2000-01: Appeared in 50 games (45 starts), averaging career-high figures in points (16.5), rebounds (5.5), assists (4.5), steals (1.92) and minutes (36.9)...Set additional career-high marks in free throw percentage (.766) and blocks (29 - 0.58 bpg)...One of six players to average at least 16 points, 5.5 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 1.50 steals (Kobe Bryant, Steve Francis, Jason Kidd, Tracy McGrady, Antoine Walker)...Among starting two-guards in the NBA, ranked 3rd in rebounds, 3rd in steals, 7th in assists and 13th in both scoring and minutes...Missed 32 games due to injury, including the final 22 contests of the season (nine with a strained left shoulder from 3/6 thru 3/24 and 13 with a sprained right thumb from 3/26 thru 4/18)...Last appearance of season was vs. L.A. Lakers (3/4)...Enjoyed a solid 14-game stretch from 11/15 thru 12/9, averaging20.3 points (.422 FG%), 5.9 rebounds, 4.7 assists and 2.07 steals in 39.9 minutes...Tied or led team in scoring 11 times, rebounds three times,assists 13 times, steals 16 times and blocks 13 times...20-plus points 11 times...10-plus rebounds twice and assists three times with six double-doubles...20 points, eight rebounds and a career-high-tying 11 assists vs. Utah (12/29)...Season-high 29 points vs. Indiana (11/30)...Career-high seven steals at Minnesota (11/15)...24 points, nine assists and four steals in a career-high 49 minutes vs. L.A. Lakers(12/6)...Career-high four blocks at Boston (1/5)...Career-high-tying 11assists at Seattle (12/3)...Missed seven games from 1/11 thru 1/23 with amoderate grade two right thumb sprain...Missed three games from 2/3 thru 2/7 with a sprained right thumb.
Pro Career: Originally selected by the Philadelphia 76ers in first round (8th overall) of 1998 NBA Draft...Acquired by Golden State fromPhiladelphia (2/16/00), along with Billy Owens, in a three-team trade that sent John Starks and a first-round draft pick to Chicago (Chris Mihm),with Philadelphia sending Bruce Bowen to Chicago for Toni Kukoc...Ended the 2000-01 season averaging 13.8 points, 4.5 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 1.40 steals in 28.3 minutes (182 regular-season games in three seasons). Has scored 30-or-more points six times during his career, including one 40-plus effort...Has 12 career double-doubles (nine point/rebound and three point/assist).
1999-00 (Philadelphia & GoldenState): Appeared in 82 games with the Philadelphia 76ers (50 games) and Golden State Warriors (32 games), averaging 15.0 points, 4.3 rebounds, 2.5 assists, 1.40 steals and 28.3 minutes...Ranked 49th in NBA in scoring and T29th in steals...With Philadelphia, averaged 10.0 points, 3.2 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 1.08 steals in 20.4 minutes (averaged 15.0 points, 4.4 rebounds and 3.2 assists in five starts with 76ers)...In 32 games with Warriors (all starts), averaged 22.7 points, 5.9 rebounds, 4.1 assists and 1.91 steals in 40.8 minutes...Scoring average after joining Warriors (22.7) ranked third among all NBA shooting guards, trailing only Allen Iverson (28.4) and Jerry Stackhouse (23.6)...Rebounding average with Warriors (5.9) ranked second among shooting guards behind Kobe Bryant (6.3)...Only six NBA players -Michael Finley, Grant Hill, Kobe Bryant, Kevin Garnett, Chris Webber, Gary Payton - averaged at least 22.0 points, 5.0 rebounds and 4.0 assists (averages Hughes surpassed after joining the Warriors)...Scoring average after joining Warriors would have ranked 11th in the NBA projected over the entire season...Scored a career-high 44 points (16-29 FG, 1-2 3FG,11-15 FT) vs. Denver on 4/9, one of two 40-plus point outings with the Warriors (41 vs. L.A. Lakers on 3/9)...Averaged 26.3 points, 7.1 rebounds and 5.6 assists in April (nine games)...Scored 30-plus points on seven occasions, including four times in the last seven games of the season (32,44, 35, 33)...Netted double figures in scoring in 31 of 32 games with Golden State...Grabbed career-high 12 rebounds at Sacramento (4/13)...Registered five double-doubles (points/rebounds), including back-to-back outings vs. L.A.Clippers on 3/12 (30 points/10 rebounds) and at Toronto on 3/14 (25 points/10 rebounds)...Participated in NBA.com slam dunk contest at The Arena in Oakland during NBA All-Star 2000.
1998-99 (Philadelphia):Appeared in all 50 regular-season games, averaging 9.1 points, 3.8 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 0.88 steals in 19.8 minutes...Club's top sixth man, leading Sixers in scoring off the bench...Came off bench in all but one game, leading the reserves in scoring in 27 of those 49 games...Finished season connecting on 62 of last 72 free throw attempts(.861)...Hit 19 consecutive free throws from 4/13 thru 4/16...Scored aseason-high 22 points in 19 minutes off the bench vs. Toronto (4/14)...Recorded first career double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds in 22 minutes off the bench at New Jersey (4/7)...In first career start, registered team-high 21 points with seven rebounds and five assists in season-high 42 minutes vs. Boston (3/26).
College: Played one season for Saint Louis, leading the Billikens and Conference USA in scoring with 20.9 points (23rd in nation)...Named Honorable Mention All-America by The Associated Press and Second-Team All-America by Basketball Times as a freshman...Named National Freshman of the Year by United States Basketball Writers Association, The Sporting News, Basketball Times and Basketball Weekly...Named Conference USA's Freshman of the Year and was a First-Team All-Conference selection...Broke Billikens' single-season scoring record with 670 points...Set Conference USA single-season freshman marks in scoring (670) and steals (69)...Recorded Conference USA Tournament record with 37 points vs.Alabama-Birmingham...Named Conference USA Player of the Week three times...Set a Saint Louis single-game freshman scoring record with 40 points at Marquette.
Personal: Full name is Larry Darnell Hughes...Winner of the inaugural Angela & Christopher Cohan Community Service Award - the Warriors Foundation's annual player community service award - for his outstanding commitment of time, service and financial support to the children and families of the Bay Area community...Promotes organ donation through speaking engagements and appearances after a heart transplant saved his younger brother's (Justin) life when he was 11 years old on January 2, 1997...Along with his mother, Vanessa, established "The Larry Hughes Foundation," which is dedicated to educating the public about organ donation...The Larry Hughes Foundation, in conjunction with The California Transplant Donor Network, held Larry Hughes Organ Donor Awareness Night at The Arena in Oakland on April 8, 2001, when the Warriors hosted the Spurs, as activities and auctions helped promote and support organ donor awareness...He and Justin received the First Family Pledge Award of Thanks on April 15, 2000, for their work raising awareness about the importance of organ donation...Held the "Hughes Holiday Gas Giveaway" last December in which he purchased over 3,000 gallons of gas at a local gas station, pumping out complimentary fill-ups for two hours with Warriors staff members...An active member of the Warriors "Tall Tales" reading program...Warriors 2000-01 NBA Team Up spokesperson...Nickname is "Smooth"...Lists Nelly - who he grew up with in St. Louis - and Jay-Z as his favorite musical artists...The person he most admired growing up was his mother, Vanessa...Wears size 13 1/2 shoes.
