Tim Legler

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Timothy Eugene Legler (born December 26, 1966 in Washington, D.C.) is an American former professional basketball player in the NBA at the shooting guard position from 1990 to 2000, and now currently appears regularly on the ESPN programme NBA Shootaround and basketball analyst for SportsCenter. He attended La Salle University and J.R. Tucker High School in Henrico County, Virginia. In 2002, he earned an MBA from the University of Pennsylvania.

In his career, Legler played for the Phoenix Suns, Denver Nuggets, Utah Jazz, Dallas Mavericks, Golden State Warriors, and Washington Bullets and Wizards. Most of his career was spent with Washington.

Legler was best known as an accurate three-point shooter, making 260 of his 604 attempts from that range in his career, an accuracy of 43%. This figure ranks fourth on the all-time list, behind only Steve Kerr, Hubert Davis, and Drazen Petrovic. He also won the 1996 Three-Point Shootout during the '96 All-Star Weekend.

[Legler on basketball-reference.com]

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