Chris Raymond Gatling (born September 3, 1967) is an American former professional

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player. Gatling played for many

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(NBA) teams from 1991 to 2002. He played for the US national team in the

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, winning the bronze medal.

College career

Gatling played three years at

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after transferring there from the

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. He is ODU's sixth all-time scorer with 1,811 points. He also hauled down 859 career rebounds which rank him ninth all-time. Gatling is the school's all-time field goal percentage leader at .606 (697–1150), and is second all-time at ODU with (12) 30-point games. He shot .620 (251–405) from the field in 1991. Gatling scored 36 points in a game against

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in 1991 and against Alabama-Birmingham in March 1989. He earned honorable mention

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honors in 1990 and 1991. Gatling was named sophomore of the year in 1988, and then

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Player of the Year in both 1990 and 1991. In 1991, he was named the Sun Belt Conference tournament

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as he led the then seventh seeded Monarchs to the finals before losing to South Alabama.

Professional career

Gatling was drafted 16th overall by the

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in the

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. He spent the first four years of his career with the Warriors, and averaged 13.7 points and 7.6 rebounds per game in his final full season with the Warriors, 1994–95. That same year, Gatling led the NBA in field goal percentage at 0.633-one of the ten highest percentages in NBA history. Gatling was traded, along with

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, to the

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halfway through the 1995–96 season, and also played for the

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and

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during the 1996–97 season (representing the Mavericks in the 1997 NBA All-Star Game only a few days before being traded to the Nets). He played 78 games in slightly more than two seasons with the Nets before requesting a trade. He played next with the

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for the final thirty games of the lockout-shortened 1998–99 season. He split the 1999–2000 season with the

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and the

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. His final two NBA seasons saw him with the

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and again, the Heat. Gatling retired from the NBA following the 2001–02 season with career averages of 10.3 points and 5.3 rebounds per game, and a .513 field goal percentage. After his NBA career ended in 2002, he played one season in Russian League with

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Personal life

Gatling attended Elizabeth High School in

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during games. Gatling stated that he started the practice after he fell out of a truck as a teenager, causing a serious head injury. The headband served as a reminder that he was lucky to be alive. In December 2017, Gatling was sentenced in Maricopa County, Arizona to two and a half years in prison for fraud.

NBA career statistics

Regular season

, - , align="left" , 1991–92 , align="left" , Golden State , 54 , , 1 , , 11.3 , , .568 , , .000 , , .661 , , 3.4 , , .3 , , .6 , , .7 , , 5.7 , - , align="left" , 1992–93 , align="left" , Golden State , 70 , , 11 , , 17.8 , , .539 , , .000 , , .725 , , 4.6 , , .6 , , .6 , , .8 , , 9.3 , - , align="left" , 1993–94 , align="left" , Golden State , 82 , , 23 , , 15.8 , , .588 , , .000 , , .620 , , 4.8 , , .5 , , .5 , , .8 , , 8.2 , - , align="left" , 1994–95 , align="left" , Golden State , 58 , , 22 , , 25.3 , , style="background:#cfecec;", .633* , , .000 , , .592 , , 7.6 , , .9 , , .7 , , .9 , , 13.7 , - , align="left" , 1995–96 , align="left" , Golden State , 47 , , 2 , , 18.3 , , .555 , , .000 , , .636 , , 5.1 , , .6 , , .4 , , .6 , , 9.1 , - , align="left" , 1995–96 , align="left" ,

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, 24 , , 0 , , 23.5 , , .598 , , .000 , , .733 , , 7.3 , , .7 , , .7 , , .5 , , 15.2 , - , align="left" , 1996–97 , align="left" ,

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, 44 , , 1 , , 27.1 , , .533 , , .167 , , .706 , , 7.9 , , .6 , , .8 , , .7 , , 19.1 , - , align="left" , 1996–97 , align="left" ,

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, 3 , , 0 , , 30.7 , , .419 , , .000 , , .938 , , 7.3 , , 1.0 , , 1.3 , , .0 , , 17.0 , - , align="left" , 1997–98 , align="left" ,

, 57 , , 16 , , 23.8 , , .455 , , .250 , , .600 , , 5.9 , , .9 , , .9 , , .5 , , 11.5 , - , align="left" , 1998–99 , align="left" ,

, 18 , , 2 , , 15.6 , , .371 , , .000 , , .500 , , 3.6 , , .7 , , .4 , , .2 , , 4.7 , - , align="left" , 1998–99 , align="left" ,

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, 30 , , 1 , , 16.5 , , .482 , , .143 , , .362 , , 3.8 , , .7 , , .8 , , .2 , , 6.3 , - , align="left" , 1999–00 , align="left" ,

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, style="background:#cfecec;", 45* , , 0 , , 23.1 , , .455 , , .304 , , .698 , , 6.6 , , .9 , , 1.1 , , .2 , , 13.3 , - , align="left" , 1999–00 , align="left" ,

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, style="background:#cfecec;", 40* , , 0 , , 19.3 , , .456 , , .234 , , .742 , , 5.1 , , .8 , , .8 , , .3 , , 10.4 , - , align="left" , 2000–01 , align="left" ,

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, 74 , , 6 , , 22.6 , , .449 , , .304 , , .684 , , 5.3 , , .8 , , .7 , , .4 , , 11.4 , - , align="left" , 2001–02 , align="left" ,

, 54 , , 1 , , 15.0 , , .447 , , .125 , , .701 , , 3.8 , , .5 , , .3 , , .2 , , 6.4 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 700 , , 86 , , 19.7 , , .513 , , .249 , , .660 , , 5.3 , , .7 , , .7 , , .5 , , 10.3 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", All-Star , 1 , , 0 , , 12.0 , , .125 , , .000 , , .000 , , 2.0 , , .0 , , 1.0 , , .0 , , 2.0

Playoffs

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, align="left" , Golden State , 4 , , 0 , , 20.3 , , .621 , , .000 , , .636 , , 6.3 , , .0 , , .5 , , 2.5 , , 12.5 , - , align="left" ,

1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

, align="left" , Golden State , 3 , , 1 , , 18.0 , , .615 , , .000 , , .769 , , 5.7 , , 1.3 , , .7 , , .3 , , 8.7 , - , align="left" ,

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

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, 3 , , 0 , , 22.7 , , .273 , , .000 , , .500 , , 8.0 , , 0.3 , , .7 , , .0 , , 6.0 , - , align="left" ,

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

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, 3 , , 1 , , 27.0 , , .500 , , .000 , , .667 , , 3.3 , , .7 , , .7 , , .7 , , 15.3 , - , align="left" ,

1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

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References

External links

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ESPN profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gatling, Chris 1967 births Living people 1990 FIBA World Championship players American expatriate basketball people in Italy American expatriate basketball people in Russia American men's basketball players Basketball players from Elizabeth, New Jersey Cleveland Cavaliers players Competitors at the 1990 Goodwill Games Dallas Mavericks players Denver Nuggets players Elizabeth High School (New Jersey) alumni Golden State Warriors draft picks Golden State Warriors players Goodwill Games medalists in basketball Miami Heat players Milwaukee Bucks players NBA All-Stars New Jersey Nets players Old Dominion Monarchs men's basketball players Orlando Magic players PBC CSKA Moscow players Power forwards United States men's national basketball team players Victoria Libertas Pallacanestro players