Sleepy Floyd

Eric Augustus "Sleepy" Floyd (born March 6, 1960) is an American retired professional basketball player.

Sleepy Floyd

Personal information
Born	(1960-03-06) March 6, 1960 Gastonia, North Carolina
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight	172 lb (78 kg)
Career information
High school	Hunter Huss (Gastonia, North Carolina)
College	Georgetown (1978–1982)
NBA draft	1982 / Round: 1 / Pick: 13th overall
Selected by the New Jersey Nets
Playing career	1982–1995
Position	Point guard
Number	21, 11, 12
Career history
1982–1983	New Jersey Nets
1983–1988	Golden State Warriors
1988–1993	Houston Rockets
1993–1994	San Antonio Spurs
1994–1995	New Jersey Nets
Career highlights and awards
NBA All-Star (1987) Consensus first-team All-American (1982) Second-team All-American – AP (1981) 2× First-team All-Big East (1981, 1982) Second-team All-Big East (1980)
Career NBA statistics
Points	12,260 (12.8 ppg)
Assists	5,175 (5.4 apg)
Steals	1,120 (1.2 spg)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals Men’s basketball Representing  United States FIBA U19 World Championship 1979 Salvador National team

Youth and college

Floyd was born in Gastonia, North Carolina. He received the nickname "Sleepy" playing baseball in the fourth grade, when a spectator yelled "Get that kid out of the game. He’s sleeping."[1] A 6-foot-3-inch (1.91 m) guard, Floyd played competitively at Hunter Huss High School in Gastonia. During Floyd's junior season at Hunter Huss High, he led his team to win in the 1977 North Carolina state basketball championship over rival Ashbrook High, a team led by James Worthy.

He also starred at Georgetown University where he is a member of the Georgetown University Athletic Hall of Fame. At Georgetown, Floyd excelled all four seasons, leading the team in scoring in 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982 and was team Captain in 1981 and 1982. Floyd was named an All-Big East selection in 1980, 1981, 1982, and an All-America in 1981 and 1982. Floyd still holds the Georgetown record for career points, with 2,304.[2]

Basketball career

Floyd was 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 16.8 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 two 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.

Post career

After retiring from the NBA, Floyd ran a restaurant for three years, and started a financial management company. In 2004-2005, he coached junior varsity boys' basketball at Gaston Day School, located in his hometown of Gastonia, NC.[3]

NBA career statistics

Legend

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

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1982–83	New Jersey	43	6	11.5	.426	.286	.844	1.0	1.6	0.4	0.2	5.3
1982–83	Golden State	33	11	22.8	.431	.545	.830	2.9	2.2	1.2	0.2	11.7
1983–84	Golden State	77	73	33.2	.463	.178	.816	3.5	3.5	1.3	0.4	16.8
1984–85	Golden State	82	82	35.0	.445	.294	.810	2.5	5.0	1.6	0.5	19.5
1985–86	Golden State	82	82	33.7	.506	.328	.796	3.6	9.1	1.9	0.2	17.2
1986–87	Golden State	82	82	37.4	.488	.384	.860	3.3	10.3	1.8	0.2	18.8
1987–88	Golden State	18	18	37.8	.439	.050	.835	5.1	9.9	1.5	0.1	21.2
1987–88	Houston	59	55	31.1	.431	.250	.860	3.5	6.2	1.2	0.2	13.1
1988–89	Houston	82	82	34.0	.443	.373	.845	3.7	8.6	1.5	0.1	14.2
1989–90	Houston	82	73	32.1	.451	.380	.806	2.4	7.3	1.1	0.1	12.2
1990–91	Houston	82	4	22.6	.411	.273	.752	1.9	3.9	1.2	0.2	12.3
1991–92	Houston	82	3	20.3	.406	.301	.794	1.8	2.9	0.7	0.3	9.1
1992–93	Houston	52	10	16.7	.407	.286	.794	1.7	2.5	0.6	0.1	6.6
1993–94	San Antonio	53	2	13.9	.335	.222	.667	1.3	1.9	0.2	0.2	3.8
1994–95	New Jersey	48	1	17.3	.335	.284	.698	1.1	2.6	0.3	0.1	4.1
Career		957	584	27.6	.444	.324	.815	2.6	5.4	1.2	0.2	12.8
All-Star		1	0	19.0	.571	.333	.714	5.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	14.0

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1987	Golden State	10	10	41.4	.507	.464	.922	3.0	10.2	1.8	0.2	21.4
1988	Houston	4	4	38.5	.426	.500	.864	1.8	8.5	2.0	0.0	18.8
1989	Houston	4	4	40.0	.478	.533	.714	4.5	6.5	2.0	0.3	15.5
1990	Houston	4	4	43.0	.469	.250	.647	3.8	10.3	1.3	0.3	18.5
1991	Houston	3	0	13.7	.333	.000	–	0.7	2.3	0.7	0.3	5.3
1993	Houston	7	0	8.6	.316	.333	.700	0.6	1.1	0.3	0.0	2.9
1994	San Antonio	4	0	9.3	.250	–	.500	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	1.5
Career		36	22	28.8	.457	.414	.814	2.1	6.1	1.2	0.1	13.0

See also

• List of National Basketball Association players with 50 or more points in a playoff game

References

1. Catching up with Sleepy Floyd NBA.com
2. "Georgetown Basketball History Project: Top 100 Players". www.hoyabasketball.com. Retrieved April 21, 2020.
3. WHERE ARE THEY NOW? / Eric "Sleepy" Floyd / Ex-Warrior's next venture -- coaching by Mark Fainaru-Wada, San Francisco Chronicle, July 22, 2001. Retrieved December 4, 2013.

External links

• Career stats