Tracy Lamont Murray was born on July 25,1971 and is an American former professional basketball player who works as an analyst with the UCLA Sports Network for all of the games during the UCLA Bruins' basketball season.
22 Facts About Tracy Murray
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Tracy Murray scored 3,053 points in high school, the highest total ever in the state at that time in 3 years.
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Tracy Murray holds the California state record for the most points in a CIF championship game, scoring 64 points.
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Tracy Murray played on the 1989 McDonald's All-American Boys Game for the West roster.
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In 98 games at UCLA, Tracy Murray averaged 18.3 PPG, 6.4 RPG, and 1.5 APG and made the Pac-10 all-conference team twice.
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Tracy Murray was inducted into the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame as a member of the 2021 class.
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Tracy Murray was selected by the San Antonio Spurs in the first round of the 1992 NBA draft with the 18th overall selection.
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Just seven days after being drafted, on July 1,1992, Tracy Murray was dealt twice in the same day.
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Tracy Murray spent two-and-a-half seasons with Portland before being dealt to the Houston Rockets on February 14,1995, with guard Clyde Drexler in exchange for forward Otis Thorpe, the rights to Argentinian forward Marcelo Nicola and a 1995 first-round draft choice.
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Tracy Murray played in just 25 games for the Rockets where he averaged 3.5 PPG and combined with his 5.9 PPG average in the 29 games he played as a Trail Blazer before the deal finished the campaign with a total PPG average of 4.8.
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Tracy Murray then decided to sign a contract with the Washington Bullets on July 15,1996.
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Tracy Murray spent four seasons with the Washington Wizards and in his first season with the Bullets, qualified for the post-season.
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Tracy Murray saw action in three playoff games where he posted numbers of 18.3 PPG, 0.7 APG and 3.0 RPG.
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Tracy Murray played in 38 games with the Raptors following the deal.
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That season the Raptors qualified for the NBA playoffs and Tracy Murray participated in 2 games for his team.
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Tracy Murray averaged 1.0 PPG and had 1 steal in 2.5 MPG.
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In those 7 NBA contests Tracy Murray averaged in 5.0 MPG, 0.1 APG, 1.1 PPG and 0.7 RPG.
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Tracy Murray grew up in Glendora, California with his brother Cameron.
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Tracy Murray now helps in his brother's Prodigy Athletic Institute Program, an AAU program in California where he coaches young people to be student-athletes.
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Tracy Murray ran a basketball camp at Glendora High School for 15 years.
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Tracy Murray is an avid wrestling fan and frequented many WWE events during his playing days.
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Tracy Murray is good friends with WWE Hall of Famers Rikishi, the Godfather, and The Undertaker.