1. Travis Best was born on July 12,1977 and is an American former professional basketball player, who played in the National Basketball Association and in Europe.
12 Facts About Travis Best
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At Georgia Tech, Travis Best teamed with fellow McDonald's All-American James Forrest for four years.
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Travis Best was named to the All-ACC third-team as a sophomore, earning second-team honors as a junior and as a senior.
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Travis Best led the ACC in assist-to-turnover ratio and free-throw percentage as a senior, while capturing ACC Player of the Week honors a league-record five times.
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Travis Best ranked in the top six in Tech history in points, assists, minutes, 3-point field goals made and steals at the conclusion of his collegiate career.
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Travis Best was one of only three ACC players to score 2,000 points with 600 assists.
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Travis Best earned honorable-mention All-America honors from The Associated Press and was a nominee for the Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award, given to the best player in the nation under 6 feet.
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Travis Best was drafted 23rd in the 1995 NBA draft by the Indiana Pacers.
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Travis Best played for the Pacers, the Chicago Bulls, the Miami Heat, the Dallas Mavericks and the New Jersey Nets, averaging 7.6 points and 3.5 assists per game.
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Travis Best hit the game-winning 3-pointer in the decisive fifth game against the Milwaukee Bucks in the first round of the playoffs.
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The Bulls traded Ron Artest, Brad Miller, Ron Mercer and Kevin Ollie to the Pacers for Travis Best, Jalen Rose and Norman Richardson, adding a future second-round pick.
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Travis Best had a small role in the 1998 Spike Lee film He Got Game, which featured NBA players Ray Allen, Walter McCarty, John Wallace, and Rick Fox.