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  • Nikki Teasley
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Born: Mar 22, 1979
Height: 6-0 /  1,83
Weight: 169  lbs. / 76,7  kg.
College: North Carolina
Years Pro: 6








Background

2006 Season: Led the league in assists with 5.4 apg…scored a career-high 26 points against the NY Liberty on June 17…recorded a double-double against the San Antonio Silver Stars on August 8th with 14 points and 11 assists…averaged 10.7 ppg and 2.6 rpg…Playoffs: averaged 10 ppg and 4 apg…

2005 Season: Due to foot injury, Teasley did not play the final 15 games of the regular season... Scored 5 points and had 1 rebound in only 9 minutes of action vs. Washington (7/19/05)... In 27 minutes, Teasley had 8 points, 2 rebounds, and 2 assists vs. Seattle (7/16/05)...Had 7 points, 3 assists, and 2 steals vs. Charlotte (7/12/05)... Contributed 5 points, 4 assists, and 1 rebound vs. New York (7/5/05) ..Scored 7 points and had 4 assists vs. Phoenix (7/2/05)... Had ten points and four rebounds at Indiana(6/28/05)... Scored 7 points and dished out 4 assists vs. Phoenix (7/2/05)... Teasley scored six points and dished out four assists in Detroit (6/26/05)... Scored 8 points, 2 rebounds, and 2 assists vs. Seattle (6/24/05)... With 5 assists and 1 rebound, Teasley also contributed 9 points against Connecticut (6/20/05)... Scored 8 points and had a game-high 4 assists vs. Minnesota (6/18/05)...

2004 Season: Topped her season high by dishing out 10 assists in 95-79 win over Washington (5/25/04)… Dished out 6 assists and pulled down 3 rebounds in loss to the Sun (5/27/04)…Scored 15 points and shot 5-6 from the 3-point line against reigning WNBA Champions, the Detroit Shock (5/29/04)…Dished out 8 assists, but was scoreless in win over Seattle (6/1/04)…Contributed 5 rebounds and 9 assists en route to a 17 point night against Connecticut (6/14/04)… Had 10 points against Phoenix and 9 assists (7/7/04)… Played a season high 44 minutes and made a season high 5 free throws to score 19 points in defeat over the Monarchs (7/29/04)… Shot 4-5 from the field for 13 points and added 5 points in San Antonio win (7/31/04)… Had 6 assists, 5 rebounds and 4 points in 77-69 defeat over San Antonio (9/1/04)… Dished out 3 assists and scored 9 points in 72-58 loss to Phoenix (9/8/04)… Set a WNBA career high of 25 points and tied her WNBA record for most 3-point field goals mad in a game with 6 in defeat of the Shock (9/9/04)…Scored a team-high 21 points and 11 assists to lead the Sparks to a 83-80 victory over Seattle (9/18/04).

2003 Season: At Sacramento Teasley tallied 8 points, pulled down a career high 11 rebounds and dished out 7 assists (6/7/03)… At New York, Teasley tallied her first double-double on the season with a career high13 assists, 10 rebounds, 4 points and 2 steals (6/14/04)… In a career high 50 minutes against the Mercury, Teasley scored 10 points, 7 rebounds, 9 assist, 3 steals.

2002 Postseason: In 28 minutes of the Sparks’ win at Seattle, Teasley pulled down two rebounds, served up a team-high eight assists and grabbed three steals (8/15/02)… Tealsey played in 24 minutes of the Sparks’ playoff win over the Storm. She also tallied eight points, two rebounds, four assists and one steal on the night (8/17/02)… In 32 minutes of playoff action, Teasley scored 11 points and tallied four rebounds and four assists (8/22/02)… Rookie Nikki Teasley scored 11 points, served up nine assists, grabbed two steals and one blocked shot (8/24/02)… In 38 minutes, Teasley scored eight points, pulled down two rebounds, served up a career/game-high 11 assists, and grabbed two steals versus New York (8/29/02)… In 38 minutes versus New York, Teasley scored 11 points, grabbed three rebounds, tied her career in assists with 11 and had one steal (8/31/02).

2002 Season: Played 32 minutes in her WNBA debut, scoring eight points, grabbing four rebounds, and dishing out three assists against New York (5/25/02)… Tallied 12 points, two rebounds, three assists and two steals in win over Houston (5/27/02)… Scored three points and tallied four rebounds, and a team-high five assists at Miami (5/30/02)… In a season-high 39 minutes, scored seven points, led the Sparks’ with six assists, and blocked two shots- including Dawn Staley’s attempt to win at the end of regulation (6/1/02)… In her first start against the team that traded her draft rights, the Portland Fire, Teasley dished out seven assists and added two points of her own (6/3/02)… Scored nine points and added three rebounds, and a team-high eight assists, in win over Detroit (6/11/02)… Scored just two points and added two rebounds and two assists against Seattle (6/18/02) Scored just three points but added three rebounds, five assists and a career-high three steals in win over Minnesota (6/21/02)… Tallied five points and a career-high nine assists against Phoenix (6/25/02)… In the Sparks’ victory over the Mystics, scored six points and added two rebounds and a team high seven assists (6/27/02)… Scored 12 points, three rebounds and collected six assists in win over Mercury (6/28/02)… Scored nine points and tallied six rebounds, five assists and a steal in the Sparks’ win over Sacramento (7/5/02)… In LA’s 102-75 win over Utah, scored eight points and added seven assists and three rebounds (7/7/02)…Had four points, two rebounds and three assists in loss at Seattle (7/11/02)… Scored eight points against Portland (7/12/02)… Tallied four points and four assists against Indiana (7/17/02)… Scored three points and added two steals in loss at New York (7/18/02)… Scored 14 points and added a career-high seven rebounds, along with eight assists and two steals against Cleveland (7/20/02)… Scored three points against Orlando (7/22/02)…In the Sparks’ victory over Portland, scored 14 points along with two rebounds, two assists (7/24/02)… Recorded two points, along with five rebounds and seven assists against Indiana (7/28/02)… In a season-low 11 minutes, scored three points, and two assists, against Miami (7/30/02)… In loss to Seattle, scored eight points and added seven assists (8/1/02)… Scored career-high 18 points and added three rebounds, against the Monarchs (8/3/02)… In a team-high 37 minutes against the Starzz, scored nine points, and added five assists (8/4/02)… Teasley scored three points and dished out six assists against the Starzz (8/9/02).

College:
Named first-team All-ACC First Team in 2002…AP All-America honorable mention in 2002…1998 ACC Rookie of the Year…UNC’s all-time assists leader with 728 total, which is second in ACC history…Led ACC in assists in 1998 (5.5 apg) and 2000 (5.9 apg), and steals in 1999 (3.2 spg)…Career assist average of 5.8 per game is the highest in ACC history…First player in ACC history to lead the conference in assists all four years of her career…Second player in conference history to score 1,500 points and hand out 600 assists in her career…Led UNC to the ACC Tournament Championship and at least in the NCAA Sweet 16 all four years of her career.


Personal

  • Born Michelle Nicole Teasley and is the daughter of Ernestine Teasley
  • Has three older brothers Michael, Tony and Ernie, and one little brother, Sharrod
  • Majored in African-American Studies
  • In the summer of 1997, captained the gold-medal winning USA Junior World Championship team

  • Career Transactions

    Drafted with the No. 5 pick overall in the 2002 WNBA Draft, April 19, 2002. ...Traded by Portland along with Sophia Witherspoon to the Los Angeles Sparks for Ukari Figgs and second-round pick Gergana Slavtcheva, April 19, 2002. ...Traded along with the 8th pick in the 2006 Draft to the Washington Mystics for Temeka Johnson, Murriel Page and the 5th pick in the 2006 WNBA Draft, March 1, 2006.

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