Craig Ehlo

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Craig Ehlo
Personal information
Born (1961-08-11) August 11, 1961 (age 63)
Lubbock, Texas
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight 200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High school Monterey (Lubbock, Texas)
College Odessa College (1979–1981)
Washington State (1981–1983)
NBA draft 1983 / Round: 3 / Pick: 48th overall
Selected by the Houston Rockets
Playing career 1983–1997
Position Shooting guard
Number 3
Career history
19831986 Houston Rockets
1986 Mississippi Jets (CBA)
19861993 Cleveland Cavaliers
19931996 Atlanta Hawks
1996–1997 Seattle SuperSonics
Career NBA statistics
Points 7,492 (8.6 ppg)
Rebounds 3,139 (3.6 rpg)
Assists 2,456 (2.8 apg)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Joel Craig Ehlo (born August 11, 1961) is a retired American National Basketball Association (NBA) player.[1]

A 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) guard/forward from Odessa Junior College and Washington State University. Ehlo was selected in the third round of the 1983 NBA draft by the Houston Rockets, and went with the Rockets to the 1986 NBA Finals in a losing cause to the Boston Celtics. He played 14 NBA seasons with a total of four teams, amassing respectable career totals of 7,492 points, 2,456 assists and 3,139 rebounds.

He spent the prime of his career with the Cleveland Cavaliers, with whom he tallied 5,130 points, 1,803 assists, and 2,267 rebounds in seven seasons (1986–1993). Ehlo is perhaps best remembered for being the victim of one of Chicago Bulls star Michael Jordan's greatest performances. On May 7, 1989, Ehlo, then a Cavalier, was defending Jordan when he made "The Shot", the series-clinching jumper in the first round of the NBA Playoffs in front of a Cleveland home crowd, then considered an upset as Cleveland was the 3rd seed in the east and Chicago was the 6th.

Ehlo spent the second half of his career with the Atlanta Hawks as Steve Smith's backup. Before the 1996–97 season, he signed with the Seattle SuperSonics, and was used sparingly.

Ehlo worked as an analyst on Gonzaga men's basketball games. He later became an assistant coach for Eastern Washington University. Ehlo coached at Eastern Washington until resigning on July 11, 2013. Later that year, Ehlo underwent drug treatment owing to an addiction to prescription painkillers.[2]

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External links

  • Career statistics and player information from NBA.com and Basketball-Reference.comLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
  • Career statistics and player information from WNBA.comLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). and Basketball-Reference.comLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). (selected season statistics, career highs)
  • Craig Ehlo biography on NBA.com