Terry Porter (born April 8, 1963) is an American former college

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coach and former player in the

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(NBA). He was most recently the head men's basketball coach at the

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. A native of

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, he played

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at the

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before being drafted 24th by the

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in the

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. In Portland, he played ten seasons with two

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appearances. Porter spent 17 years in the NBA as a player. Following his retirement as a player in 2002, he began coaching in the league. Porter has twice been a head coach, first with his hometown

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and then with the

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Early life

Porter was born in

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, Wisconsin, on April 8, 1963. Porter played prep basketball, as a

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, at Milwaukee's

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College career

Porter attended college at the

(the

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), at the time a

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NAIA school. He played under head coach

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, and with

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(who later became the head coach at

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). In four seasons at Stevens Point, Porter averaged 13.5 points, 3.8 rebounds and 3.8 assists per game, and shot 58.9 percent from the floor. As a junior, he averaged 18.8 points while shooting over 65 percent from the floor."Porter Makes His Point(s)". –

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. – (c/o – ''

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''). – January 27, 1985. Twice with the Pointers, as both a junior and a senior, he was named an NAIA First-Team All-American. As a junior, he was named the NAIA "Player of the Year", and in the 1984 NAIA tournament, he was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player even though the Pointers lost the national championship to Fort Hays State. After the 1984 tournament, Porter was the only NAIA player to be invited to the 1984 U.S. Olympic Team trials—the team included

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Sam Perkins Samuel Bruce Perkins (born June 14, 1961) is an American former professional basketball player and executive. Perkins was a three-time college All-American, was a member of the 1982 national champion North Carolina Tar Heels, and won a gold med ...

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, and

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—72 players were invited to the trials, led by head coach

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. At the trials he said: "I'm sure a lot of guys might have been surprised to see me here, I didn't even expect to get invited. This competition is a whole notch up from what I'm used to. I feel kind of in awe".Wilbon, Michael. – "Lesser-Knowns Make Their Case at Trials". – ''

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''. – April 21, 1984. Porter made it to the final 20 (even though he had the

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), but on a team that was heavy on guards (Jordan, Alford,

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, and

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), Porter was cut on May 13, 1984, along with

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and

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. After the Olympic trials, NBA scouts began to notice Porter for his "tight defensive play, nonstop hustle and deft shooting touch". He commented: "I wasn't much good in high school, so the big schools didn't come after me. But I guess I've improved a lot at Point". After three seasons at

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, he moved to the

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position. Following his senior season, where he averaged 19.7 points and 4.3 assists per-game, Porter was the only Division III player named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches-Valvoline All-America Game. He was also the only NAIA player named to the Aloha Basketball All-Star Classic, where he was named to the all-tournament team (along with

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, and

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), and as "top defensive player" and co-MVP.Myslenski, Skip, & Linda Kay. – "SPORTS". – ''

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''. – June 7, 1985. Porter returned to Wisconsin–Stevens Point to finish his degree in communications, obtained in 1993, with an emphasis in television and radio.Butler, Vince. – "Porter values his college education". – ''

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''. – July 25, 1995. He was awarded a Distinguished Alumnus Award in 1999.Copeland, Kareem. – "Bucks Basketball". – ''

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''. – November 21, 2004.

NBA playing career

Portland Trail Blazers

Going into the

, the

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, and

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, all looked to draft Porter. Most pundits, including Bob Ryan of the ''

'', projected him going to the

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with the 19th pick in the draft, while Jan Hubbard of ''

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'' had him going to the

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with the number 18 pick. He was considered the second-best choice at point guard, behind

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. On June 18, 1985, the

selected Porter with the 24th overall pick in the NBA draft. On February 5, 1987, Porter recorded his first career

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after recording 18 points, 10 rebounds and 13 assists in a 105–104 win over the visiting

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. A month later, Porter recorded his second career triple-double after recording 14 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists in a losing effort against the

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. During the 1987–88 season, Porter averaged 10.1 assists per game, making him the only player in the Trail Blazers' franchise history to average double-digit in assists in a season. Porter scored a career-high 40 points to go along with six rebounds and 12 assists in a 121–116 win over the

on March 18, 1988. On April 14, Porter recorded 25 points and a career-high 19 assists in a 128–123 road win against the

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. On May 2, 1995, Porter recorded his 5,318 and 5,319 assist as a Portland Trail Blazers player. During the game, Trail Blazers' starter

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recorded 10 assists in game 3 loss against Phoenix Suns. During his decade-long tenure in Portland, Porter went to the

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twice, in

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and

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. Porter played in the NBA All-Star Game in 1991 and 1993 and was the recipient of the

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in 1993. As of 2010, Porter was the Trail Blazers' all-time assists leader, with 5,319.

Minnesota Timberwolves

Porter signed as a free agent with the

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prior to the 1995–96 season and helped the Wolves clinch their first-ever playoff berth in 1996–97 and their first winning season the following year.

Miami Heat

He signed with the

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on January 22, 1999. On February 9, he scored a season-high 21 points to go along with three assists and three steals in a 108–101 home loss to the

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San Antonio Spurs

Porter signed with the

prior to the 1999–2000 season. During the

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, Porter, then 38 years old, played a key role in San Antonio's run to the Western Conference Finals, starting all 13 playoff games while averaging 8.3 points and 3.4 assists per game. He retired after the 2001–02 season.

Career accomplishments

Porter's teams compiled a record of 815–547 (.598) during his playing career and only once failed to make the postseason. In 1,274 career games, Porter averaged 12.2 points, 5.6 assists and 1.2 steals. He scored 15,586 career points. As of August 2021, Porter stands 17th on the NBA's all-time assists list (7,160). Porter has played for five of the top 36 coaches (games won) in NBA history:

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(1,210),

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(945),

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(864),

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(797), and

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(636). On December 16, 2008, the Trail Blazers retired Porter's #30 jersey.

Coaching career

NBA

Porter spent the 2002–03 season as an assistant coach with the

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, his first season in coaching. On August 6, 2003, the Milwaukee native was hired as head coach of the

. He was the eighth head coach in franchise history. He coached the Bucks for two years, leading a team which was expected to wind up in the playoffs after landing in the

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. However, the Bucks failed to make the playoffs the next season, and Porter was released during the 2005 offseason. In his time away from the NBA, Porter coached his son's fifth-grade basketball team to an undefeated season. After a year away from the professional game, Porter joined the

staff as an assistant coach for the 2006–07 season. On June 9, 2008, Porter was named the 13th head coach of the

, succeeding

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. On February 16, 2009, the Suns fired him after 51 games, and replaced him with assistant

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. The Suns had a 28–23 record, ninth in the Western Conference, with Porter. On December 6, 2011, he was hired as an assistant coach by the

under

. On January 8, 2013, the Timberwolves announced that Porter would be acting head coach while Adelman was not with the team due to family issues.

College

On April 2, 2016, it was announced that Porter was hired as the head men's basketball coach by the

. On February 5, 2021, the University of Portland fired Porter after he led the Pilots to a 43–103 record in nearly five seasons as head coach.

Other ventures

In 2006, Porter led an investor group attempting to purchase the then-troubled Portland Trail Blazers from owner

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. After the 2006 draft, Allen appeared to renew his interest in the team and removed it from the market. Porter joined the Trail Blazers television broadcasting team before the start of the

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. In 2014, Porter was named as an alumni ambassador for Portland Trail Blazers.

Personal life

Porter, the youngest of six children, is an avid

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er. He and his wife Susie have three children—Brianna, Franklin and Malcolm. The family resides in the Portland area. Throughout his career, Porter has been active with the Boys & Girls Club and is a member of the organization's Hall of Fame. In 1994, he created the Milwaukee Scholars Fund, which provides scholarships to minority students in Milwaukee to attend schools in the

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NBA career statistics

Regular season

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, 72 , , 0 , , 18.0 , , .424 , , .415 , , .819 , , 2.3 , , 2.8 , , .6 , , .2 , , 5.5 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 1,274 , , 732 , , 27.8 , , .463 , , .386 , , .836 , , 3.0 , , 5.6 , , 1.2 , , .1 , , 12.2 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", All-Star , 2 , , 0 , , 17.0 , , .357 , , .143 , , , , 1.5 , , 3.5 , , 1.5 , , .5 , , 5.5

Playoffs

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1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. ** Spain and Portugal en ...

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, 4 , , 0 , , 17.0 , , .444 , , .167 , , .500 , , 1.3 , , 3.0 , , .8 , , .5 , , 6.8 , - , style="text-align:left;",

1987 Events January * January 1 – Bolivia reintroduces the Boliviano currency. * January 2 – Chadian–Libyan conflict – Battle of Fada: The Military of Chad, Chadian army destroys a Libyan armoured brigade. * January 3 – Afghan leader ...

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, 4 , , 4 , , 37.5 , , .480 , , .400 , , .900 , , 4.8 , , 10.0 , , 2.5 , , .5 , , 17.0 , - , style="text-align:left;",

1988 1988 was a crucial year in the early history of the Internet—it was the year of the first well-known computer virus, the Morris worm, 1988 Internet worm. The first permanent intercontinental Internet link was made between the United State ...

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, 4 , , 4 , , 37.3 , , .558 , , .333 , , .692 , , 3.5 , , 7.0 , , 2.5 , , .0 , , 17.0 , - , style="text-align:left;",

1989 1989 was a turning point in political history with the "Revolutions of 1989" which ended communism in Eastern Bloc of Europe, starting in Poland and Hungary, with experiments in power-sharing coming to a head with the opening of the Berlin W ...

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, 3 , , 3 , , 41.3 , , .500 , , .364 , , .833 , , 5.3 , , 8.3 , , .3 , , .3 , , 22.0 , - , style="text-align:left;",

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, 21 , , 21 , , 38.8 , , .464 , , .392 , , .842 , , 2.9 , , 7.4 , , 1.3 , , .1 , , 20.6 , - , style="text-align:left;",

1991 It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent State ...

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, 16 , , 16 , , 37.2 , , .500 , , .362 , , .861 , , 2.8 , , 6.6 , , 1.5 , , .1 , , 18.1 , - , style="text-align:left;",

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, 21 , , 21 , , 41.4 , , .516 , , .474 , , .832 , , 4.6 , , 6.7 , , 1.0 , , .1 , , 21.4 , - , style="text-align:left;",

1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...

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, 4 , , 4 , , 38.0 , , .397 , , .158 , , .818 , , 5.0 , , 2.0 , , 1.0 , , .0 , , 16.5 , - , style="text-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 ...

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, 4 , , 0 , , 19.0 , , .343 , , .429 , , .786 , , 3.0 , , 2.3 , , 1.0 , , .0 , , 10.3 , - , style="text-align:left;",

1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...

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, 3 , , 0 , , 7.0 , , .538 , , .400 , , .600 , , .7 , , 1.3 , , .0 , , .0 , , 6.3 , - , style="text-align:left;",

1997 Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 1 ...

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, 3 , , 0 , , 15.3 , , .385 , , .333 , , .750 , , 1.0 , , 3.0 , , .7 , , .7 , , 5.3 , - , style="text-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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, 5 , , 4 , , 37.6 , , .429 , , .400 , , .833 , , 5.0 , , 3.2 , , 1.0 , , .0 , , 15.8 , - , style="text-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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, 5 , , 0 , , 27.8 , , .469 , , .250 , , .800 , , 3.8 , , 3.0 , , .6 , , .0 , , 9.0 , - , style="text-align:left;",

2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

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, 4 , , 0 , , 22.3 , , .258 , , .286 , , .000 , , .3 , , 1.3 , , 1.5 , , .0 , , 5.0 , - , style="text-align:left;",

2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

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, 13 , , 13 , , 25.1 , , .453 , , .333 , , .773 , , 1.8 , , 3.4 , , .8 , , .0 , , 8.3 , - , style="text-align:left;",

2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...

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, 10 , , 0 , , 13.1 , , .371 , , .294 , , .500 , , .9 , , .8 , , .4 , , .0 , , 3.3 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 124 , , 90 , , 31.8 , , .470 , , .372 , , .826 , , 3.0 , , 5.0 , , 1.1 , , .1 , , 14.7

Head coaching record

NBA

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First Round First most commonly refers to: * First, the ordinal form of the number 1 First or 1st may also refer to: Acronyms * Faint Images of the Radio Sky at Twenty-Centimeters, an astronomical survey carried out by the Very Large Array * Far Infrared a ...

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