Gregory Ray Sutton (born December 3, 1967, in Santa Cruz, California

Santa Cruz, California

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) is a retired American

United States

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 professional basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

 player who was selected by the San Antonio Spurs

San Antonio Spurs

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 in the 2nd round (49th overall) of the 1991 NBA Draft

1991 NBA Draft

The 1991 NBA Draft took place on June 26, 1991 in New York City, New York. Dikembe Mutombo is regarded as the best overall pick in this draft, becoming one of the greatest defensive centers in the history of the league. He was a four-time NBA Defensive Player of the Year award winner and an eight...

. Sutton, a 6'2" (1.88 m) and 170 lb (77 kg) point guard

Point guard

Point guard , also called the play maker or "the ball-handler", is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. A point guard has perhaps the most specialized role of any position – essentially, he is expected to run the team's offense by controlling the ball and making sure that...

, played for Spurs, Charlotte Hornets and Philadelphia 76ers

Philadelphia 76ers

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 in three seasons. In his NBA career, Sutton played in a total of 168 games and averaged 4.5 ppg. He played collegiately at Langston University

Langston University

Langston University is an institution of higher learning located in Langston, Oklahoma, USA. It is the only historically black college in the state, and the westernmost historically black college in the United States...

 and Oral Roberts University

Oral Roberts University

Oral Roberts University , based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in the United States, is an interdenominational, Charismatic Christian, comprehensive university with an enrollment of about 3,790 students from 49 U.S. states along with a significant number of international students from 70 countries...

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External links

• NBA statistics @ basketballreference.com