2,145	844	339	74	49	26	49.000	5.600	81.400	10.8	4.3	0.9
1996–97	MIN	82	5	2,044	766	326	79	51	20	44.600	16.000	75.900	9.3	4.0	1.0
1997–98	MIN	81	33	2,239	1,000	385	107	64	22	46.400	34.900	83.200	12.3	4.8	1.3
1998–99	MIN	50	20	1,344	561	182	98	35	16	40.800	23.700	76.400	11.2	3.6	2.0
1999–2000	MIN	66	24	1,227	427	138	111	27	14	44.700	43.500	88.000	6.5	2.1	1.7
2000–01	MIN	82	4	983	285	123	57	26	10	40.800	20.900	72.700	3.5	1.5	0.7
2001–02	MIN	74	10	726	244	82	45	12	4	43.200	28.600	77.600	3.3	1.1	0.6
Career		994	322	22,257	8,636	3,711	1,089	548	301	.447	.223	.784	8.7	3.7	1.1

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Sex or gender: male
Member of sports team: Wisconsin Flyers
Rapid City Thrillers
Toronto Raptors
Minnesota Timberwolves
Indiana Pacers
Mercer Bears men's basketball(1981–1985)
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Position played on team / speciality: small forward
Given name: Samuel
Sport: basketball
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Drafted by: Houston Rockets
Awards: NBA Coach of the Year Award(2007)
Residence: Columbus
Mass: 95 kg
Family name: Mitchell
Country for sport: United States
End of work period: 2002
Start of work period: 1985
League: NCAA Division I men's basketball(1981–1985)
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National Basketball Association
Social media followers: 14,817(February 9, 2023) x (twitter) numeric user id: 1244348839
14,646(February 24, 2022) x (twitter) numeric user id: 1244348839
13,773(January 7, 2021) x (twitter) numeric user id: 1244348839
Native language: English

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