Reggie Slater

Reginald Dwayne Slater (born August 27, 1970) is an American former professional basketball player born in Houston, Texas. He played the power forward position and played college basketball for the Wyoming Cowboys. His son Rashawn Slater was a first round draft choice by the Los Angeles Chargers. Reggie married Katie Slater. Reggie has four kids, Aliyah Slater, Reginald Slater Jr. (RJ), Rashawn Slater, and Rylan Slater. RJ played football for the Air Force Academy in 2014–2018.

Reggie Slater

Personal information
Born	(1970-08-27) August 27, 1970 (age 54) Houston, Texas, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight	300 lb (136 kg)
Career information
High school	Kashmere (Houston, Texas)
College	Wyoming (1988–1992)
NBA draft	1992: undrafted
Playing career	1992–2003
Position	Power forward
Number	35, 40, 50, 24
Career history
1992–1993	Peñas Huesca
1993–1994	Girona
1994–1995	Denver Nuggets
1995	Portland Trail Blazers
1995	Chicago Rockers
1995–1996	Denver Nuggets
1996	Dallas Mavericks
1996	Ülkerspor
1996–1997	La Crosse Bobcats
1997–1999	Toronto Raptors
1999–2000	Montecatini SC
2000–2001	Minnesota Timberwolves
2001	New Jersey Nets
2001–2002	Atlanta Hawks
2002	Kansas City Knights
2002	Basket Livorno
2002–2003	Minnesota Timberwolves
2003	Caja San Fernando
2003	Unicaja Málaga
Career highlights
CBA All-Star (1997) All-CBA First Team (1997) WAC Player of the Year (1992) 3× First-team All-WAC (1990–1992)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference

Professional career

Slater was not selected in the 1992 NBA draft and played professionally in Spain for two years before being signed by the Denver Nuggets in 1994.^[1]

Slater played in eight NBA seasons for the Nuggets, Portland Trail Blazers, Dallas Mavericks, Toronto Raptors, Minnesota Timberwolves, New Jersey Nets and Atlanta Hawks from 1994 to 1999 and 2000–2003.^[2] Over the course of his NBA career, Slater played in 259 games and scored a total of 1,450 points and averaged 5.6 points and 3.0 rebounds per game.^[3] His best NBA season came during the 1997–98 NBA season as a member of the Raptors, where he appeared in 78 games and averaged 8.0 points, 3.9 rebounds, 0.9 assists, 0.6 steals and 0.4 blocks in 21.3 minutes per game, all career bests except for blocks. As a result, more than 43 percent of his NBA career scoring and more than 30 percent of his NBA career games played totals came during that season.^[4]

Slater played in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) for the Chicago Rockers and La Crosse Bobcats from 1995 to 1997.^[5] He was selected to the All-CBA First Team in 1997.^[5]