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Trent Tucker
Personal information
Born	December 20, 1959 (age 65); Tarboro, North Carolina, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight	193 lb (88 kg)
Career information
High school	Flint Northwestern (Flint, Michigan)
College	Minnesota (1978–1982)
NBA draft	1982: 1st round, 6th overall pick
	Selected by the New York Knicks
Playing career	1982–1993
Position	Shooting guard
Number	32, 6
Career history
1982–1991	New York Knicks
1992	San Antonio Spurs
1992–1993	Chicago Bulls
Career highlights and awards
	NBA champion (1993); Second-team All-Big Ten (1982); No. 32 retired by Minnesota Golden Gophers;
Career statistics
Points	6,236 (8.2 ppg)
Rebounds	1,520 (2.0 rpg)
Assists	1,532 (2.0 apg)
	Stats at NBA.com
	Stats at Basketball Reference

Kelvin Trent Tucker (born December 20, 1959) is an American former professional basketball player who played eleven seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

A 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) shooting guard, Tucker attended the University of Minnesota from 1978 to 1982, leading them to a Big Ten Conference championship in his senior year. He was then selected by the New York Knicks with the 6th overall pick of the 1982 NBA draft. On 30 November 1982, in his NBA debut, Tucker outscored the opposing Utah Jazz 17–11 in the third quarter.^[1] One of the earliest three-point specialists, Tucker represented the Knicks in the first ever Three-point Shootout (1986), making it to the semifinals before being outpaced by Craig Hodges and eventual winner Larry Bird. Tucker would play nine seasons with the Knicks before joining the San Antonio Spurs in 1991, and after one season with the Spurs he joined the Chicago Bulls, who won the 1993 NBA Championship. He retired after that season, having tallied 6,237 career points and 1,532 career assists.^[2]

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
†	Won an NBA championship

Regular season


Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1982–83	New York	78	59	23.5	.462	.467	.672	2.8	2.5	.7	.1	8.4
1983–84	New York	63	21	19.5	.500	.375	.758	2.1	2.2	1.0	.1	7.6
1984–85	New York	77	46	23.6	.483	.403	.792	2.4	2.6	1.0	.2	8.5
1985–86	New York	77	23	23.2	.472	.451	.790	2.2	2.5	.8	.1	10.6
1986–87	New York	70	15	24.2	.470	.422	.762	1.9	2.4	1.7	.2	11.4
1987–88	New York	71	4	17.6	.424	.413	.718	1.7	1.6	.7	.1	7.1
1988–89	New York	81	24	22.5	.454	.399	.782	2.2	1.6	1.1	.1	8.5
1989–90	New York	81	2	21.3	.417	.388	.767	2.1	2.1	.9	.1	8.2
1990–91	New York	65	13	18.4	.440	.418	.630	1.6	1.7	.7	.1	7.1
1991–92	San Antonio	24	0	17.3	.465	.396	.800	1.5	1.1	.9	.1	6.5
1992–93†	Chicago	69	0	13.2	.485	.397	.818	1.0	1.2	.3	.1	5.2
Career		756	207	20.7	.461	.408	.754	2.0	2.0	.9	.1	8.2

Playoffs


Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1983	New York	6	—	14.2	.600	.500	.700	1.5	.8	.3	.0	4.3
1984	New York	12	—	21.2	.500	.200	.600	1.5	2.3	.9	.3	7.6
1988	New York	4	0	17.8	.421	.462	.750	.5	1.0	.8	.0	6.3
1989	New York	9	0	17.7	.466	.469	.500	2.1	1.6	1.1	.2	7.9
1990	New York	10	0	17.8	.400	.370	1.000	1.4	2.0	1.0	.0	4.7
1991	New York	3	2	22.0	.360	.400	1.000	4.0	3.0	.3	.0	8.0
1992	San Antonio	3	0	12.7	.429	.200	1.000	1.0	.7	.0	.0	4.7
1993†	Chicago	19	0	10.9	.413	.462	.500	.9	1.0	.4	.0	2.8
Career		66	2	16.0	.449	.417	.698	1.4	1.5	.7	.1	5.5

The "Trent Tucker Rule"

On January 15, 1990, when Tucker was with New York, with 0.1 of a second remaining in a game against the Chicago Bulls, he got off a wild three-point shot before the buzzer and made the basket. The shot counted and the Knicks won. After Bulls' coach Phil Jackson vociferously complained following the game, the NBA immediately established a rule, which states that 0.3 needs to be on the clock in order for a player to get a shot off whether they make it or not. Inside of 0.3 seconds, only a tip-in or a high lob would count.^[3]

Post-playing career

After retiring, Tucker worked as a broadcast analyst for Minnesota Timberwolves basketball games. He currently works for KFAN radio. Tucker has also been an active philanthropist; he founded the Trent Tucker Non-Profit Organization in 1998.^[4] On April 15, 2013, Trent began his duties as Director of District Athletics for the Minneapolis, MN Public School District.

Tucker, however, resigned from his post as Director of District Athletics for the Minneapolis, MN Public School District on February 9, 2018, after "he didn’t see eye-to-eye with new district leadership."^[5]

References

^ Don't Rule Out Spurs' Protest. The Boston Globe. 5 December 1982. Page 78
^ NBA stats. basketball-reference.com. Retrieved on January 2, 2009.
^ Dennis D'Agostino. A Rule Book Legacy Archived 2013-12-23 at the Wayback Machine. NBA.com. December 21, 2006. Retrieved on January 2, 2009.
^ About Trent Tucker. The Trent Tucker Non-Proft Organization. Retrieved on January 2, 2009.
^ "FMR. MPLS. Athletic Director Opens up About Resignation". March 2, 2018.