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Eugene Short Jr. (August 7, 1953 – March 16, 2016) was an American professional basketball player. He was a 6’6″ 200 lb small forward and attended Jackson State University.[1]

Short was from Hattiesburg, Mississippi.[2] He was selected 9th overall by the NBA‘s New York Knicks in the 1975 NBA draft. In the previous year he was selected by the American Basketball Association‘s San Antonio Spurs in the fifth round of the 1974 ABA Draft.

He played for the US national team in the 1974 FIBA World Championship, winning the bronze medal.[3]

He played for the Seattle SuperSonics and New York Knicks (1975–76) in the NBA for 34 games.

Eugene was the older brother of Purvis Short, another onetime NBA player.[4]

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

NBA

Source[5]

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1975–76 Seattle 7 5.3 .545 .500 1.0 .3 .0 .0 1.9
1975–76 New York 27 0 6.9 .325 .633 1.5 .3 .3 .1 2.6
Career 34 0 6.5 .352 .625 1.4 .3 .2 .1 2.5

References

  1. ^ “Former NBA player and Hattiesburg High graduate passes away”. Archived from the original on March 18, 2016. Retrieved March 18, 2016.
  2. ^ Sewell, George A.; Dwight, Margaret L. (June 2009). Mississippi Black History Makers. Univ. Press of Mississippi. ISBN 978-1-60473-390-7.
  3. ^ 1974 USA Basketball Archived July 16, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ “Senate Concurrent Resolution 585”. State of Mississippi. 2000. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
  5. ^ “Gene Short NBA stats”. Basketball Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 19, 2025.