Education
Legler attended University, where he became Academic All-American and scored 1,699 career points in four seasons for the men"s basketball team
Legler attended University, where he became Academic All-American and scored 1,699 career points in four seasons for the men"s basketball team
He is currently an Entertainment and Sports Programming Network basketball analyst. He was named to the First Team All-Big 5 (1987) and All-MAAC teams (1987 and 1988). Legler"s 3.40 Grade Point Average earned him a place on the 1988 General Telephone and Electric Academic All-American Team.
He was a career 43% three-point shooter.
Legler led to the 1987 National Invitation Tournament championship game at Madison Square Garden as well as the 1988 National Collegiate Athletic Association Tournament. He was inducted into the Philadelphia Big 5 Hall of Fame in 1995 and the Hall of Athletes in 1997.
Legler went undrafted in the 1988 National Basketball Association Draft and went to play basketball in Europe. After playing a few seasons in Europe, he came back to America and played in the Continental Basketball Association with the Omaha Racers.
He led Omaha to a College of Business Administration championship while leading the league in scoring.
Legler played in the National Basketball Association at the shooting guard position from 1989 to 2000. He is probably known most as a player in Washington, where he played four seasons (two with the Washington Bullets and two with the renamed Washington Wizards) from 1995-1999. He holds the record for a 3-round aggregate of (23, 22 and 20 out of 30 each) 65 points (out of 90).
Legler was well known as an accurate three-point shooter and made 260 of his 604 attempts from that range in his career, an accuracy of 43%.
This figure ranks fourth on the all-time list, behind only Steve Kerr, Hubert Davis, and Drazen Petrovic. Legler also played for the Phoenix Suns, Denver Nuggets, Utah Jazz, Dallas Mavericks, and Golden State Warriors.
His career ended due to a recurring knee problem. During his 10 seasons in the league, Legler made a little over $5.1 million in salary.
Legler was one of three National Basketball Association players to finish a season shooting better than 50% from the field, better than 50% from the three-point line, and better than 80% from the free-throw line (the others were Steve Kerr and Detlef Schrempf).
Legler currently appears regularly on the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network programs National Basketball Association Shootaround, National Basketball Association Fastbreak, "Entertainment and Sports Programming Network First Take" and National Basketball Association Coast to Coast, and he is a basketball analyst on SportsCenter and various shows on Entertainment and Sports Programming Network Radio. He has worked at the network since 1999, when he apprenticed as an intern often making coffee for Chris Berman.