Teresa Weatherspoon : biography
Teresa Gaye Weatherspoon (born December 8, 1965 in Pineland, Texas) is a former American Women’s National Basketball Association player who played for the New York Liberty and Los Angeles Sparks and is currently the head basketball coach of the Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters. In 2011, she was voted in by fans as one of the Top 15 players in WNBA history.
Personal
Weatherspoon was born to Charles and Rowena Weatherspoon in Pineland, Texas. Her father, Charles Sr., played minor league baseball in the Minnesota Twins’ farm system, and holds the record for the most grand slams (3) in a minor league game. Weatherspoon has two brothers and three sisters. She credits her family, especially her mother Rowena Weatherspoon, as the biggest influence on her basketball career. Her fans call her by her nicknames "T-Spoon" or "Spoon". She and Atlanta Falcons linebacker Sean Weatherspoon are second cousins.
In 1999, she published a book titled Teresa Weatherspoon’s Basketball for Girls, filled with anecdotes and advice on improving basketball skills for young girls.
Notes
WNBA career statistics
Regular season
|- | align="left" | 1997 | align="left" | New York | 28 || 28 || 33.0 || .467 || .086 || .650 || 4.1 || style="background:#D3D3D3"|6.1 || style="background:#D3D3D3"|3.0 || 0.1 || 3.36 || 7.0 |- | align="left" | 1998 | align="left" | New York | 30 || 30 || 33.4 || .388 || .327 || .609 || 4.0 || 6.4 || style="background:#D3D3D3"|3.3 || 0.0 || 3.20 || 6.8 |- | align="left" | 1999 | align="left" | New York | 32 || 32 || 33.9 || .421 || .378 || .679 || 3.3 || 6.4 || 2.4 || 0.1 || 2.50 || 7.2 |- | align="left" | 2000 | align="left" | New York | 32 || 32 || 33.7 || .438 || .250 || .741 || 3.4 || 6.4 || 2.0 || 0.2 || 2.69 || 6.4 |- | align="left" | 2001 | align="left" | New York | 32 || 32 || 30.4 || .431 || .385 || .671 || 3.7 || 6.3 || 1.7 || 0.1 || 2.53 || 6.5 |- | align="left" | 2002 | align="left" | New York | 32 || 32 || 29.8 || .342 || .100 || .519 || 2.7 || 5.7 || 1.3 || 0.1 || 2.44 || 3.4 |- | align="left" | 2003 | align="left" | New York | 34 || 34 || 24.2 || .385 || .000 || .750 || 2.9 || 4.4 || 0.8 || 0.2 || 1.82 || 2.9 |- | align="left" | 2004 | align="left" | Los Angeles | 34 || 0 || 8.6 || .320 || .333 || .000 || 0.9 || 0.9 || 0.4 || 0.0 || 0.76 || 0.5 |- | align="left" | Career | align="left" |8 years, 2 teams | 254 || 220 || 28.1 || .411 || .281 || .658 || 3.1 || 5.3 || 1.8 || 0.1 || 2.37 || 5.0
Playoffs
|- | align="left" | 1997 | align="left" | New York | 2 || 2 || 37.5 || .500 || .000 || .000 || 1.5 || 5.0 || 2.0 || 0.0 || 6.00 || 5.0 |- | align="left" | 1999 | align="left" | New York | 6 || 6 || 33.8 || .452 || .368 || .750 || 3.5 || style="background:#D3D3D3"|7.5 || 1.0 || 0.0 || 2.00 || 8.5 |- | align="left" | 2000 | align="left" | New York | 7 || 7 || 36.1 || .353 || .200 || .636 || 2.7 || style="background:#D3D3D3"|7.0 || 2.7 || 0.0 || 2.86 || 4.6 |- | align="left" | 2001 | align="left" | New York | 6 || 6 || 33.0 || .211 || .273 || 1.000 || 3.7 || 4.7 || 1.2 || 0.0 || 0.83 || 3.8 |- | align="left" | 2002 | align="left" | New York | 8 || 8 || 30.1 || .475 || .000 || .833 || 4.4 || 6.6 || 1.0 || 0.0 || 1.75 || 6.6 |- | align="left" | 2004 | align="left" | Los Angeles | 2 || 0 || 5.0 || .000 || .000 || .000 || 1.0 || 0.5 || 0.5 || 0.0 || 1.50 || 0.0 |- | align="left" | Career | align="left" |6 years, 2 teams | 31 || 29 || 31.6 || .382 || .282 || .744 || 3.3 || 6.0 || 1.5 || 0.0 || 2.13 || 5.5