(1958-12-24) December 24, 1958 (age 65) Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
Listed height
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight
185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High school
George Wythe (Richmond, Virginia)
College
Western Texas (1978–1980)
Tulsa (1980–1982)
NBA draft
1982: 1st round, 20th overall pick
Selected by the Milwaukee Bucks
Playing career
1982–1993
Position
Small forward
Number
25, 8, 5
Coaching career
1994–2016
Career history
As player:
1982–1990
Milwaukee Bucks
1990–1992
San Antonio Spurs
1992–1993
Golden State Warriors
As coach:
1992–1994
Golden State Warriors (assistant)
1994–2000
San Antonio Spurs (assistant)
2000–2004
Orlando Magic (assistant)
2004–2006
Boston Celtics (assistant)
2007–2010
New Orleans Hornets (assistant)
2010–2013
Cleveland Cavaliers (assistant)
2014–2016
Los Angeles Lakers (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
As player:
2× NBA All-Defensive First Team (1985, 1986)
NBA All-Defensive Second Team (1987)
Consensus second-team All-American (1982)
MVC Player of the Year (1982)
2× First-team All-MVC (1981, 1982)
No. 25 retired by Tulsa Golden Hurricane
As assistant coach:
NBA champion (1999)
Career NBA statistics
Points
7,664 (10.6 ppg)
Rebounds
2,798 (3.9 rpg)
Assists
3,715 (5.1 apg)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Paul Matthew Pressey (born December 24, 1958) is an American former professional basketball player who was also an assistant coach for seven different National Basketball Association (NBA) teams. Pressey is widely credited as being one of the initial point forwards,[1][2] combining the attributes of a point guard and forward.
^"Lakers Assistant Paul Pressey was the NBA's 1st Point-Forward". Lake Show Life.
^"WHO ACTUALLY CAME UP WITH 'POINT FORWARD'? It wasn't Scottie Pippen". Basketball Network.
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first mentioned the term to Nelson while discussing how to best use PaulPressey. Harris says he came up with the term while coaching Robert Reid with...
Rebs: Charles Barkley 8 Asts: Maurice Cheeks 9 Pts: Terry Cummings 17 Rebs: PaulPressey 10 Asts: Hodges, Pressey 8 each Philadelphia leads series, 1–0...
123–115 win over the Miami Heat. On February 16, Antetokounmpo surpassed PaulPressey for the most assists in Bucks franchise history. On February 19, his...
Scoring by quarter: 18–33, 34–18, 23–28, 27–30 Pts: PaulPressey 25 Rebs: Greg Anderson 10 Asts: PaulPressey 12 Pts: Michael Jordan 36 Rebs: Michael Jordan...
contenders, primarily due to the strong play of Moncrief, Marques Johnson, PaulPressey, Junior Bridgeman and the arrival of Craig Hodges, Terry Cummings, Ricky...
Abdul-Jabbar hits the game-tying sky-hook with 22 seconds left to force OT. Paul Westphal's final NBA game. This was the fourth playoff meeting between these...
a 124–122 loss versus the Dallas Mavericks. Both Sidney Moncrief and PaulPressey were out with injuries, and only one teammate of Cummings’ (Ricky Pierce...
Cavaliers. On December 5, 1984, Moncrief and teammates Terry Cummings and PaulPressey combined for 76 points, an impressive 67% of Milwaukee's points, in a...
offense. In Nelson's tenure with the Bucks, he used 6–5 small forward PaulPressey for the role. This enabled Nelson to field shooting guards Sidney Moncrief...
entrance. John Bagley – G, Boston College (junior) Terry Cummings – F, DePaul (junior) Quintin Dailey – G, San Francisco (junior) Ollie Johnson – F, Washington...
the ball a lot. Coach Don Nelson called a timeout. He told me ‘I have PaulPressey to pass. Your job is to score the ball.’ I thought that was kind of cool...
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