Education
Mathews graduated from Warren Harding High School in Bridgeport, Connecticut in 1977.
Mathews graduated from Warren Harding High School in Bridgeport, Connecticut in 1977.
He is the father of current National Basketball Association player Wesley Matthews. A 6"1" (185 m) point guard at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, he was selected by the Washington Bullets with the 14th pick of the 1980 National Basketball Association Draft. He played nine seasons in the league with the Bullets, Atlanta Hawks (two stints), Philadelphia 76ers, Chicago Bulls, San Antonio Spurs and Los Angeles Lakers.
Averaging eight points and four assists per game, he scored 3,654 career points and earned National Basketball Association Championship rings with the 1987 and 1988 Lakers).
Matthews retired from the professional basketball in 1996. Besides his National Basketball Association stints, he also played in the United States Basketball League, the Continental Basketball Association and in Italy, spending the 1989-1990 season at Ranger Varese before being called by the Hawks for one regular season match.
He had a stop in the Philippine Basketball Association (Proceedings of the British Academy), winning the best import award in 1991 for Ginebra San Miguel. Matthew"s son, Wesley, also a basketball guard, played for Marquette University, and has appeared professionally for the Utah Jazz and Portland Trail Blazers, since being undrafted in 2009.
He"s currently a player for the Dallas Mavericks.