Eldridge Recasner

Eldridge Recasner

Personal information
Born	(1967-12-14) December 14, 1967 (age 56) New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight	190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High school	Alfred Lawless (New Orleans, Louisiana)
College	Washington (1986–1990)
NBA draft	1990: undrafted
Playing career	1990–2002
Position	Guard
Number	7, 3, 5, 14
Career history
1990–1991	TTL Bamberg
1991–1992	Louisville Shooters
1992	Presto Ice Cream Kings
1992–1993	Yakima Sun Kings
1993–1994	Galatasaray
1994–1995	Yakima Sun Kings
1995	Denver Nuggets
1995–1996	Houston Rockets
1996–1998	Atlanta Hawks
1999–2001	Charlotte Hornets
2001–2002	Los Angeles Clippers
Career highlights and awards
CBA champion (1995) CBA Most Valuable Player (1995) 3× All-Pac-10 (1988–1990) Pac-10 All-Freshman (1987)
Career NBA statistics
3-point FG %	41%
free throw %	89%
Games	296
Stats  at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals Men’s basketball Representing  United States FIBA Americas Championship 1993 San Juan Team competition

Eldridge David Recasner (born December 14, 1967) is an American former professional basketball player. In college, he was a three-time All-Pac-10 Conference guard for the Washington Huskies. After college, he played in a variety of professional leagues such as the Continental Basketball Association (CBA), Europe and the Philippine Basketball Association before entering the NBA. He subsequently played for several National Basketball Association (NBA) teams including the Denver Nuggets, Houston Rockets, Atlanta Hawks, Charlotte Hornets and Los Angeles Clippers.

In the 1994–95 season, his fifth season after college, he earned the CBA MVP award while leading the Yakima Sun Kings to the league championship. After that CBA season was completed, he signed to play in the NBA at the end of the 1994–95 NBA season for the Nuggets. The following season, he earned a spot on the roster of the two-time defending champion Rockets. He played in the NBA for seven more seasons. He had a career 41% three-point shot field goal percentage and 89% free throw percentage in eight NBA seasons. In each of his first four full seasons in the NBA, he shot at least 40% from the three-point line, but he suffered injuries as a passenger during an accident in an automobile driven by Derrick Coleman before the 1999–2000 season and never achieved the same level of success after the accident. He later became an assistant coach for the Sioux Falls Skyforce.^[1]