| style="text-align:left;"| Dallas | 2 || 0 || 4.5 || .500 || 1.000 || .000 || 1.5 || .0 || .0 || .0 || 1.5 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career | 18 || 0 || 8.1 || .452 || .455 || .692 || 1.2 || .3 || .3 || .0 || 2.3 Personal life Brian's father, Rod Cardinal, was the head basketball trainer at the University of Illinois for three decades, from 1973 to 2003; he remains with the Illinois men's basketball team as their special projects coordinator. Brian served as a towel boy for the 1989 Illinois Final Four team. Brian is married to former walk-on Purdue standout Danielle Bird, with whom he has a son and two daughters. References External links NBA.com player profile Purdue profile Stats at basketball-reference.com 1977 births Living people American expatriate basketball people in Spain Basketball players from Illinois Dallas Mavericks players Detroit Pistons draft picks Detroit Pistons players Forwards (basketball) Golden State Warriors players Liga ACB players Memphis Grizzlies players Minnesota Timberwolves players People from Champaign County, Illinois Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball players Valencia Basket players Washington Wizards players American men's basketball players Goodwill Games medalists in basketball Competitors at the 1998 Goodwill Games