Mike Wilson (basketball)

{{short description|American basketball player (born 1959)}} {{About||others of the same name|Mike Wilson (disambiguation){{!}}Mike Wilson|the Harlem Globetrotters player|Michael Wilson (basketball)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Mike Wilson | image = | width = | caption = | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 4 | weight_lb = 175 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|09|15}} | birth_place = [[Memphis, Tennessee]], U.S. | high_school = Manassas (Memphis, Tennessee) | college = [[Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball|Marquette]] (1978–1982) | draft_year = 1982 | draft_round = 3 | draft_pick = 47 | draft_team = [[Cleveland Cavaliers]] | career_start = 1983 | career_end = 1987 | career_number = 2, 22, 15 | career_position = [[Point guard]] / [[shooting guard]] | years1 = 1982–1983 | team1 = [[Wisconsin Flyers]] | years2 = {{nbay|1983|start}} | team2 = [[Washington Bullets]] | years3 = 1983–1985 | team3 = [[Sarasota Stingers]] | years4 = {{nbay|1984|start}} | team4 = [[Cleveland Cavaliers]] | years5 = {{nbay|1984|start}}–{{nbay|1986|start}} | team5 = [[New Jersey Nets]] | years6 = 1986 | team6 = Charleston Gunners | years7 = 1986–1988 | team7 = [[Topeka Sizzlers]] | years8 = {{nbay|1986|end}} | team8 = [[Atlanta Hawks]] | years9 = 1988 | team9 = [[Rochester Flyers]] | highlights = }} '''Michael Wilson''' (born September 15, 1959) is an American former [[basketball]] player. He played [[college basketball]] for [[Marquette University]] from 1978 to 1982. Wilson averaged 10.9 points, 3.8 assists, 3.5 rebounds and 2.3 steals over his 119-game college career.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gomarquette.com/news/2010/2/8/Marquette_Rewind_Michael_Wilson_Part_Of_Guard_Rich_Tradition_At_MU.aspx|title=Marquette Rewind – Michael Wilson Part Of Guard-Rich Tradition At MU|website=Marquette University Athletics|language=en|access-date=2019-12-10}}</ref> Wilson was captain of the Marquette team in 1980–81 and 1981–82 and he led the team in scoring his senior season with 16.1 points per game.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wiki.muscoop.com/doku.php/men_s_basketball/michael_wilson|title=men_s_basketball:michael_wilson – MUScoop Wiki|website=wiki.muscoop.com|access-date=2019-12-10}}</ref>

Wilson played in the [[National Basketball Association]] (NBA). Wilson was drafted in the third round of the [[1982 NBA draft]] by the [[Cleveland Cavaliers]] with the 47th overall pick <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.landofbasketball.com/nba_players/w/michael_wilson.htm|title=NBA Players: Michael Wilson Profile and Basic Stats|website=www.landofbasketball.com|access-date=2019-12-10}}</ref><ref name=bbr>{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/w/wilsomi01.html|title=Michael Wilson NBA stats|website=[[Basketball Reference]]|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=26 January 2026}}</ref> He first played with the [[Washington Bullets]] in 1983, played with the Cavaliers in 1984. Later, he played with the [[New Jersey Nets]] in 1984–85,1986–1987 and the [[Atlanta Hawks]] in 1986–1987.<ref name=bbr/>

Wilson also played 144 games in the [[Continental Basketball Association]] (CBA). He averaged 16.6 points and 3.8 assists per game over five seasons for the [[Wisconsin Flyers]], Sarasota Stingers, Charleston Gunners, [[Topeka Sizzlers]] and [[Rochester Flyers]] from 1982 to 1988.<ref>{{cite magazine|author=|title= 1988–89 CBA Oficial Guide and Register, page 287|magazine=[[Continental Basketball Association]]|date=October 1988}}</ref>

==Career statistics== {{NBA player statistics legend}}

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====Regular season==== {{NBA player statistics start}} |- | style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1983}} | style="text-align:left;"|[[1983–84 Washington Bullets season|Washington]] | 6 || 0 || 4.3 || .000 || .000 || .500 || .2 || .5 || .0 || .0 || .2 |- | style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"|{{nbay|1984}} | style="text-align:left;"|[[1984–85 Cleveland Cavaliers season|Cleveland]] | '''11''' || 0 || '''15.9''' || '''.500''' || – || .767 || '''1.6''' || '''2.2''' || '''.9''' || '''.3''' || '''7.0''' |- | style="text-align:left;"|[[1984–85 New Jersey Nets season|New Jersey]] | 8 || 0 || 11.5 || .391 || – || .667 || '''1.6''' || 1.4 || .5 || '''.3''' || 2.8 |- | style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"|{{nbay|1986}} | style="text-align:left;"|[[1986–87 New Jersey Nets season|New Jersey]] | 5 || 0 || 8.6 || .375 || – || '''1.000''' || .8 || 1.2 || .2 || .0 || 1.6 |- | style="text-align:left;"|[[1986–87 Atlanta Hawks season|Atlanta]] | 2 || 0 || 1.0 || .000 || – || – || .0 || .5 || .0 || .0 || .0 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career | 32 || 0 || 10.6 || .438 || .000 || .750 || 1.1 || 1.4 || .5 || .2 || 3.4 {{s-end}}

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