Sleepy Floyd

A 6'3" guard, Floyd played competitively at Hunter Huss High School in Gastonia, and starred at Georgetown University before being drafted by the New Jersey Nets with the 13th pick of the 1982 NBA Draft. During the middle of an unspectacular rookie season, Floyd was traded by the Nets with Mickey Johnson to the Golden State Warriors for Micheal Ray Richardson. Floyd quickly blossomed while playing for the Warriors, averaging 16.5 points per game in his first full season with the franchise, and during the 1984–85 NBA season, he averaged a career high 19.5 points per game. Two seasons later, he averaged 18.8 points and 10.3 assists and earned a spot on the 1987 NBA All-Star Team. In December 1987, Floyd was traded with Joe Barry Carroll to the Houston Rockets for Ralph Sampson and Steve Harris, and Floyd would play 5½ seasons with the Rockets before signing as a free agent with the San Antonio Spurs in 1993, a year before the Rockets would win their 2 consecutive championships. After one season in San Antonio, he returned to the New Jersey Nets, and he retired in 1995 with 12,260 career points and 5,175 career assists.

Floyd still holds the NBA playoff record for points scored in a quarter (29) and in half (39), in game 4 of the 1987 Western Conference Semifinals against the Los Angeles Lakers. Floyd scored 12 consecutive field goals in the fourth quarter, finishing the game with 51 points, and prevented a sweep of the Warriors by in-state rival Lakers.

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v t e 1982 NBA Draft

First round	James Worthy Terry Cummings Dominique Wilkins Bill Garnett LaSalle Thompson Trent Tucker Quintin Dailey Clark Kellogg Cliff Levingston Keith Edmonson Fat Lever John Bagley Sleepy Floyd Lester Conner David Thirdkill Terry Teagle Brook Steppe Ricky Pierce Rob Williams Paul Pressey Eddie Phillips Mark McNamara Darren Tillis

Second round	Oliver Robinson Bryan Warrick Ricky Frazier Fred Roberts Dave Magley Scott Hastings Wallace Bryant Rod Higgins Richard Anderson Linton Townes Vince Taylor Derek Smith Mitchell Anderson Audie Norris Wayne Sappleton Kevin Magee Guy Morgan Dwight Anderson Jeff Taylor Jose Slaughter Mike Gibson Russ Schoene Tony Guy

v t e 1982 NCAA Men's Basketball Consensus All-Americans

First Team	Terry Cummings Quintin Dailey Sleepy Floyd Ralph Sampson James Worthy

Second Team	Dale Ellis Kevin Magee John Paxson Sam Perkins Paul Pressey

v t e Golden State Warriors

Formerly the Philadelphia Warriors and the San Francisco Warriors Founded in 1946 Based in Oakland, California

The franchise	Franchise Team History All-Time roster Seasons Head coaches Current season

Arenas	Philadelphia Arena Philadelphia Convention Hall Cow Palace San Francisco Civic Auditorium USF War Memorial Gymnasium San Jose Arena Oracle Arena

Head coaches	Gottlieb Senesky Cervi Johnston McGuire Feerick Hannum Sharman Lee Attles Bach Attles Bach Karl Gregory Nelson Lanier Adelman Carlesimo St. Jean Cowens Winters Musselman Montgomery Nelson Smart Jackson

General managers	Tyrell Gottlieb Feerick Vertlieb Sterling Attles Nelson Twardzik St. Jean Mullin Riley Myers

D-League affiliate	Santa Cruz Warriors

Retired numbers	13 (Wilt Chamberlain) 14 (Tom Meschery) 16 (Al Attles) 17 (Chris Mullin) 24 (Rick Barry) 42 (Nate Thurmond)

Hall of Famers	Paul Arizin Rick Barry Wilt Chamberlain Joe Fulks Tom Gola Neil Johnston Jerry Lucas Chris Mullin Don Nelson Robert Parish Andy Phillip Ralph Sampson Nate Thurmond Jamaal Wilkes

NBA Championships (3)	1947 1956 1975

Conference Championships (5)	1947 1956 1964 1967 1975

Culture	Wilt the Stilt 100 Nate the Great Run TMC We Believe The Sleepy Floyd game 1997 choking incident

Media	TV Comcast SportsNet Bay Area Radio KNBR/KTCT Announcers Bob Fitzgerald Jim Barnett Tim Roye

Persondata
Name	Floyd, Sleepy
Alternative names	Floyd, Eric Augustus
Short description	American basketball player
Date of birth	March 6, 1960
Place of birth	Gastonia, North Carolina
Date of death
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