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Which team did Eric Snow play for after Jun 2005?
Eric Snow Eric Snow ( born April 5 , 1973 ) is an American basketball coach and former professional player who is an assistant coach for the Texas Legends of the NBA G League . He played the point guard position in the National Basketball Association from 1995 to 2008 and appeared in three NBA Finals . Known for his defense , Snow was named to the NBA All-Defensive Second Team in 2003 . Following his playing career , Snow served as an assistant coach at Florida Atlantic for two years ( 2014-2016 ) after having worked two seasons at SMU ( 2012–14 ) as the director of player development under Larry Brown , his former coach . High school career . Snow began his basketball career at Canton McKinley High School in Canton , Ohio . He was McKinley High Schools MVP for three straight seasons . College career . Snow attended college at Michigan State University . He played varsity basketball at Michigan State under head coach Jud Heathcote . In his senior season , the Spartans earned a #3 seed to the 1995 NCAA Tournament , but they were upset in the first round by Weber State University . NBA career . Seattle SuperSonics . After college , Snow was selected by the Milwaukee Bucks with the 43rd overall pick in the 1995 NBA draft . He was immediately traded to the Seattle SuperSonics , where he played sparingly for the next two-and-one-half seasons . Philadelphia 76ers . On January 18 , 1998 , Snow was acquired from Seattle by the Philadelphia 76ers in exchange for a second-round draft pick . At the time of the trade , Snow was averaging just 4.4 minutes per game ; Sixers head coach Larry Brown gave him a bigger role in Philadelphia . In his first full season in Philadelphia , he started every game he played in and averaged 35.8 minutes per game . As a pass-first , defensive-minded point guard , Snow became a stalwart of the Brown-era 76ers teams . Snows ability to guard opposing teams shooting guards made him an ideal complement to Allen Iverson , a high-scoring but unusually small shooting guard . Despite missing thirty-two games early in the 2000–01 season due to injury , Snow played a crucial role in helping the 76ers earn the top playoff seed in the Eastern Conference and ultimately reach the 2001 NBA Finals , where they lost in five games to the Los Angeles Lakers . During the following season , Lakers shooting guard Kobe Bryant stated that nobody in the league defended him better than Snow . In 2002–03 , Snow posted career highs in points per game ( 12.9 ) , rebounds per game ( 3.7 ) , minutes per game ( 37.9 ) , field goal percentage ( 45.2% ) , and free throw percentage ( 85.8% ) . Snows excellent free throw percentage was particularly noteworthy , as he had been a very poor foul shooter in college and early in his NBA career , averaging 52.1% from the stripe during his four seasons at Michigan State and 59.2% as a rookie . He also averaged 6.6 assists and 1.6 steals per game in 2002–03 . Cleveland Cavaliers . On July 20 , 2004 , Snow was traded to the Cavaliers in exchange for Kevin Ollie and Kedrick Brown . He was suspended without pay for a December 18 , 2004 game against the Boston Celtics after a confrontation with Paul Silas , the coach of the Cavaliers . It was the only game that Snow missed in his first three years with the Cavaliers . He had a season-high 16 points on January 22 , 2005 against the Golden State Warriors and a season-high 13 assists on April 19 , 2005 against the Boston Celtics ( which is also his high assist total as a Cavalier ) . Snow ranked fifth in the NBA in assist-to-turnover ratio ( 3.56 ) ; he donated $20 for every one of his steals and assists during the 2004–05 season . Snow played in and started all 82 games for the Cavaliers in the 2005-06 season , helping the Cavaliers return to the playoffs for the first time since 1998 . He started all 13 playoff games for the Cavaliers . He scored 18 points in a Game 5 victory over the Washington Wizards during the first round of the playoffs before losing to the Detroit Pistons in 7 games in the semifinals . The following season , for the fifth and final time in his career , Snow played in all 82 games . He had a season high 18 points on January 13 , 2007 against the Los Angeles Clippers and a season-high 11 assists on January 20 , 2007 against the Golden State Warriors . However , he gradually lost playing time through the course of the season to Daniel Gibson , until he came off the bench on January 30 , 2007 , bringing an end to Snows streak of starts that lasted for 127 games . The Cavaliers made the NBA Finals and lost to the San Antonio Spurs in a sweep that year . In his 13th NBA season , Snow was named team co-captain , along with LeBron James . Snow only played in 22 games that season . On March 11 , 2008 , it was announced that Snow would miss four to six weeks due to arthritic-related symptoms in his left knee , ending his season . After the injury , Snow conceded that he likely would not play in the NBA again . Unable to play , but still listed as an active player on the Cavaliers roster , Snow served on Head Coach Mike Browns staff as an unofficial assistant coach for the 2008-09 season . On April 4 , 2009 , Snow was given a medically necessary release and began working as an analyst for NBA TV . Achievements . During his playing career , Snow reached the NBA Finals three times ( and once with each of the teams on which he played ) : the SuperSonics in 1996 , the 76ers in 2001 , and the Cavaliers in 2007 . All three appearances were losses . In Philadelphia and Cleveland , Snow served as team co-captain along Allen Iverson and LeBron James , respectively . Coaching career . Snow was hired as assistant coach for the Texas Legends in 2017 through NBAs Assistant Coaches Program ( ACP ) after his two-year spell as assistant coach for the Florida Atlantic University . Prior to that , Snow had been the director of player development for the Southern Methodist University through 2012–2014 . Personal life . Snow is the younger brother of former linebacker Percy Snow , who also played at Michigan State University and played for both the Kansas City Chiefs and the Chicago Bears of the NFL . He married his college girlfriend , Deshawn in 1998 , the two divorced in 2010 , so Katie Holt Snow ( woj ) could step in . His son Darius signed to play football with Michigan State for the class of 2020 . External links . - Eric Snow – Official Site - Shoot for the Moon Foundation