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Eric Murdock

Murdock during a New Jersey Nets/Portland Trail Blazers game.
No. 14, 3, 5
Position: Point Guard
League: NBA/NBA G League/ABA/CBA
Personal information
Full name: Eric Lloyd Murdock
Born: June 14, 1968 (1968-06-14) (age 57)
Somerville, New Jersey
Nationality: American
Physical stats
Listed height: 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight: 190 lbs (86 kg)
National Basketball Association career
Debut: 1991 for the Utah Jazz
Final season: 2000 for the Los Angeles Clippers
Career information
High school: Bridgewater-Raritan West
(Bridgewater, New Jersey)
College: Providence (1987–1991)
NBA Draft: 1991 / Round: 1 / Pick: 21st overall
Selected by the Utah Jazz
Playing career: 1991–2004 (13 years)
Career history
1991–1992 Utah Jazz
19921995 Milwaukee Bucks
1995–1996 Vancouver Grizzlies
1996 Denver Nuggets
1996–1997 Fortitudo Bologna
1997–1998 Miami Heat
1999 New Jersey Nets
1999–2000 Los Angeles Clippers
2002 Grand Rapids Hoops
2002–2003 Virtus Bologna
2003 Jersey Squires
2003–2004 Idaho Stampede
Career highlights and awards
  • Consensus second-team All-American (1991)
  • CBA All-Star Game (2003)
  • First-team All-Big East (1991)
  • Third-team All-Big East (1989)
NBA career playing statistics
Points: 5,118 (10.1 PPG)
Rebounds: 1,261 (2.5 RPG)
Assists: 2,467 (4.9 APG)
Steals: 830 (1.6 SPG)
Blocks: 69 (0.1 BPG)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball–Reference.com

Eric Lloyd Murdock (born June 14, 1968), nicknamed "Man of Steal", is an American former professional basketball player.

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
 *  Led the league

NBA[]

Regular season[]

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1991–92 Utah 50 0 9.6 .415 .192 .754 1.1 1.8 0.6 0.1 4.1
1992–93 Milwaukee 79 78 30.8 .468 .261 .780 3.6 7.6 2.2 0.1 14.4
1993–94 Milwaukee 82* 76 30.9 .468 .411 .813 3.2 6.7 2.4 0.1 15.3
1994–95 Milwaukee 75 32 28.8 .415 .375 .790 2.9 6.4 1.5 0.2 13.0
1995–96 Milwaukee 9 0 21.4 .364 .261 .667 1.6 3.9 0.7 0.0 6.9
1995–96 Vancouver 64 14 23.1 .422 .320 .809 2.4 4.6 2.0 0.1 9.1
1996–97 Denver 12 0 9.5 .455 .400 .917 0.9 2.0 0.8 0.2 3.8
1997–98 Miami 82* 1 17.0 .422 .308 .801 1.9 2.7 1.3 0.2 6.2
1998–99 New Jersey 15 8 26.7 .395 .364 .808 2.3 4.4 1.5 0.1 7.9
1999–00 L.A. Clippers 40 15 17.3 .385 .381 .638 1.9 2.7 1.2 0.1 5.6
Career 508 224 23.4 .438 .343 .786 2.5 4.9 1.6 0.1 10.1

Playoffs[]

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1992 Utah 3 0 3.7 .600 .000 1.000 1.0 0.3 0.3 0.3 2.7
1998 Miami 5 0 25.0 .344 .222 .821 4.0 3.0 1.4 0.0 9.4
Career 8 0 17.0 .378 .200 .833 2.9 2.0 1.0 0.1 6.9

College[]

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1987–88 Providence 28 - 27.4 .413 .355 .738 3.0 3.0 3.2 0.1 10.7
1988–89 Providence 29 - 32.3 .457 .349 .762 4.7 4.7 3.3 0.3 16.2
1989–90 Providence 28 - 29.8 .419 .365 .762 4.1 4.1 2.8 0.5 15.4
1990–91 Providence 32 - 34.7 .445 .350 .812 5.3 5.3 3.5 0.2 25.6
Career 117 - 31.2 .436 .354 .784 4.3 4.3 3.2 0.3 17.3