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Vitaly Potapenko

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Vitalii Potapenko
Memphis Grizzlies
Vitaly Potapenko in 2016.
Position	Assistant coach
League	NBA
Personal information
Born	(1975-03-21) March 21, 1975 (age 49) Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Nationality	Ukrainian
Listed height	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Listed weight	280 lb (127 kg)
Career information
College	Wright State (1994–1996)
NBA draft	1996: 1st round, 12th overall pick
Selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers
Playing career	1992–2008
Position	Center
Number	52, 9, 20
Coaching career	2009–present
Career history
As player:
1992–1994	Budivelnyk
1996–1999	Cleveland Cavaliers
1999–2002	Boston Celtics
2002–2006	Seattle SuperSonics
2006–2007	Sacramento Kings
2007–2008	Estudiantes
As coach:
2009–2010	Fort Wayne Mad Ants (assistant)
2010–2011	Indiana Pacers (assistant)
2011–2012	Dakota Wizards (assistant)
2012–2013	Santa Cruz Warriors (assistant)
2013–2017	Cleveland Cavaliers (assistant)
2018–present	Memphis Grizzlies (assistant)

Career highlights and awards
As player: 2× Ukrainian champion (1993, 1994) 2× First-team All-MCC (1995, 1996) As assistant coach: NBA champion (2016)

Career NBA statistics
Points	3,995 (6.5 ppg)
Rebounds	2,725 (4.5 rpg)
Assists	418 (0.7 apg)

Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Vitalii Mykolayovych Potapenko^[1] (/poʊˈtɑːpɛŋkoʊ/ poh-TAH-peng-koh,^[2] Ukrainian: Віталій Миколайович Потапенко; born March 21, 1975) is a Ukrainian former professional basketball player who is currently an assistant coach for the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketballatWright State University and was selected 12th overall by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 1996 NBA draft, also the last pick before Kobe Bryant. Nicknamed "The Ukraine Train",^[1] he played for the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Boston Celtics, the Seattle SuperSonics, and the Sacramento Kings of the NBA, as well as MMT Estudiantes in the Spanish ACB.^[3]^[4]

Since retiring as a player, Potapenko has been serving as an assistant coach for several teams, among them the Fort Wayne Mad Ants, the Indiana Pacers, the Dakota Wizards,^[5] and the Santa Cruz Warriors and later as an assistant director of player development for the Cleveland Cavaliers,^[6] helping them win their first ever NBA championship.

NBA career statistics[edit]

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[edit]


Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1996–97	Cleveland	80	3	15.5	.440	.500	.736	2.7	.5	.3	.4	5.8
1997–98	Cleveland	80	0	17.7	.480	.000	.708	3.9	.7	.3	.4	7.1
1998–99	Cleveland	17	12	27.5	.437	.000	.673	5.5	.9	.6	.9	8.4
1998–99	Boston	33	32	28.1	.521	–	.547	7.2	1.8	.7	.6	10.8
1999–00	Boston	79	72	22.7	.499	.000	.681	6.3	1.0	.5	.4	9.2
2000–01	Boston	82	7	23.2	.476	–	.728	6.0	.8	.6	.3	7.5
2001–02	Boston	79	9	17.0	.455	–	.742	4.4	.4	.5	.2	4.6
2002–03	Seattle	26	2	15.4	.441	–	.759	3.4	.2	.3	.3	4.6
2003–04	Seattle	65	39	21.8	.489	–	.641	4.4	.8	.3	.4	7.1
2004–05	Seattle	33	1	10.2	.517	–	.871	2.4	.3	.2	.1	3.5
2005–06	Seattle	24	12	13.4	.500	–	.588	2.6	.3	.1	.1	3.1
2005–06	Sacramento	9	0	3.5	.714	–	–	.2	.2	.0	.0	1.1
2006–07	Sacramento	3	0	4.3	.000	–	–	.7	.0	.0	.0	.0
Career		610	189	19.0	.479	.167	.694	4.5	.7	.4	.3	6.5

Playoffs[edit]


Year	Team	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1998	Cleveland	4	17.5	.400	–	.500	2.8	.8	.5	.0	4.3
2005	Seattle	5	7.4	.500	–	–	1.4	.0	.0	.0	2.0
2006	Sacramento	4	2.4	.500	–	–	.3	.0	.3	.0	1.0
Career		13	9.0	.448	–	.500	1.5	.2	.2	.0	2.4