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Randolph Keys
Personal information
Born (1966-04-19) April 19, 1966 (age 58)
Collins, Mississippi, U.S.
High school Collins (Collins, Mississippi)
Listed height 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight 195 lb (88 kg)
Career information
College Southern Miss (1984–1988)
NBA Draft 1988 / Round: 1 / Pick: 22nd overall
Selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers
Pro career 1988–2000
Career history
1988–1990 Cleveland Cavaliers
1990–1991 Charlotte Hornets
1991 Benetton Treviso
1991–1992 Paris Basket Racing
1992–1993 Taugrés Vitoria
1993–1995 Quad City Thunder
1995 Los Angeles Lakers
1995–1996 Milwaukee Bucks
1996–1999 Verona
1999 Panionios B.C.
Career highlights and awards
  • 2× Second-team All-Metro Conference (1987, 1988)
  • NIT champion (1987)
  • NIT MVP (1987)
Career NBA statistics
Points 1,262 (5.2 ppg)
Rebounds 551 (2.3 rpg)
Assists 192 (0.8 apg)

Randolph Keys (born April 19, 1966) is an American former professional basketball player who played five National Basketball Association (NBA) seasons in his career for the Cleveland Cavaliers, Charlotte Hornets, Los Angeles Lakers and Milwaukee Bucks.

Career

Keys was selected by the Cavaliers in the first round (22nd pick overall) of the 1988 NBA draft. His best year as a pro came during the 1989–90 season when he split time between the Cavaliers and Hornets, appearing in 80 games and averaging 8.8 points per game. Keys played collegiately at the University of Southern Mississippi. He was the last Laker to wear number #8 before Kobe Bryant.

Personal

His daughter Jasmine Keys played the 2020 Summer Olympics for Italy women's national basketball team.

NBA career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1988–89 Cleveland 42 0 7.9 .430 .100 .690 1.3 0.5 0.3 0.1 4.0
1989–90 Cleveland 48 13 18.6 .421 .200 .744 2.9 0.8 0.8 0.0 7.6
1989–90 Charlotte 32 5 22.6 .445 .364 .690 3.6 1.5 0.9 0.2 10.5
1990–91 Charlotte 44 0 10.8 .407 .214 .576 2.3 0.4 0.5 0.3 3.2
1994–95 Los Angeles 6 0 13.8 .346 .000 1.000 2.8 0.3 0.2 0.3 3.3
1995–96 Milwaukee 69 1 11.8 .418 .310 .837 1.8 0.9 0.5 0.2 3.4
Career 241 19 13.8 .425 .272 .721 2.3 0.8 0.6 0.2 5.2

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1988–89 Cleveland 1 0 12.0 .000 .000 .000 3.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

See also

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