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Washington Wizards: 25 Best Players To Play For The Wizards

By Phil Watson

Jan 28, 2016; Washington, DC, USA; A general view of the scoreboard at Verizon Center, as the Washington Wizards changed their name to the Baltimore Bullets for one game as part of throwback night against the Denver Nuggets. The Nuggets won 117-113. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports
Jan 28, 2016; Washington, DC, USA; A general view of the scoreboard at Verizon Center, as the Washington Wizards changed their name to the Baltimore Bullets for one game as part of throwback night against the Denver Nuggets. The Nuggets won 117-113. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports /
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Basketball: Chicago Bulls Michael Jordan (23) in action, defense vs Washington Bullets Jeff Malone (24) at Capital Centre. Jordan wearing red Nike Air Jordan 1 sneakers. Landover, MD 1/30/1985 CREDIT: John Iacono (Photo by John Iacono /Sports Illustrated/Getty Images) (Set Number: X31039 T2 R2 F10 )
Basketball: Chicago Bulls Michael Jordan (23) in action, defense vs Washington Bullets Jeff Malone (24) at Capital Centre. Jordan wearing red Nike Air Jordan 1 sneakers. Landover, MD 1/30/1985 CREDIT: John Iacono (Photo by John Iacono /Sports Illustrated/Getty Images) (Set Number: X31039 T2 R2 F10 ) /

Jeff Malone. 25. player. 142. <strong>How acquired:</strong> 10th overall pick from Mississippi State, 1983 NBA Draft.. SG. 1983-90

Looking for backcourt scoring, the Washington Bullets selected Mississippi State’s Jeff Malone, who had averaged 26.8 points per game as a senior, with the 10th overall pick in the 1983 NBA Draft.

Malone was a first team All-Rookie selection as a reserve and moved into the starting lineup in his second season. He lived up to his billing as a scorer from the shooting guard spot and earned back-to-back All-Star Game invitations for the Bullets in 1986 and 1987.

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He averaged at least 20 points per game five times in Washington, including a career-best 24.3 points a night in 1989-90.

In June 1990, Malone was sent to the Utah Jazz as part of a three-team deal in which the Bullets got Pervis Ellison from the Sacramento Kings and sent a 1991 second-round pick to Sacramento.

In seven seasons with the Bullets, Malone averaged 20.2 points, 2.8 assists and 2.7 rebounds in 32.8 minutes per game, shooting .477/.244/.869.

In February 1994, Malone was traded to the Philadelphia 76ers, who waived him in January 1996.

He signed a pair of 10-day contracts with the Miami Heat in February 1996 and got a deal for the remainder of the 1995-96 season before being released in July 1996.

Malone played a single season in Greece before retiring and later coached in the International Basketball League and spent five seasons as a head coach in the D-League from 2001-06.

He is 22nd in NBA history with a free throw percentage of .871.

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