Greg Foster (basketball)
Greg Foster | |
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| Born | October 3, 1968 Oakland, California, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Basketball player, coach |
| Years active | 1990–2003 (player), 2013–present (coach) |
| Known for | NBA player and assistant coach |
Gregory Clinton Foster (born October 3, 1968) is an American former professional basketball player and current coach, who most recently served as an assistant coach for the Indiana Pacers in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
College years
Originating from Oakland, California, Foster attended Skyline High School, where he was teammates with future NBA point guard Gary Payton. He started his college basketball journey at UCLA before transferring to UTEP. During his junior year in the 1988–89 season, Foster contributed alongside future NBA talents Tim Hardaway and Antonio Davis, playing a key role in securing two WAC championships for UTEP. In his senior season, he averaged 15.0 points and 6.3 rebounds per contest.
Foster completed his undergraduate education in 2011, earning a bachelor's degree in interdisciplinary studies from UTEP.
Professional career
Standing 6 feet 11 inches tall and playing primarily as a center–power forward, Foster was chosen 35th overall in the second round of the 1990 NBA draft by the Washington Bullets. Over a 13-season NBA tenure (1990–2003), he played for multiple franchises including the Bullets, Atlanta Hawks, Milwaukee Bucks, Chicago Bulls, Minnesota Timberwolves, Utah Jazz, Seattle SuperSonics, Los Angeles Lakers, and Toronto Raptors. Mostly utilized as a bench player, Foster appeared in the NBA Finals on three occasions—twice with Utah and once with Los Angeles—capturing an NBA championship with the Lakers in 2001.
Coaching career
Foster's coaching career began as an assistant coach at UTEP. In the 2013–14 NBA season, he served as a player development coach for the Philadelphia 76ers. He then worked as an assistant coach for the Milwaukee Bucks from 2014 through 2018. On June 8, 2018, Foster was appointed assistant coach for the Atlanta Hawks, a position he maintained through the subsequent season.
He joined the Indiana Pacers' coaching staff as an assistant under Nate Bjorkgren on November 13, 2020. On May 6, 2021, Foster received a one-game suspension following a verbal confrontation on-court with Pacers player Goga Bitadze.
Personal life
Foster and his wife are parents to one son and two daughters. During high school, he had "Bowie" tattooed on his left shoulder after friends remarked on his resemblance to former NBA center Sam Bowie.
Regular season
|- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Washington | 54 || 3 || 11.2 || .460 || .000 || .689 || 2.8 || .7 || .2 || .4 || 4.4 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Washington | 49 || 3 || 11.2 || .461 || .000 || .714 || 3.0 || .7 || .1 || .2 || 4.3 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Washington | 10 || 0 || 9.3 || .440 || – || .667 || 2.7 || 1.1 || .0 || .5 || 2.4 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Atlanta | 33 || 0 || 6.2 || .463 || .000 || .722 || 1.7 || .3 || .1 || .3 || 3.1 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Milwaukee | 3 || 0 || 6.3 || .571 || – || 1.000 || 1.0 || .0 || .0 || .3 || 3.3 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Chicago | 17 || 3 || 17.6 || .477 || – || .710 || 3.2 || .9 || .1 || .5 || 6.1 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Minnesota | 61||0||13.9||.470||.304||.700||3.4||.4||.2||.3||4.6 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Template:Nbay | style="text-align:left;" | Utah |73||2||11.0||.439||.125||.847||2.4||'.3'||'.1'||'.3'||3.8 |- |'96'|'Utah'|'79'|'12'|'11.'6' |'.453' |'.667' |'.831' |'2.'4' |'.4' |'.1' |'.3' |'3.'5 |- |'97'|'Utah'|'78'|'49'|'18.'5' |'.445' |'.222' |'.770' |'3.'5 |'.7' |'.2' |'.4' |'5.'7 |- |'98'|'Utah'|'42'|'1'|'10.'9' |'.377' |'.250' |'.619' |'2.'0 |'.6' |'.1' |'.2' |'2.'8 |- |'99truncy'|'Seattle'|'60'|'5'|'12.'0 ' | '.406 ' | '.200 ' | '.643 ' | '1.'8 ' | '.7 ' | '.2 ' | '.3 ' | '3.'4 |- |'2000† '|'L.A.Lakers '|'62 '|'8 '|'7.'3 ' | '.421 ' | '.333 ' | '.714 ' | '1.'8 ' | '.5 ' | '.1 ' | '.2 ' | '2.'0 |- |'2001 '|'Milwaukee '|'6 '|'0 '|'4.'0 ' | '.222 ' | '.000 ' | '.750 ' | '1.'3 ' | '.2 ' | '.0 ' | '.0 ' | '1.'2 |- |'2002 '|'Toronto '|'29 '|'9 '| 18.'6 '| .385 '| .250 '| .813 '| 3.'5 '| .4 '| .0 '| .3 '| 4.'2
|- class='sortbottom' |"Career"|" "| "656"|"95"|"12."2"|"."440"|"."225"|"."748"|"."26"|"."5"|"."1"|"."3"|"."39"
Playoffs
|- | style="text-align:left;"| 1993 NBA playoffs | style="text-align:left;"| 1992–93 Atlanta Hawks season |1||0||5.0||.333||–||.750||1.0||.0||.0||.0||5.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 1996 NBA playoffs | style="text-align:left;"| 1995–96 Utah Jazz season |12||0||6.3||.500||–||.600||1.0||.2||.1||.2||2.3 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 1997 NBA playoffs | style="text-align:left;"| 1996–97 Utah Jazz season |\20\*||0||15.5||.389||.250||.867||2.8||.6||.2||.4||4.2 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 1998 NBA playoffs | style="text-align:left;"| 1997–98 Utah Jazz season |\20\||16||16.8||.453||\.500|||\.600|||\.34|||\.3|||\.1|||\.3|||4\.1 |- |\style="text-align:left;"|\1999 NBA playoffs\| |\style="text-align:left;"|\1998–99 Utah Jazz season\| 8|||0|||8\.8|||\.421|||—|||—|||1\.0|||\.1|||\.1|||\.0|||2\.0 |- |\style="text-align:left;"|\2000 NBA playoffs\| |\style="text-align:left;"|\1999–2000 Seattle SuperSonics season\| 5|||0|||13\.6|||\.368|||\.400|||1\.000|||2\.2|||\.2|||\.0|||\.2|||3\.6 |- |\style="text-align:left; background:#afe6ba;"|\2001 NBA playoffs\†| |\style="text-align:left;"|\2000–01 Los Angeles Lakers season\| 1|||0|||3\.0|||—|||—|||—|||1\.0|||\.0|||\.0|||\.0|||\.0
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