Timothy Eugene Legler was born on December 26,1966 and is an American former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association.
17 Facts About Tim Legler
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Tim Legler was named to the First Team All-Big 5 and All-MAAC teams.
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Tim Legler led La Salle to the 1987 National Invitation Tournament championship game at Madison Square Garden as well as the 1988 NCAA tournament.
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Tim Legler was inducted into the Philadelphia Big 5 Hall of Fame in 1995 and the La Salle Hall of Athletes in 1997.
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Tim Legler was selected to the All-CBA First Team in 1991 and 1993, and Second Team in 1995.
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Tim Legler played in the NBA at the shooting guard position from 1990 to 1999.
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Tim Legler is primarily known for his time in Washington, where he played four seasons from 1995 to 1999.
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Tim Legler played for the Phoenix Suns, Denver Nuggets, Utah Jazz, Dallas Mavericks, and Golden State Warriors.
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Tim Legler continued on to have his most productive season statistically, leading the league in both three-point field goal percentage and true shooting percentage, and ranked third in turnover ratio.
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Tim Legler was one of three NBA players to finish a season shooting better than 50 percent from the field, better than 50 percent from the three-point line, and better than 80 percent from the free-throw line, the others being Steve Kerr and Detlef Schrempf.
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Tim Legler was well known as an accurate three-point shooter and made 260 of his 604 attempts from that range in his career, an accuracy of 43 percent.
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Tim Legler's career ended due to a recurring knee problem.
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Tim Legler began working on ESPN in 2000, where he has worked as a basketball analyst on the programs NBA Shootaround, NBA Fastbreak, First Take, NBA Coast to Coast, SportsCenter and various shows on ESPN Radio.
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Tim Legler currently is a co-host with Adam Mares on the All-NBA podcast.
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Tim Legler attended John Randolph Tucker High School in Henrico County, Virginia and St Mary's Catholic School in Richmond, Virginia.
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Tim Legler is married to Christina who is a former Philadelphia Eagles Cheerleader.
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Tim Legler has two children with his ex-wife Jennifer and resides in the Philadelphia area.