Douglas M. Overton (born August 3, 1969) is an American former professional basketball player and coach. He played eleven seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) following a college career with the La Salle Explorers.
Prior to his NBA career, Overton spent a season with the Illawarra Hawks of the Australian NBL. He credits his experience playing in Australia as the reason he was able to make the NBA during a podcast with aussiehoopla.com
Overton was selected by the Detroit Pistons in the 2nd round (40th overall) of the 1991 NBA draft. A point guard from La Salle University, Overton played in 11 NBA seasons for 8 teams. He played for the Washington Bullets, Denver Nuggets, Philadelphia 76ers, Orlando Magic, New Jersey Nets, Boston Celtics, Charlotte Hornets and Los Angeles Clippers.
In his NBA career, Overton played in 499 games and scored a total of 2,253 points.
In May 2006, Overton was named assistant men's basketball coach at Saint Joseph's University. He became an assistant coach for the NBA's New Jersey Nets (now Brooklyn Nets) in 2008. He was also named Nets Player Development Coach prior to the 2010âÂÂ11 season. In August 2013, he was named head coach of the D-League's Springfield Armor. Overton later coached Lincoln University men's basketball in Oxford, Pennsylvania.
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|- | align="left" | | align="left" | Washington | 45 || 13 || 22.0 || .471 || .231 || .728 || 2.4 || 3.5 || .7 || .1 || 8.1 |- | align="left" | | align="left" | Washington | 61 || 1 || 12.3 || .403 || .091 || .827 || 1.1 || 1.5 || .3 || .0 || 3.6 |- | align="left" | | align="left" | Washington | style="background:#cfecec;"|82* || 20 || 20.8 || .416 || .424 || .872 || 1.7 || 3.0 || .6 || .0 || 7.0 |- | align="left" | | align="left" | Denver | 55 || 0 || 11.0 || .376 || .308 || .727 || 1.1 || 1.9 || .2 || .1 || 3.3 |- | align="left" | | align="left" | Philadelphia | 61 || 4 || 10.4 || .426 || .250 || .938 || 1.1 || 1.7 || .4 || .0 || 3.6 |- | align="left" | | align="left" | Philadelphia | 23 || 2 || 12.0 || .381 || .000 || .875 || .6 || 1.6 || .3 || .0 || 2.7 |- | align="left"; rowspan="3" | | align="left" | Orlando | 6 || 0 || 5.5 || .500 || .000 || 1.000 || .3 || .5 || .2 || .0 || 3.0 |- | align="left" | New Jersey | 8 || 1 || 21.8 || .439 || .500 || .857 || 2.1 || 2.0 || .4 || .1 || 8.0 |- | align="left" | Philadelphia | 10 || 0 || 3.7 || .333 || .000 || – || .2 || .4 || .1 || .0 || 1.0 |- | align="left" | | align="left" | Boston | 48 || 0 || 9.0 || .396 || .357 || .952 || .7 || 1.1 || .2 || .0 || 3.2 |- | align="left"; rowspan="3" | | align="left" | Boston | 7 || 1 || 20.6 || .341 || .250 || .636 || 2.1 || 2.7 || .6 || .0 || 5.4 |- | align="left" | Charlotte | 2 || 0 || 7.5 || 1.000 || – || – || .0 || .0 || .5 || .0 || 2.0 |- | align="left" | New Jersey | 12 || 9 || 26.3 || .376 || .313 || .600 || 2.0 || 4.4 || .3 || .0 || 6.9 |- | align="left" | | align="left" | L.A. Clippers | 18 || 0 || 7.2 || .318 || .259 || .571 || .7 || .7 || .2 || .1 || 2.2 |- | align="left"; rowspan="2" | | align="left" | New Jersey | 6 || 0 || 3.7 || .375 || – || 1.000 || .2 || .7 || .2 || .0 || 1.3 |- | align="left" | L.A. Clippers | 55 || 11 || 18.4 || .405 || .130 || .724 || 1.5 || 2.4 || .5 || .0 || 3.9 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career | 499 || 62 || 14.6 || .412 || .319 || .816 || 1.3 || 2.1 || .4 || .0 || 4.5