{{short description|American basketball player}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{No significant coverage (sports)|date=May 2023}}{{Infobox basketball biography | name = Steve Colter | image = | width = | caption = | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 3 | weight_lb = 165 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|07|24}} | birth_place = Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. | high_school = Phoenix Union (Phoenix, Arizona) | college = New Mexico State (1980–1984) | draft_year = 1984 | draft_round = 2 | draft_pick = 33 | draft_team = Portland Trail Blazers | career_start = 1984 | career_end = 1995 | career_number = 20, 22, 14, 21, 5 | career_position = Point guard | years1 = {{nbay|1984|start}}–{{nbay|1985|end}} | team1 = Portland Trail Blazers | years2 = {{nbay|1986|start}} | team2 = Chicago Bulls | years3 = {{nbay|1986|start}}–{{nbay|1987|start}} | team3 = Philadelphia 76ers | years4 = {{nbay|1987|start}}–{{nbay|1989|end}} | team4 = Washington Bullets | years5 = {{nbay|1990|full=y}} | team5 = Sacramento Kings | years6 = 1991–1993 | team6 = Omaha Racers | years7 = 1992 | team7 = Shell Rimula X | years8 = 1993–1994 | team8 = KK Split | years9 = {{nbay|1994|full=y}} | team9 = Cleveland Cavaliers | highlights = * CBA champion (1993) *First-team All-PCAA (1984) }}
'''Steve Colter''' (born July 24, 1962) is an American former professional basketball player who played in eight NBA seasons for six different teams. He played for the Portland Trail Blazers, Chicago Bulls, Philadelphia 76ers, Washington Bullets, Sacramento Kings and Cleveland Cavaliers. A 6'3" guard from New Mexico State, he was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers in the second round (33rd overall) of the 1984 NBA draft.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Steve Colter NBA stats|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/c/coltest01.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230208014911/https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/c/coltest01.html|archivedate=8 February 2023|accessdate=24 February 2026|website=Basketball Reference|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|language=en}}</ref>
In his NBA career, Colter played in 526 games and scored a total of 3,319 points. His best year as a professional came during the 1985–86 season as a member of the Trail Blazers, appearing in 81 games (51 starts) and averaging 8.7 points per game. From 1991 until 1994 he did not play in the NBA, but returned to play for the Cleveland Cavaliers for one more season before retiring in 1995.<ref name=":0" /> He also became an import in the Philippine Basketball Association played with the Shell Rimula X in 1992.{{Citation needed|date=December 2013}}
Colter won a Continental Basketball Association (CBA) championship with the Omaha Racers in 1993.<ref>{{cite web |title=1992-93 Omaha Racers Statistics |url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbasketball/stats/t-CBAOMR/y-1992 |website=Stats Crew |access-date=March 12, 2025}}</ref>
==Career statistics== {{NBA player statistics legend}}
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====Regular season==== {{NBA player statistics start}} |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1984}} | style="text-align:left;"| Portland | 78 || 22 || 18.7 || .453 || .351 || .754 || 1.9 || 3.1 || 1.0 || .1 || 7.1 |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1985}} | style="text-align:left;"| Portland | '''81''' || 51 || 23.1 || .456 || .325 || .823 || 2.2 || 3.2 || '''1.4''' || .1 || '''8.7''' |- | style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"| {{nbay|1986}} | style="text-align:left;"| Chicago | 27 || 18 || 17.5 || .345 || .000 || '''.846''' || 1.6 || 3.5 || .7 || .2 || 4.9 |- | style="text-align:left;"| Philadelphia | 43 || 13 || 19.7 || .471 || '''.500''' || .721 || 1.5 || 2.7 || .9 || .1 || 6.8 |- | style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"| {{nbay|1987}} | style="text-align:left;"| Philadelphia | 12 || 0 || 12.7 || .375 || – || .778 || 1.5 || 2.2 || .5 || .0 || 3.1 |- | style="text-align:left;"| Washington | 56 || '''53''' || '''24.3''' || .469 || .300 || .791 || '''2.8''' || '''4.2''' || 1.0 || '''.3''' || 8.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1988}} | style="text-align:left;"| Washington | 80 || 5 || 17.8 || .444 || .140 || .749 || 2.3 || 2.8 || .9 || .2 || 6.7 |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1989}} | style="text-align:left;"| Washington | 73 || 1 || 13.4 || '''.478''' || .000 || .811 || 2.4 || 2.0 || .6 || .1 || 4.9 |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1990}} | style="text-align:left;"| Sacramento | 19 || 0 || 13.2 || .411 || .357 || .700 || 1.4 || 1.9 || .6 || .1 || 3.1 |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1994}} | style="text-align:left;"| Cleveland | 57 || 7 || 13.2 || .396 || .229 || .761 || 1.0 || 1.8 || .5 || .1 || 3.4 |-class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" | Career | 526 || 170 || 18.2 || .448 || .289 || .778 || 2.0 || 2.8 || .9 || .1 || 6.3 {{S-end}}
====Playoffs==== {{NBA player statistics start}} |- | style="text-align:left;"| 1985 | style="text-align:left;"| Portland | '''9''' || 0 || 18.4 || .480 || '''.273''' || .625 || 1.8 || 4.1 || .6 || .0 || '''8.9''' |- | style="text-align:left;"| 1986 | style="text-align:left;"| Portland | 4 || 4 || '''26.0''' || .462 || .000 || '''1.000''' || '''3.8''' || '''5.3''' || '''1.3''' || .3 || 6.5 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 1987 | style="text-align:left;"| Philadelphia | 2 || 0 || 4.0 || '''.500''' || – || – || .0 || 1.0 || .0 || .0 || 1.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 1988 | style="text-align:left;"| Washington | 5 || '''5''' || 17.2 || .452 || – || .571 || 3.0 || 2.6 || .6 || '''.6''' || 6.4 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 1995 | style="text-align:left;"| Cleveland | 4 || 0 || 10.8 || '''.500''' || .000 || .500 || .3 || .5 || .3 || .0 || 3.0 |-class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" | Career | 24 || 9 || 17.0 || .472 || .231 || .619 || 2.0 || 3.2 || .6 || .2 || 6.3 {{S-end}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20060302071508/http://www.databasebasketball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=ColteSt01 NBA stats]}} @ databasebasketball.com
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