Jason Terry

Jason Eugene Terry (born September 15, 1977) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is an assistant coach for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

He played 19 seasons in the NBA as a combo guard and is nicknamed "the Jet".

Terry attended Franklin High School in Seattle, Washington, where he won back-to-back state championships in 1994 and 1995.

Terry played college basketball for Arizona from 1995 to 1999.

As a sophomore on Arizona's NCAA Championship team, Terry made 18 starts and was the Wildcats' fourth-leading scorer at 10.6 points (also averaged 4.4 assists and 2.5 steals).

He was named Pac-10 Player of the Year and was an All-Conference First Team selection as a senior.

Terry was selected by the Atlanta Hawks with the 10th overall pick in the 1999 NBA draft.

That season, on November 16, 1999, Terry recorded 22 points and 5 assists off the bench in what would be among his best games as a rookie, in a 103–98 win against the Charlotte Hornets.

On March 6, 2000, Terry recorded a career-high 6 steals, alongside 12 points and 11 assists, in a loss against the Milwaukee Bucks.

On December 12, 2000, Terry scored a then career-high 38 points in a 107–99 win against the Sacramento Kings.

On December 15, 2000, Terry scored 17 points, recorded 13 assists, and grabbed 8 rebounds in a 85–74 win over the Chicago Bulls.

During the 2000–01 season, Terry averaged a team and career-high 19.7 points with 3.3 rebounds, 4.9 assists and 1.3 steals.

On January 15, 2002, he scored a career-high 46 points against the Dallas Mavericks.

During the 2002–03 season, Terry was seventh in assists per game, at 7.4.

The Hawks failed to reach the playoffs during Terry's stint in Atlanta.

On February 28, 2003, he recorded his first career triple-double with 23 points, 10 rebounds and 13 assists against the Chicago Bulls.

The closest Terry got was in 2003, when despite winning the final eight games of the season, the Hawks finished as the 11th seed in the Eastern Conference with a 35–47 record.

On August 4, 2004, Terry was traded by the Hawks along with Alan Henderson and a future first-round draft pick to the Dallas Mavericks in exchange for Antoine Walker and Tony Delk.

Known by his initials JET, mimicking an airplane with his arms as the wings became part of his persona in Dallas.

He quickly emerged as a fan favorite despite arriving as the replacement for Steve Nash after the unpopular decision to let Nash leave in free agency.

In his first season in Dallas, Terry appeared in a team-high 80 games (started 57 of final 58 games) and averaged 12.4 points, 2.4 rebounds, team-high 5.4 assists and 1.4 steals in 30.0 minutes per game.

He joined Steve Nash as the only other player to shoot at least 50% from the floor, 40% from 3-point range and 80% from the foul line.

In 80 games during the 2005–06 season, Terry averaged 17.1 points, 2.0 rebounds, team-high 3.8 assists and 1.3 steals in 35.0 minutes per game.

He helped the Mavericks reach the 2006 NBA Finals.

He had 32 points in 37 minutes in Game 1 against the Miami Heat to become the fifth player to score at least 30 points in his first NBA Finals game, joining Michael Jordan, Shawn Kemp, Tim Duncan and Allen Iverson.

In Game 5 of the series, Terry had 35 points.

Despite going up 2–0 in the series, the Mavericks lost to Miami in six games.

On July 1, 2006, Terry and the Mavericks agreed on a six-year deal believed to be worth more than $50 million.

On February 2, 2007, Terry's No. 31 was retired by Franklin High School.

A sixth man in 63 of 74 games played in 2008–09, Terry averaged 19.6 points, 2.4 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 1.3 steals in 33.6 minutes.

He shot .463 from the field, .366 from beyond the three-point line and .880 from the free throw line.

With the Dallas Mavericks, Terry won the NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award in 2009 and an NBA championship in 2011.

As of January 2023, Terry has made the eighth-most three-point field goals in NBA history.

In April 2009, Terry was named the NBA Sixth Man of the Year for the 2008–09 season.

Among NBA leaders, Terry ranked 10th in three-pointers made (167), 11th in free throw percentage, 17th in steals, and tied for 22nd in scoring average.

In 2010–11, Terry averaged 15.8 points, 1.9 rebounds, 4.1 assists and 31.1 minutes in 82 games (10 starts).

He was the only Maverick to appear in all 82 games in 2010–11.

On November 6, 2010, he scored 26 points against the Denver Nuggets.

He concluded his career at Arizona ranked 12th in points (1,461), 5th in assists (493) and 2nd in three-point field goals (192).

Currently, he is the only player in Arizona history to finish with 1,000 career points and 200 career steals.