 Garrity at theAir Canada Centre in 2008 | |
| Notre Dame Fighting Irish | |
|---|---|
| Title | General manager |
| League | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| Personal information | |
| Born | (1976-08-23)August 23, 1976 (age 49) Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. |
| Listed height | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) |
| Listed weight | 238 lb (108 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Lewis-Palmer (Monument, Colorado) |
| College | Notre Dame (1994–1998) |
| NBA draft | 1998: 1st round, 19th overall pick |
| Drafted by | Milwaukee Bucks |
| Playing career | 1998–2008 |
| Position | Power forward |
| Number | 8 |
| Career history | |
| 1998–1999 | Phoenix Suns |
| 1999–2008 | Orlando Magic |
| Career highlights | |
| |
| Career NBA statistics | |
| Points | 4,017 (7.3 ppg) |
| 3PFG | 631 |
| 3P% | .398 |
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| Stats atBasketball Reference | |
Patrick Joseph Garrity (born August 23, 1976) is an American former professionalbasketball player who is thegeneral manager of theNotre Dame Fighting Irish men's andwomen's teams. He played in theNational Basketball Association (NBA) for thePhoenix Suns andOrlando Magic from 1998 to 2008 as apower forward best known as a three-point marksman. He previously served as an assistant general manager of theDetroit Pistons from 2016 to 2020.
AtLewis-Palmer High School inMonument, Colorado, Garrity was a starter on the basketball team for four seasons and won all-state honors three times. He led the basketball team to the 1994 Class 4A State ofColorado Championship and was valedictorian of his graduating class. Garrity averaged 23.2 points per game in his senior year. His jersey, number 53, is retired at Lewis-Palmer High School.[1]
At theUniversity of Notre Dame, Garrity played four years with the Fighting Irish averaging double-digits in scoring in all four seasons, including a 23.2 point-per-game average in his senior season of 1997–98. He was theBig East Men's Basketball Player of the Year in 1997.[2] In 1998, he was a Consensus Second Team All-America selection.[3] He was a two-time Academic All-America selection as well as Academic All-American of the Year for Division I men's basketball in 1998.[4]
Garrity was drafted by theMilwaukee Bucks with the 19th pick of the1998 NBA draft. The Bucks traded his rights and the rights toDirk Nowitzki, to theDallas Mavericks for the rights toRobert Traylor.[a][9] Garrity's rights, along withMartin Müürsepp,Bubba Wells, and a first-round draft pick, were traded to thePhoenix Suns in exchange forSteve Nash.[10]
A power forward,[11] Garrity was known for his three-point marksmanship during his NBA career.[12][13][14][15]
In Phoenix, Garrity averaging 5.6 points per game in 39 appearances (in anNBA lockout-shortened 50-game regular season). On August 5, 1999, he was traded—along withDanny Manning and two future draft picks—to theOrlando Magic forPenny Hardaway.[16] Garrity spent the rest of his playing career with the Magic.
Garrity played in all 82 games with Orlando in 1999–2000, averaging 8.2 points per game and shooting 40.1 percent from three-point territory. In the 2000–2001 season, he averaged 8.3 points per game in 76 games.[16] In February 2001, Garrity had arthroscopic surgery on his left knee.[17] In2001–02, Garrity's scoring average hit a career-high of 11.1 points per game as he started 43 of the 80 games he played. On March 19, 2002, in a 101–91 win over theMilwaukee Bucks, Garrity made a career-high seven three-pointers on his way to a 21-point total.[18] During the season, he ranked seventh in the NBA in both three-point field goal percentage and three-point field goals made.[16] Garrity's average dipped to 10.7 points per game in2002–03.[16] That season, on November 2, 2002, Garrity scored 13 points and grabbed a career-high 15 rebounds in a 100–90 win over the Bucks.[19] Garrity participated in the 2001[20] and 2003Three-Point Contests duringNBA All-Star Weekend.[13][21]
Beginning in 2003, Garrity's career was affected by right knee problems.[1] Garrity's2003–04 campaign ended after only two games due to an injured right knee. He underwent three different knee procedures in 2003[22] before undergoingmicrofracture surgery in 2004. Garrity came back to play in 71 games for the Magic during the 2004–2005 season, averaging 4.6 points per game. In April 2005, he tore the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in his right knee and was ruled out for the rest of the season.[23]
Garrity served as secretary-treasurer of theNational Basketball Players Association.[24]
On January 26, 2006, Garrity scored 24 points in a 119–115 overtime win against thePhiladelphia 76ers.[25] On September 11, 2008, he announced his retirement from professional basketball.[26]
Garrity worked forBridgewater Associates before returning to theNBA[27] as director of strategic planning for theDetroit Pistons. On June 15, 2016, Garrity was promoted and became the assistant general manager of theDetroit Pistons.[28] Garrity left the position in July 2020.[29][30]
In May 2025, Garrity was namedgeneral manager of both theNotre Dame men's andwomen's teams.[31]
| 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 |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998–99 | Phoenix | 39 | 9 | 13.8 | .500 | .389 | .714 | 1.9 | .5 | .2 | .1 | 5.6 |
| 1999–00 | Orlando | 82 | 1 | 18.0 | .441 | .401 | .721 | 2.6 | .7 | .4 | .2 | 8.2 |
| 2000–01 | Orlando | 76 | 1 | 20.8 | .387 | .433 | .867 | 2.8 | .7 | .5 | .2 | 8.3 |
| 2001–02 | Orlando | 80 | 43 | 30.1 | .426 | .427 | .836 | 4.2 | 1.2 | .8 | .3 | 11.1 |
| 2002–03 | Orlando | 81 | 53 | 31.9 | .419 | .396 | .830 | 3.8 | 1.5 | .8 | .2 | 10.7 |
| 2003–04 | Orlando | 2 | 0 | 11.0 | .333 | .000 | .000 | .0 | .5 | .0 | .0 | 1.0 |
| 2004–05 | Orlando | 71 | 0 | 13.5 | .402 | .333 | .879 | 1.7 | .4 | .3 | .1 | 4.6 |
| 2005–06 | Orlando | 57 | 0 | 16.5 | .417 | .388 | .811 | 1.9 | .7 | .2 | .2 | 4.9 |
| 2006–07 | Orlando | 33 | 0 | 8.4 | .314 | .344 | .889 | 1.3 | .4 | .2 | .0 | 2.2 |
| 2007–08 | Orlando | 31 | 0 | 9.2 | .338 | .216 | .800 | 1.4 | .4 | .2 | .0 | 2.1 |
| Career | 552 | 107 | 20.0 | .417 | .398 | .806 | 2.6 | .8 | .4 | .1 | 7.3 | |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Phoenix | 3 | 0 | 17.3 | .529 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 3.0 | .3 | .3 | .3 | 9.0 |
| 2001 | Orlando | 4 | 0 | 29.3 | .472 | .500 | .800 | 1.3 | .5 | .0 | .2 | 12.0 |
| 2002 | Orlando | 4 | 4 | 36.8 | .375 | .389 | .750 | 7.5 | 2.3 | .5 | .2 | 8.5 |
| 2003 | Orlando | 7 | 1 | 23.3 | .286 | .235 | 1.000 | 2.6 | .7 | .3 | .4 | 4.0 |
| 2008 | Orlando | 2 | 0 | 3.0 | .000 | .000 | .500 | 1.0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .5 |
| Career | 20 | 5 | 24.3 | .393 | .407 | .857 | 3.2 | .9 | .2 | .3 | 6.9 | |