 Macy at an autograph signing in 2013 | |||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | (1957-04-09)April 9, 1957 (age 68) Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 175 lb (79 kg) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| High school | Peru (Peru, Indiana) | ||||||||||||||
| College | |||||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 1979: 1st round, 22nd overall pick | ||||||||||||||
| Drafted by | Phoenix Suns | ||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1980–1990 | ||||||||||||||
| Position | Point guard | ||||||||||||||
| Number | 4, 24, 44 | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
Playing | |||||||||||||||
| 1980–1985 | Phoenix Suns | ||||||||||||||
| 1985–1986 | Chicago Bulls | ||||||||||||||
| 1986–1987 | Indiana Pacers | ||||||||||||||
| 1988 | Dietor Bologna | ||||||||||||||
| 1988–1990 | Benetton Treviso | ||||||||||||||
Coaching | |||||||||||||||
| 1997–2006 | Morehead State | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2018 | Transylvania (assistant) | ||||||||||||||
| Career highlights | |||||||||||||||
As player:
As coach:
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| Career NBA statistics | |||||||||||||||
| Points | 5,259 (9.5 ppg) | ||||||||||||||
| Rebounds | 1,214 (2.2 rpg) | ||||||||||||||
| Assists | 2,198 (4.0 apg) | ||||||||||||||
Stats at NBA.com  | |||||||||||||||
| Stats atBasketball Reference | |||||||||||||||
Medals
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Kyle Robert Macy (born April 9, 1957) is an American basketball commentator. He played college basketball for thePurdue Boilermakers andKentucky Wildcats, and spent seven years in the NBA with thePhoenix Suns,Chicago Bulls andIndiana Pacers; he then spent three seasons in the ItalianLega Serie A. After his playing career, he has held various basketball-related positions, including coach, general manager, and broadcaster.
The 1975Indiana "Mr. Basketball" Award winner from Peru High School, where he played for his father, Bob; chose to attendPurdue University, coached by head coach,Fred Schaus. Macy averaged 13.8 points a game as a freshman, while leading theBoilermakers infree throws, shooting .859 percent from the line on the season. He started in 25 of 27 games, helping them to a 16–11 season record.
After playing his freshman year at Purdue, Macy transferred to the University of Kentucky in 1976. After sitting out the 1976–77 season as mandated byNCAA rules, he started playing at Kentucky in 1977. Macy had a very successful college career, as a three-time All-America and three-time All-SEC player. The 1978 team on which Macy was a starter won the1978NCAA National Championship. In his senior year of 1979–80, he became the first Kentucky player ever to be named consensusSoutheastern ConferencePlayer of the Year.[1]
Macy was selected with the 22nd pick of the1979 NBA draft by thePhoenix Suns, even though he had a year of college eligibility remaining. Macy played out his last year of college, and started playing for the Suns in1980. Macy spent five years with the Suns, averaging 10.6 points and 4.0 assists per game. Macy spent one year each with theChicago Bulls (1985–86) and theIndiana Pacers (1986–87) before retiring from the NBA. Then he played professionally in Italy forDietor Bologna (1987–88) andBenetton Treviso (1988–90). Macy was also one of the original participants of theNBA All-StarThree Point Contest when it debuted in 1986.
Macy was an excellent free throw shooter throughout his career. During the1981-82 NBA season he led the NBA in free throw percentage. He still holds the careerfree throw shooting percentage record at the University of Kentucky, and his .884 career percentage is second only to Steve Nash (.907) on the Phoenix Suns' career leaders list.
Macy was head coach of the Morehead State University Eagles of theOhio Valley Conference for nine years. In 2003, Macy coached the Eagles to 20 wins, its most in 19 years, and a share of the OVC regular season championship. However, the 2004–05 season was less successful, as Morehead failed to qualify for the OVC tournament. Following that season, Macy coached a group of Sports Reach collegiate all-stars that toured China and finished with a perfect 7–0 record against several Chinese professional teams.[1] After a disastrous 4–23 season in 2005–06, Macy resigned as head coach on February 28, 2006.
Macy emphasized free throw shooting in his coaching, and the emphasis paid off, as his Morehead State teams were perennially among theDivision I leaders in free throw shooting percentage.
Later in 2006, Macy accepted the head coaching position on theLexington Christian Academy Eagles Men's tennis team. In his first season they had their first winning season since 2003. In November 2007, Macy was named general manager of theEast Kentucky Miners, an expansion team of theContinental Basketball Association, based inPikeville, Kentucky. Later, he served as thecolor commentator forUniversity of Kentucky telecasts. In October 2016, Macy joined the staff of head coach Brian Lane at Transylvania University.[2]
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
| * | Led the league |
Source[3]
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980–81 | Phoenix | 82 | 17.9 | .511 | .235 | .899 | 1.6 | 2.0 | .9 | .1 | 8.1 | |
| 1981–82 | Phoenix | 82 | 72 | 34.7 | .514 | .390 | .899* | 3.2 | 4.7 | 1.7 | .1 | 14.2 |
| 1982–83 | Phoenix | 82 | 9 | 22.4 | .517 | .303 | .872 | 2.0 | 3.4 | .8 | .1 | 9.9 |
| 1983–84 | Phoenix | 82* | 45 | 29.3 | .501 | .329 | .833 | 2.3 | 4.3 | 1.5 | .1 | 10.1 |
| 1984–85 | Phoenix | 65 | 52 | 31.0 | .485 | .271 | .907* | 2.8 | 5.8 | 1.3 | .0 | 11.0 |
| 1985–86 | Chicago | 82 | 79 | 29.6 | .483 | .411 | .811 | 2.2 | 5.4 | 1.0 | .1 | 8.6 |
| 1986–87 | Indiana | 76 | 0 | 16.4 | .481 | .304 | .829 | 1.5 | 2.6 | .8 | .1 | 4.9 |
| Career | 551 | 257 | 25.9 | .501 | .337 | .873 | 2.2 | 4.0 | 1.1 | .1 | 9.5 | |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Phoenix | 7 | 14.6 | .528 | .500 | 1.000 | 1.9 | 1.6 | .7 | .0 | 7.0 | |
| 1982 | Phoenix | 7 | 34.7 | .427 | .364 | .938 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 1.0 | .1 | 13.6 | |
| 1983 | Phoenix | 3 | 24.0 | .429 | .000 | .714 | 2.7 | 3.0 | .3 | .0 | 11.7 | |
| 1984 | Phoenix | 17 | 36.5 | .490 | .455 | .750 | 3.2 | 5.8 | 1.3 | .1 | 10.4 | |
| 1985 | Phoenix | 3 | 3 | 28.3 | .500 | .250 | .800 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 2.0 | .0 | 10.3 |
| 1986 | Chicago | 3 | 3 | 29.0 | .357 | .250 | 1.000 | 1.3 | 3.3 | .7 | .0 | 4.0 |
| 1987 | Indiana | 4 | 0 | 12.3 | .333 | .000 | .000 | .8 | 1.3 | .3 | .0 | 1.0 |
| Career | 44 | 6 | 28.6 | .466 | .377 | .830 | 2.5 | 3.9 | 1.0 | .1 | 9.1 | |
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morehead State Eagles(Ohio Valley Conference)(1997–2006) | |||||||||
| 1997–98 | Morehead State | 3–23 | 2–16 | 10th | |||||
| 1998–99 | Morehead State | 13–15 | 9–9 | T–3rd | |||||
| 1999–00 | Morehead State | 9–18 | 4–14 | 9th | |||||
| 2000–01 | Morehead State | 12–16 | 6–10 | 7th | |||||
| 2001–02 | Morehead State | 18–11 | 11–5 | 2nd | |||||
| 2002–03 | Morehead State | 20–9 | 13–3 | T–1st | |||||
| 2003–04 | Morehead State | 16–13 | 10–6 | 3rd | |||||
| 2004–05 | Morehead State | 11–16 | 5–11 | 9th | |||||
| 2005–06 | Morehead State | 4–23 | 3–17 | 10th | |||||
| Morehead State: | 106–144 (.424) | 63–91 (.409) | |||||||
| Total: | 106–144 (.424) | ||||||||
National champion Postseason invitational champion | |||||||||
