Theodore "Blue" Edwards
Born: October 31, 1965
Position: Shooting Guard
Height: 6-4 (1.94 m)
In the NBA:
Nickname:"Blue", after his sister saw him choking as a baby.
His Game:
Edwards was a key bench player during the biggest part of his NBA career. He played 10 years in the league, providing to his teams scoring and great defense both as a shooting guard and a small forward.
His Career:
Blue was selected by the Utah Jazz in the 21st overall position of the 1989 draft. He played in Utah for 3 consecutive years and his scoring was improving each year: from 8.9 points in 1990 to 12.6 points in 1992.
In the summer of 1992 he was traded to the Milwaukee Bucks.
Although he was a starter in his last year in Utah too, his role in Milwaukee was more important and Edwards had his only star-like season in the league. He finished the 1992-'93 season
averaging 16.9 points, 4.7 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 1.6 steal, while shooting 51.2% from the field, 35% from the 3-point line and 79% in the free throws. The next year he had 11.6 ppg.
In 1994-'95 Edwards was traded twice, first from Milwaukee to Boston and then back to Utah. He was playing less than 17 minutes and scoring 6.9 points. The next 3 years he played for the Vancouver Grizzlies. The first year he was a starter, scoring 12.7 ppg and the following two he was the team's 6th man, scoring 7.8 and 10.8 points off the bench. His last year in the NBA was 1998-'99 when he played 24 games for the Miami Heat, scoring only 3.2 ppg.
Honors:
A member of the 1990 NBA All-Rookie 2nd Team, Edwards recorded the first triple-double in the history of the Vancouver Grizzlies (in his career too) in 1/3/96 with 15 points, 13 rebounds and 11 assists.
Statistics:
| YEAR |
Team |
Games |
Pts |
FT % |
FG % |
3PM |
3-pt % |
Reb. |
Trn |
Ast |
St |
Blk |
Min. |
Star? |
| 1990 |
Utah |
82 |
8.9 |
.719 |
.507 |
9 |
.300 |
3.1 |
1.9 |
1.8 |
0.9 |
0.4 |
23.0 |
No |
| 1991 |
Utah |
62 |
9.3 |
.701 |
.526 |
6 |
.250 |
3.2 |
1.7 |
1.7 |
0.9 |
0.5 |
26.0 |
No |
| 1992 |
Utah |
81 |
12.6 |
.774 |
.522 |
39 |
.379 |
3.7 |
1.5 |
1.7 |
1.0 |
0.6 |
28.2 |
No |
| 1993 |
Milwaukee |
82 |
16.9 |
.790 |
.512 |
37 |
.349 |
4.7 |
2.1 |
2.6 |
1.6 |
0.5 |
33.3 |
YES |
| 1994 |
Milwaukee |
82 |
11.6 |
.799 |
.478 |
38 |
.358 |
4.0 |
1.8 |
2.1 |
1.0 |
0.3 |
28.3 |
No |
| 1995 |
Boston / Utah |
67 |
6.9 |
.833 |
.461 |
22 |
.293 |
1.9 |
1.2 |
1.1 |
0.6 |
0.2 |
16.6 |
No |
| 1996 |
Vancouver |
82 |
12.7 |
.755 |
.419 |
84 |
.343 |
4.2 |
2.1 |
2.6 |
1.4 |
0.6 |
33.8 |
No |
| 1997 |
Vancouver |
61 |
7.8 |
.817 |
.397 |
25 |
.281 |
3.1 |
1.3 |
1.9 |
0.6 |
0.3 |
23.6 |
No |
| 1998 |
Vancouver |
81 |
10.8 |
.837 |
.439 |
40 |
.333 |
2.7 |
1.7 |
2.5 |
1.1 |
0.3 |
24.3 |
No |
| 1999 |
Miami |
24 |
3.2 |
.692 |
.444 |
4 |
.400 |
1.4 |
0.9 |
1.3 |
0.7 |
0.2 |
11.8 |
No |
| Career |
Career |
704 |
10.8 |
.779 |
.475 |
304 |
.335 |
3.4 |
1.7 |
2.0 |
1.0 |
0.4 |
26.1 |
No |
In Europe:
In Greece:
Edwards signed with Greek team Olympiakos in the 1999-'00 midseason. Although there were questions concerning his health, he helped the team improve with his good defense, team game and leadership. He wasn't always scoring much but thanks to him the team won some important games in the Greek Championship. He scored 25 points, including a clutch 3-pointer in a game Vs AEK that gave Olympiakos the 1st place in the regular season and he was named Player of the Week. During the playoffs though, the team collapsed against PAOK in the semifinals and lost the series 2-0. Edwards "disappeared"
in those games, just like he did in the Euroleague's play-offs, when Olympiakos lost to Slovene team Olimpia 2-1 and failed to
advance to the Final Four. In the end, Olympiakos captured the 3rd place in the Greek Championship.
Edwards' averages in the Greek Championship with Olympiakos: 12.1 points, 2.8 rebounds, 1.3 assists, 0.6 blocks, 71% in FTs, 57% in FGs and 41% in 3pts [in 25 mins played (18 games)].
Edwards started the 2000-'01 season with Dafni, another Greek team. He played well in the first games but then he had some bad ones so he was replaced by Rodrick Rhodes.