Matt Maloney

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Matt Maloney
Personal information
Born (1971-12-06) December 6, 1971 (age 53)
Silver Spring, Maryland, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight192 lb (87 kg)
Career information
High school Haddonfield Memorial
(Haddonfield, New Jersey)
College
NBA draft 1995: undrafted
Playing career1995–2003
Position Point guard
Number12, 11
Career history
1995–1996 Grand Rapids Mackers
19961999 Houston Rockets
2000 Chicago Bulls
20002003 Atlanta Hawks
Career highlights and awards
Career NBA statistics
Points 2,177 (7.4 ppg)
Rebounds 500 (1.7 rpg)
Assists 852 (2.9 apg)
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Stats at Basketball Reference

Matthew Patrick Maloney (born December 6, 1971) is an American former professional basketball player who played seven seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

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Early years

Maloney was born in Silver Spring, Maryland, but grew up in Haddonfield, New Jersey.

College career

Maloney began his basketball career at Vanderbilt University, transferring after his freshman year to the University of Pennsylvania, and played three seasons as a Penn Quaker.

During Maloney's three seasons as a Penn Quaker, the team went 42–0 in the Ivy League with him as a starting guard, including three Ivy League championships and subsequently three bids to the NCAA tournament. The Penn Quakers went 69–14 during Maloney's career. He was also a three-time first-team All-Ivy selection, and was the Ivy League's Player of the Year his senior season.

Maloney holds several Quaker records, including a 37-point game (sophomore year vs. American; tied for fourth-best single game scoring performance in program history), 91 three-pointers made in single season (second all-time, 1992–93), 44.4% three-pointer field goal percentage (fifth all-time, 1992–93), 89.7% free throw percentage (61 of 68, first all-time, 1993–94), and 62 steals in a single season (fourth all time, 1993–94).

In the Philadelphia Big 5, Maloney was a two-time first-team All-Big 5 selection (1992–93 and 1994–95). Maloney was second-team All-Big 5 selection in 1993–94. [1]

Professional career

Never drafted by a National Basketball Association team, Maloney made his debut for the Grand Rapids Mackers of the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) during the 1995–96 season and was named to the CBA All-Rookie Second Team. [2]

Maloney played with the Houston Rockets from 1996 to 1999, [3] the Chicago Bulls during 1999–2000 and the Atlanta Hawks for the 2000–01 and 2002–03 seasons.

He is notable for his rookie season when the two players in front of him on the depth chart had season ending injuries and Maloney was able to start all 82 regular season games at point guard for a Rockets squad with future Hall of Famers Charles Barkley, Clyde Drexler, and Hakeem Olajuwon. The club won 57 games, eventually losing to the Utah Jazz in six games in the Western Conference Finals during the 1997 playoffs.

Maloney's father, Jim, a longtime assistant coach for John Chaney at Temple University, died only months before Maloney began playing for his first NBA team. During his career he appeared in 21 playoff games and scored a total of 177 points, achieving a career-high 26 points twice during the 1997 playoffs.

NBA career statistics

Legend
  GPGames 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
 * Led the league

Regular season

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
1996–97 Houston 8282*29.1.441.404.7632.03.71.0.09.4
1997–98 Houston 787828.4.408.364.8331.82.8.8.18.6
1998–99 Houston 15712.4.179.067.909.71.4.3.01.4
1999–00 Chicago 511223.0.358.356.8221.32.7.6.16.4
2000–01 Atlanta 552725.5.420.359.7652.12.81.0.16.7
2002–03 Atlanta 1407.4.320.333.600.51.2.3.01.7
Career29520625.3.408.372.7971.72.9.8.07.4

Playoffs

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
1997 Houston 161632.9.399.398.6671.23.1.6.211.2
1998 Houston 5533.0.333.250.8891.63.6.4.46.6
Career212132.9.388.375.7331.33.2.6.210.1

References

  1. "Matt Maloney Named to Philadelphia Big 5 Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 1, 2015.
  2. "Matt Maloney minor league basketball statistics". Stats Crew. Retrieved February 28, 2025.
  3. Maloney expects to sign with Houston Archived September 28, 2009, at the Wayback Machine ; Daily Pennsylvanian, September 5, 1996