Andrew Gaze

Andrew Gaze
	Gaze at a Melbourne Tigers home game in 2011
Personal information
Born	24 July 1965; Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Listed height	201 cm (6 ft 7 in)
Listed weight	95 kg (209 lb)
Career information
High school	Albert Park College; (Melbourne, Victoria)
College	Seton Hall (1988–1989)
NBA draft	1987: undrafted
Playing career	1984–2005
Position	Shooting guard
Number	10, 4
Coaching career	2016–present
Career history
As player:
1984–2005	Melbourne Tigers
1991–1992	Udine
1994	Washington Bullets
1995	Apollon Patras
1999	San Antonio Spurs
As coach:
2016–2017	Melbourne Tigers
2016–2019	Sydney Kings
2022–present	Melbourne Tigers
Career highlights and awards
	NBA champion (1999); 2× NBL champion (1993, 1997); 7× NBL MVP (1991, 1992, 1994–1998); 11× NBL All-Star (1988–1997, 2004); 2× NBL All-Star Game MVP (1989, 1992); 15× All-NBL First Team (1986–2000); All-NBL Second Team (2001); 8× NBL Most Efficient Player (1990–1997); NBL Rookie of the Year (1984); 14× NBL scoring champion (1986, 1988, 1989, 1991–2001); NBL assist champion (1989); NBL 20th Anniversary Team (1998); NBL 25th Anniversary Team (2003); NBL 40th Anniversary Team (2018); No. 10 retired by Melbourne Tigers; 6× Gaze Medalist (1990, 1994–1996, 1998, 2000); FIBA's 50 Greatest Players (1991); Third-team All-Big East (1989);
Career NBL statistics
Points	18,908 (30.8 ppg)
Rebounds	3,121 (5.1 rpg)
Assists	3,531 (5.8 apg)
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
	FIBA Hall of Fame as player

Andrew Barry Casson Gaze AM (born 24 July 1965) is an Australian former professional basketball player and coach. He played 22 seasons in the National Basketball League (NBL) with the Melbourne Tigers from 1984 to 2005, winning the league's MVP award seven times and winning the scoring title 14 times. He also guided the Tigers to two NBL championships, in 1993 and 1997, and was named an All-NBL First Team member for a record 15 consecutive years. Gaze has been described as one of the greatest players Australia has ever produced.

Gaze led the senior Australian national team, the Boomers, to five Summer Olympic Games – including as the flag bearer at the opening ceremony of the 2000 Sydney Olympics, and he was also the Australian Team Captain. He was inducted into the Australian Basketball Hall of Fame in 2004, and the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 2005, after being appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in 2002. In 2013, he joined his father, Lindsay, in the FIBA Hall of Fame, after being elected as a player, to become just the third Australian inductee. Two Australian basketball awards have been named in Gaze's honour: the NBL MVP award is named the Andrew Gaze Trophy, and the Australian International Player of the Year award is named the Gaze Medal.

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