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Pat GarrityPat Garrity (born August 23 1976 in Las Vegas, Nevada) is an NBA basketball player, currently playing for the Orlando Magic. After graduating from Lewis Palmer High School in Monument, Colorado, he joined the basketball program at the University of Notre Dame. He spent four years with the Fighting Irish, averaging double-digits in scoring in all four seasons, including a 23.2 point-per-game average in his senior season of 1997-98. He was the Big East Men's Basketball Player of the Year in 1997. Drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks with the 19th pick of the 1998 NBA Draft, Garrity got switched around a couple of times before even setting foot on an NBA court, as he was traded twice on draft night. First, the Bucks traded his rights, and the rights to Dirk Nowitzki, to the Dallas Mavericks for the rights to Robert Traylor. Then Garrity's rights, along with Martin Muursepp, Bonzi Wells and a first-round draft pick, were traded to the Phoenix Suns in exchange for Steve Nash. So as it turned out, both of these trades involving Garrity helped the Mavericks build a team that would soon return to the NBA's elite, although Garrity wouldn't be a part of that team. Garrity's rookie year of 1999 was spent in Phoenix, and he averaged 5.6 points per game in 39 appearances (in an abbreviated 50-game season). Following his inaugural campaign, Garrity was again involved in a high-profile trade-- this time, one that sent him, Danny Manning and two future draft picks to the Orlando Magic for Anfernee Hardaway. He played in all 82 games with his new team in 1999-2000, averaging 8.2 points per game and shooting a remarkable .401 from three-point territory. He had a similar performance in 2000-01, and then in 2001-02 his scoring average hit a (thus far) career-high of 11.1 points per game as he started 43 of the 80 games he played. His average dipped to 10.7 points per game in 2002-03. Garrity's 2003-04 campaign was a wash, as he played in only two games (scoring only two points) due to injury. With the return of Grant Hill to the Magic, Garrity's minutes have levelled off considerably, but he can still be relied on for his superb three-point shooting, as he has a career average of .414 from behind the arc. Garrity always seems to bring his "A" game against the team that originally drafted him, the Milwaukee Bucks. His career highs in scoring, three-pointers made and rebounds were all accomplished in three separate games against Milwaukee. Garrity, Pat Garrity, Pat Garrity, Pat Garrity, Pat
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