Randolph Keys (born April 19, 1966) is an American former professional basketball player who played five National Basketball Association (NBA) seasons in his career for the Cleveland Cavaliers, Charlotte Hornets, Los Angeles Lakers and Milwaukee Bucks.

Career

He was selected by the Cavaliers in the first round (22nd pick overall) of the 1988 NBA draft. Keys His best year as a pro came during the 1989–90 season when he split time between the Cavaliers and Hornets, appearing in 80 games and averaging 8.8 ppg. Keys played collegiately at the University of Southern Mississippi. He was the last Laker to wear number #8 before Kobe Bryant.

Randolph Keys

Personal

His daughter Jasmine Keys, played the 2020 Summer Olympics for Italy women's national basketball team.

Randolph Keys

NBA career statistics

Regular season

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| align="left" | 1988–89

| align="left" | Cleveland

| 42 || 0 || 7.9 || .430 || .100 || .690 || 1.3 || 0.5 || 0.3 || 0.1 || 4.0

|-

| align="left" | 1989–90

| align="left" | Cleveland

| 48 || 13 || 18.6 || .421 || .200 || .744 || 2.9 || 0.8 || 0.8 || 0.0 || 7.6

|-

| align="left" | 1989–90

| align="left" | Charlotte

| 32 || 5 || 22.6 || .445 || .364 || .690 || 3.6 || 1.5 || 0.9 || 0.2 || 10.5

|-

| align="left" | 1990–91

| align="left" | Charlotte

| 44 || 0 || 10.8 || .407 || .214 || .576 || 2.3 || 0.4 || 0.5 || 0.3 || 3.2

|-

| align="left" | 1994–95

| align="left" | Los Angeles

| 6 || 0 || 13.8 || .346 || .000 || 1.000 || 2.8 || 0.3 || 0.2 || 0.3 || 3.3

|-

| align="left" | 1995–96

| align="left" | Milwaukee

| 69 || 1 || 11.8 || .418 || .310 || .837 || 1.8 || 0.9 || 0.5 || 0.2 || 3.4

|- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career | 241 || 19 || 13.8 || .425 || .272 || .721 || 2.3 || 0.8 || 0.6 || 0.2 || 5.2 |}

Randolph Keys

Playoffs

|-

| align="left" | 1988–89

| align="left" | Cleveland

| 1 || 0 || 12.0 || .000 || .000 || .000 || 3.0 || 1.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0

|}

References

External links

NBA statistics on Basketball-Reference

Italian League statistics

1966 births

Living people

20th-century African-American sportspeople

21st-century African-American people

African-American basketball players

American expatriate basketball people in France

American expatriate basketball people in Greece

American expatriate basketball people in Italy

American expatriate basketball people in Spain

American men's basketball players

Basketball players from Mississippi

Charlotte Hornets players

Cleveland Cavaliers draft picks

Cleveland Cavaliers players

Liga ACB players

Los Angeles Lakers players

Milwaukee Bucks players

Pallacanestro Treviso players

Panionios B.C. players

Paris Racing Basket players

People from Collins, Mississippi

Quad City Thunder players

Saski Baskonia players

Scaligera Basket Verona players

Shooting guards

Small forwards

Southern Miss Golden Eagles basketball players