... as Assistant Coach. Brunson is considered particularly valuable to the Bobcats due to unique experience of in insight on being a long-time scrub in the NBA. http://www.rufusonfire.com/2012/7/2/3133811/bulls-assistant-rick-brunson-to-join-bobcats-staff
Sick stats yo! Career Averages Year Team G GS MPG FG% 3p% FT% OFF DEF RPG APG SPG BPG TO PF PPG 97-98 POR 38 10 16.4 .348 .361 .677 0.4 1.1 1.5 2.6 0.7 0.1 1.37 1.40 4.3 98-99 NYK 17 0 5.6 .286 .000 .278 0.2 0.4 0.6 1.1 0.5 0.0 0.71 0.50 1.0 99-00 NYK 37 0 7.8 .414 .154 .611 0.1 0.6 0.7 1.3 0.2 0.0 0.84 0.90 1.9 00-01 BOS 7 0 20.3 .286 .182 .444 0.3 1.0 1.3 3.4 1.0 0.1 1.29 2.30 3.7 00-01 NYK 15 0 4.4 .421 .000 .667 0.2 0.6 0.8 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.53 0.30 1.3 00-01 NYK 22 0 9.5 .333 .143 .533 0.2 0.7 1.0 1.4 0.4 0.0 0.77 1.00 2.1 01-02 POR 59 2 8.8 .398 .545 .707 0.4 0.8 1.2 1.9 0.4 0.0 0.80 0.90 2.1 02-03 CHI 17 0 11.5 .460 .667 .833 0.2 0.9 1.1 2.1 0.6 0.2 1.00 1.20 3.5 03-04 TOR 3 0 3.3 .500 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.3 03-04 CHI 37 0 10.9 .376 .478 .871 0.2 0.8 1.0 2.2 0.7 0.1 0.89 1.20 3.1 03-04 CHI 40 0 10.3 .381 .478 .871 0.2 0.7 0.9 2.1 0.6 0.1 0.83 1.10 3.0 04-05 LAC 80 39 24.3 .376 .369 .770 0.3 2.1 2.3 5.1 1.0 0.1 1.56 1.30 5.5 05-06 SEA 4 0 7.8 .625 .000 .000 0.0 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.75 0.30 2.5 05-06 HOU 23 0 9.3 .348 .417 .583 0.0 0.8 0.9 1.4 0.4 0.0 0.83 0.90 1.9 05-06 HOU 27 0 9.1 .389 .385 .583 0.0 0.8 0.8 1.3 0.3 0.0 0.81 0.80 2.0 Career 337 51 13.5 .378 .362 .693 0.3 1.1 1.3 2.6 0.6 0.0 1.06 1.10 3.2 Career 337 51 13.5 .378 .362 .693 0.3 1.1 1.3 2.6 0.6 0.0 1.06 1.10 3.2 Career scrub.
I've known Brunson as a coach for years now so when I saw this thread I assumed he was returning as a player and found it odd. So I clicked. So I was duped, only I was duped in the completely opposite direction. Reverse dupe. Shame on me.