Chris Quinn life and biography

Chris Quinn is an American professional basketball player who is currently a member of the San Antonio Spurs of the NBA.

Career history

Miami Heat (2006–2010)
New Jersey Nets (2010)
San Antonio Spurs (2010–present)

Not drafted by the NBA out of college in 2006…signed by the HEAT as a free agent on July 6, 2006…re-signed by the HEAT on Sept. 11, 2008.

CAREER:

Has appeared in 168 NBA regular season games in his three-year NBA career and has made 26 starts…has averaged 5.6 points, 2.2 assists, 1.3 rebounds, 0.51 steals and 16.1 minutes while shooting 40.9 percent from the floor, 39.7 percent from three-point range and 81.3 percent from the foul line…has amassed a 3.44 assist-to-turnover ratio…has missed six games due to injury, 18 games as a healthy scratch on the inactive list and has been a DNP-CD on 54 occasions…ranks among the HEAT’s all-time leaders in three-point field goal percentage (6th-.397), three-point field goals made (18th-140) and three-point field goals attempted (tied 20th-353)…in his 26 career starts he has averaged 11.7 points, 4.9 assists, 3.1 rebounds, 1.42 steals and 32.8 minutes while amassing a 3.18 assist-to-turnover ratio and shooting 42.7 percent from the floor, 40.4 percent from three-point range and 85.3 percent from the foul line…has scored in double figures on 37 occasions, including five 20-point performances (three off the bench)…his longest stretch of consecutive double-figure scoring games is eight and occurred from Mar. 27, 2008-Apr. 11, 2008…his longest string of consecutive field goals made is eight and occurred from Mar. 16-19, 2008…his longest string of consecutive free throws made is 21 and occurred from Nov. 5, 2008-Jan. 18, 2009…his career high for most field goals made in a game without a miss is six and occurred at Milwaukee on Mar. 18, 2008…his high for most three-point field goals made in a game without a miss is five and occurred against Detroit on Apr. 15, 2009…his career high for most free throws made in a game without a miss is six and occurred twice (vs. Dallas on Mar. 16, 2008 and vs. New Jersey on Nov. 10, 2008)…his high for consecutive games with at least one three-point field goal made is 11 and occurred twice (Nov. 5, 2008-Nov. 24, 2008 and Mar. 27, 2008-Apr. 16, 2008…his longest stretch without a turnover is 135:25 minutes and occurred from Nov. 30, 2007-Dec. 15, 2007…his longest streak of consecutive games played is 25 and occurred from Jan. 2, 2009-Feb. 22, 2009…his longest streak of consecutive starts is 13 and occurred from Mar. 24, 2008-Apr. 16, 2008…has registered six double-figure scoring quarters…has drawn 14 charges…has 20 multi-steal games…has seen action in five NBA postseason games (no starts) and has averaged 1.6 points, 1.0 assists, 0.40 steals, 0.2 rebounds and 4.8 minutes with a 2.5 assist-to-turnover ratio while shooting 42.9 percent from the floor and 100 percent from the foul line.

COLLEGE:

Played four seasons at the University of Notre Dame…was a two-time co-captain…appeared in 122 games (80 starts) and averaged 11.9 points, 3.5 assists, 2.7 rebounds, 1.27 steals and 31.3 minutes while shooting 44.7 percent from the floor, 41.7 percent from three-point range and 82.5 percent from the foul line…was named to the All-Big East First Team as a senior in 2005-06…started in 28 of 29 games in his senior season and averaged 17.7 points, 6.5 assists, 3.8 rebounds, 1.55 steals and 40.0 minutes…led the team in scoring, assists and was tied for first in steals…shot a career-high 87.2 percent (95-109) from the foul line…posted two points-assists double-doubles and also dished out a career-high 10 assists on two occasions…as a junior in 2004-05, he was a Big East Academic All-Star selection…started all 27 games for the Fighting Irish in 2004-05 and averaged 13.1 points, 3.2 assists, 2.9 rebounds, 1.30 steals and 35.3 minutes…scored 20-or-more points on three occasions…missed the first game of his career after suffering a bruised right clavicle in the first round of the Big East Tournament…shot a career-high 45.5 percent from three-point range in 2004-05…as a sophomore in 2003-04, he appeared in 32 games (25 starts), averaging 14.3 points, 3.3 assists, 3.0 rebounds, 1.47 steals and 35.8 minutes…was the team’s second leading scorer in 2003-04…recorded 20-or-more points five times…was a Big East Academic All-Star selection as a freshman in 2002-03…came off the bench in all 34 games in which he appeared as a freshman and averaged 3.9 points, 1.6 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 15.3 minutes…scored in double figures twice his freshman season.

PERSONAL:

Full name is Christopher James Quinn…is the son of Chris and Susan Quinn…married his wife Lauren on July 18, 2009…has two sisters, Jessica and Brittany Quinn…his brother-in-law, Kevin McCadam, is a former safety for the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons and Carolina Panthers…graduated from Notre Dame with a degree in marketing…he chose that field of study because business is something that interests him…likes to play golf in his spare time…considers his family as his most prized possession…would like to own his own business after his basketball career is over…welcomed students back and handed out school supplies for the first day of classes at Riverside Elementary School in August of 2009…participated in the HEAT’s 7th Annual April Pool’s Day on Apr. 10, 2008 which launched a summer long “Learn to Swim” community swim safety campaign where he got in the pool and helped give children from the HEAT Academy’s Riverside Elementary School a special swimming lesson…helped built a house in Miami for Habitat for Humanity in January of 2008…has hosted a basketball clinic in his hometown in each of the last three summers…says football is his favorite sport other than basketball…was a college roommate of Miami Dolphins tight end Anthony Fasano at Notre Dame…had his high school jersey retired on Feb. 13, 2007…lists Entourage as his favorite TV show…lists Gladiator, The Wedding Crashers, Billy Madison and 300 as his favorite movies…listens to all kinds of music…admires his mother because she has always been there for him…favorite food is shrimp…says Hawaii was the best place he has visited because of the weather…wears size 12 sneakers.

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