Keith Van Horn

Not to be confused with the American football player Keith Van Horne.

Keith Van Horn

Van Horn playing for the Mavericks in 2005
Personal information
Born	(1975-10-23) October 23, 1975 (age 49) Fullerton, California, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Listed weight	245 lb (111 kg) [1]
Career information
High school	Diamond Bar (Diamond Bar, California)
College	Utah (1993–1997)
NBA draft	1997: 1st round, 2nd overall pick
Selected by the Philadelphia 76ers
Playing career	1997–2006
Position	Power forward / small forward
Number	44, 4, 2
Career history
1997–2002	New Jersey Nets
2002–2003	Philadelphia 76ers
2003–2004	New York Knicks
2004–2005	Milwaukee Bucks
2005–2006	Dallas Mavericks
Career highlights and awards
NBA All-Rookie First Team (1998) Consensus first-team All-American (1997) Consensus second-team All-American (1996) 3× WAC Player of the Year (1995–1997) 4× First-team All-WAC (1994–1997) No. 44 retired by Utah Utes
Career NBA statistics
Points	9,206 (16.0 ppg)
Rebounds	3,909 (6.8 rpg)
Assists	900 (1.6 apg)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference

Keith Adam Van Horn (born October 23, 1975) is an American former professional basketball player. Van Horn played for the New Jersey Nets, Philadelphia 76ers, New York Knicks, Milwaukee Bucks, and the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

A forward, Van Horn finished his college basketball career with the Utah Utes as the all-time leading scorer in the history of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC). He was a consensus first-team All-American in 1997. Van Horn was selected by the Philadelphia 76ers with the second pick in the 1997 NBA draft and was traded to the New Jersey Nets on draft night. He was named to the 1998 NBA All-Rookie Team. Van Horn played for the Nets from 1997 to 2002, leading the team in scoring in the 1997–98 and 1998–99 seasons, finishing fifth in the NBA in scoring in the 1998–99 season, and was a key member of the 2001–02 Nets' team that made the NBA Finals. He would also go on to play for the 76ers, the New York Knicks, the Milwaukee Bucks, and the Dallas Mavericks. Van Horn averaged 16 points and nearly seven rebounds per game during his NBA career.

College career

Van Horn graduated from Diamond Bar High School in Diamond Bar, California ^[2] and attended the University of Utah. Rick Majerus recruited him to replace departing star Josh Grant. He played for Utah from 1993 to 1997 and received numerous All American awards during his career at Utah. ^[3] In Van Horn's first season, he averaged a Utah-freshman record 18.3 points on 51 percent shooting and 8.3 rebounds per game even though his father died during his freshman year. As a sophomore, Van Horn led his team to the NCAA Tournament.

He is well known for his last second heroics, making back to back game winning shots against SMU and New Mexico in the 1997 WAC Conference Tournament. ^[4] In 1997, he shot 90.4 percent from the free throw line and averaged 22.0 points and 9.5 rebounds per game to lead the Utes to a 29–4 finish and #2 national ranking, the highest in school history. ^[5] This led to advancing to the NCAA Tournament's Elite Eight. As a senior in 1997, he was a consensus first team All American selection ^[5] and was named ESPN Men's College Player of the Year. ^{[5] [6]}

Among his collegiate accomplishments is being the first player in WAC history to be named Player of the Year three times (1995,1996,1997), being the second player in WAC history to make first team all-WAC four years in a row and being the all-time leading scorer in University of Utah and WAC history with 2,542 points. Van Horn is the University of Utah career leader in points, defensive rebounds, three-point field goals made, free throw percentage and is second in total rebounds. ^[5] He averaged 20.8 points and 8.8 rebounds in his collegiate career. His #44 basketball jersey was retired by the University of Utah in 1998. ^[7] In February 2008, he was among 16 players named to the University of Utah's "All-Century" basketball team. ^[8] Van Horn was inducted to Utah's Crimson Club Hall of Fame in 2012. ^[9]

College statistics

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field goal percentage	3P%	3-point field goal percentage	FT%	Free throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1993–94	Utah	25	24	29.6	.516	.443	.775	8.3	0.8	0.8	1.6	18.3
1994–95	Utah	33	33	30.1	.545	.386	.856	8.5	1.4	0.8	0.8	21.0
1995–96	Utah	32	–	30.9	.538	.409	.851	8.8	1.0	0.7	0.7	21.4
1996–97	Utah	32	32	31.5	.492	.387	.904	9.5	1.4	0.7	1.2	22.0
Career		122	89	30.6	.522	.401	.851	8.8	1.2	0.7	1.0	20.8

Professional career

New Jersey Nets

Van Horn was drafted as the second overall pick in the 1997 NBA draft by the Philadelphia 76ers; however, his rights were immediately traded to the New Jersey Nets along with Michael Cage, Lucious Harris and Don MacLean in exchange for the draft rights to Tim Thomas and Anthony Parker and player contracts of Jim Jackson and Eric Montross. ^[10]

Van Horn played for the Nets from 1997 to 2002. He was named to NBA All-Rookie First Team in his first season, averaging a team leading 19.7 points and 6.5 rebounds and leading the Nets to the 1998 NBA Playoffs, where they were swept in three games by the Chicago Bulls. His best season came in 1999, where he averaged a team-leading 21.8 points per game (fifth in the NBA) as well as 8.5 rebounds per game. That season, on March 26, Van Horn blocked a career-high 6 shots, along with scoring 22 points, during a 100–91 loss to the Indiana Pacers. ^[11] He was an important part of the 2001–02 Nets team that won the Eastern Conference Finals, leading the team in rebounding and placing second in scoring.^{[ citation needed ]} In the deciding Game 5 of their first round matchup with the Pacers, Van Horn scored a postseason career-high 27 points during a 120–109 victory.^{[ citation needed ]} He later hit the game-winning three-point shot against the Boston Celtics in game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals to send the Nets to the 2002 NBA Finals, before they were eventually swept by the Los Angeles Lakers. He ranks in the Nets' top ten in several statistical categories including points, field goals made, three-point field goals made and attempted, and offensive and defensive rebounds.^{[ citation needed ]}

Philadelphia 76ers

On August 6, 2002, Van Horn was traded to the team who initially drafted him, the Philadelphia 76ers, along with Todd MacCulloch for center Dikembe Mutombo. ^{[12] [13]} He spent one year with the 76ers placing second on the team in scoring (15.9 per game) and rebounding (7.1 per game), while in the postseason the 76ers advanced past the New Orleans Hornets in the first round, before being eliminated by the Detroit Pistons in the Eastern Conference Semifinals. ^[14]

New York Knicks and Milwaukee Bucks

After spending a year with the 76ers, Van Horn was traded to the New York Knicks for Latrell Sprewell in a four team deal that also included the Atlanta Hawks and Minnesota Timberwolves. ^[15] His stint with the Knicks, although productive, was short; on February 16, 2004, he was traded to the Milwaukee Bucks in a three team trade involving the Atlanta Hawks, where he was traded for Tim Thomas, marking the second time Thomas and Van Horn were traded for each other. ^[16] On March 21, 2004, Van Horn scored his highest single game total in Milwaukee, 32 points during a 104–103 loss to the Lakers.^{[ citation needed ]} In the playoffs, however, Van Horn and the Bucks would be eliminated in the first round by the eventual-champion Pistons. ^[17]

Dallas Mavericks

In order to make salary cap room for the signing of free-agent-to-be Michael Redd in the coming off-season, on February 24, 2005, the Bucks traded Van Horn to the Dallas Mavericks for the expiring contracts of Alan Henderson, Calvin Booth and cash. ^[18] He spent nearly two seasons with the Mavericks playing a key sixth man role and helping the Mavericks win the Western Conference Finals before losing in the NBA Finals to the Miami Heat.

Free agency and retirement

Following the 2005–06 season, he took a year off in order to spend time with his family. ^[19] On February 19, 2008, Van Horn signed a three-year deal (only the first year guaranteed) with the Mavericks in order to help complete a blockbuster trade that sent Jason Kidd from the Nets to the Mavericks and Devin Harris to the Nets. ^[20] As expected, Van Horn did not play at all for the Nets and was waived on October 23, 2008, ^[21] and earned $4.3 million without playing.

Van Horn finished his NBA career with averages of 16.0 points per game and nearly seven rebounds per game. ^[22]

Personal life

Van Horn lived in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey, during his time with the New Jersey Nets. ^[23] Van Horn lives in Bow Mar, Colorado, with his wife, Amy, and four children.^{[ citation needed ]} Van Horn's eldest daughter Sabrina was born near the end of his sophomore year at Utah, followed by his son Nick and two other daughters Noelle and Haley.^{[ citation needed ]} Sabrina played soccer for Mullen High School in Denver.^{[ citation needed ]} Van Horn helped coach the basketball teams of his two other daughters.^{[ citation needed ]} Having counseled Van Horn through the death of his father during his freshman season, Rick Majerus became close to Van Horn and was the godfather of Noelle. ^[9]

He purchased some on-the-river Colorado land and co-founded the Lincoln Hills Fly Fishing Club but later sold his majority interest in the club. ^[9] Van Horn has a real estate investment firm, a school for kids with special needs, and a mobile software company called Accuworks that created another mobile software company called Branded Business Apps.^{[ citation needed ]}

Van Horn runs the Colorado Premier Basketball Club, a non-profit youth basketball program involving around 1,000 kids from the Denver area. ^[24] The club, claimed to be Colorado's largest basketball club, provides leagues, coaching, camps and tournaments for around 1,000 kids from the Denver area. ^[3]

NBA career statistics

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field goal percentage	3P%	3-point field goal percentage	FT%	Free throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1997–98	New Jersey	62	62	37.5	.426	.308	.846	6.6	1.7	1.0	.4	19.7
1998–99	New Jersey	42	42	37.5	.428	.302	.859	8.5	1.5	1.0	1.3	21.8
1999–00	New Jersey	80	80	34.8	.445	.368	.847	8.5	2.0	.8	.8	19.2
2000–01	New Jersey	49	47	35.4	.435	.382	.806	7.1	1.7	.8	.4	17.0
2001–02	New Jersey	81	81	30.4	.433	.345	.800	7.5	2.0	.8	.5	14.8
2002–03	Philadelphia	74	73	31.6	.482	.369	.804	7.1	1.3	.9	.4	15.9
2003–04	New York	47	47	33.5	.445	.373	.819	7.3	1.8	1.1	.4	16.4
2003–04	Milwaukee	25	15	30.6	.472	.458	.945	6.3	1.5	.6	.6	15.7
2004–05	Milwaukee	33	13	24.8	.449	.385	.862	5.0	1.2	.6	.3	10.4
2004–05	Dallas	29	3	23.6	.462	.375	.783	4.4	1.2	.5	.3	12.2
2005–06	Dallas	53	0	20.6	.424	.368	.832	3.6	.7	.6	.2	8.9
Career		575	463	31.6	.443	.361	.835	6.8	1.6	.8	.5	16.0

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1998	New Jersey	3	3	25.7	.448	.000	.800	3.0	.3	.0	.0	12.7
2002	New Jersey	20	20	32.2	.402	.440	.714	6.7	2.1	1.0	.5	13.3
2003	Philadelphia	12	12	33.5	.382	.438	.900	7.5	.8	.8	.2	10.4
2004	Milwaukee	5	2	27.4	.333	.364	.667	4.6	1.4	1.4	.6	8.0
2005	Dallas	3	0	11.0	.467	.000	.889	2.0	.3	.3	.0	7.3
2006	Dallas	14	3	12.3	.339	.286	1.000	2.3	.1	.0	.3	3.6
Career		57	40	25.7	.388	.391	.795	5.1	1.1	.6	.3	9.5

Achievements

College:

• First Team All-WAC 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
• WAC Player of the Year 1995, 1996, 1997
• Associated Press All American 1996
• Associated Press All American 1997
• 1997 ESPN Men's College Basketball Player of the Year ^[25]
• University of Utah Men's Basketball "All Century Team" ^[26]
• WAC Champions (1995,1996,1997), University of Utah

Professional:

• NBA All Rookie First Team 1998
• Fifth NBA Scoring 1999
• 2002 Eastern Conference Championship, New Jersey Nets
• New Jersey Nets Top Ten Career Leader in points, field goals made, three-point field goals made and attempted, free throws made and attempted, offensive and defensive rebounds ^[27]
• 2006 Western Conference Championship, Dallas Mavericks

See also

• List of NCAA Division I men's basketball players with 2,000 points and 1,000 rebounds

References

1. "Keith Van Horn". National Basketball Association . Retrieved October 16, 2020.
2. Carl W. Grody. Sports Great Keith Van Horn. p.12.
3. "Keith van Horn: The Right Way". April 2, 2015.
4. Carl W. Grody. Sports Great Keith Van Horn. p.7.
5. 1996–97 Season Recap, "UTAH OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE – Men's Basketball". Archived from the original on December 18, 2009. Retrieved February 16, 2010.. Retrieved February 15, 2010.
6. ESPN ESPY Winners, http://www.espnmediazone.com/press_kits/espys/ESPYs_Winners_All_TIme.htm. Retrieved January 12, 2010. ^{[ dead link ‍]}
7. Carl W. Grody. Sports Great Keith Van Horn. p.47.
8. "U.'s All-Century team honored at half". February 17, 2008. Archived from the original on February 18, 2008. Retrieved February 18, 2008.
9. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on March 8, 2016. Retrieved October 25, 2015.
10. Kepner, Tyler (June 28, 1997). "Nets get Van Horn from 76ers". Washington Post. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
11. Keith Van Horn sets surprising career-high
12. "SIXERS: Sixers Acquire Keith Van Horn and Todd MacCulloch for Dikembe Mutombo". NBA.com. August 6, 2002. Archived from the original on August 8, 2002. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
13. Wise, Mike (August 7, 2002). "PRO BASKETBALL; Nets Get Mutombo From 76ers For Van Horn and MacCulloch". The New York Times . Retrieved December 8, 2008.
14. 2002–03 Philadelphia 76ers Roster and Stats
15. Robbins, Liz (July 24, 2003). "PRO BASKETBALL; It's a Done Deal: Exit Sprewell, Enter Van Horn". The New York Times . Retrieved August 28, 2018.
16. Broussard, Chris (February 16, 2004). "PRO BASKETBALL; Van Horn Goes As the Knicks Deal Again". The New York Times . Retrieved August 28, 2018.
17. 2003–04 Milwaukee Bucks Roster and Stats
18. "Seeing Redd: Bucks deal Van Horn to Mavs". ESPN.com. February 24, 2005. Retrieved December 8, 2008.
19. Wojciechowski, Gene (November 1, 2006). "Van Horn spending season playing a whole new game". ESPN.com. Retrieved February 16, 2010.
20. Finley, Bill (February 20, 2008). "Kidd Really Is Traded to Dallas This Time". The New York Times . Retrieved August 28, 2018.
21. "Van Horn, Gill, Hamilton, Hodge waived by Nets in roster moves". ESPN.com. October 24, 2008. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
22. "Keith Van Horn Stats". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
23. Broussard, Chris (October 31, 1999). "1999–2000 N.B.A. PREVIEW; Marbury-Van Horn Duo May Be Up With the Best". The New York Times. Retrieved September 9, 2008. Marbury, a Brooklyn native, seems to have a strong enough personality to endure being close to home, and Van Horn is content living with his wife and two children in Franklin Lakes, N.J.
24. "Touch Down". June 12, 2014.
25. ESPY Winners, http://www.espnmediazone.com/press_kits/espys/ESPYs_Winners_All_TIme.htm. Retrieved January 10, 2010. ^{[ dead link ‍]}
26. University of Utah Men's Basketball All Century Team, "Utah Basketball All-Century Team Unveiled – the Official Athletic Site of the University of Utah". Archived from the original on December 17, 2013. Retrieved July 12, 2014.. Retrieved January 11, 2009.
27. Nets Career Leaders, www.letsgonets.com/mediaguide/. Retrieved January 12, 2009.

Further reading

• Richard Corman (1999). Glory: Photographs of Athletes
• Terri Ellefsen and Salt Lake Tribune (1998). Runnin’ Utes Basketball
• Carl W. Grody (2001). Sports Great Keith Van Horn
• Diane Long (2000). He's Just My Dad, Portraits of Celebrity Athletes and their Children
• Rick Majerus with Gene Wojciechowski (2000). My Life on a Napkin: Pillow Mints, Playground Dreams and Coaching the Runnin' Utes

External links

• Career statistics from NBA.com  and  Basketball Reference
• Keith Van Horn biography on NBA.com (archived from 2003)
• Keith Van Horn: An NBA Rarity