the Charlotte Hornets, an expansion franchise in its 3rd year of existence. Newman was traded by the New Jersey Nets along with Stephon Marbury after the 2000–01 NBA season in exchange for Jason Kidd. Newman scored 12,740 points in his NBA career. Newman was inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame in 2011. NBA career statistics Regular season |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Cleveland | 59 || 0 || 10.7 || .411 || .045 || .868 || 1.2 || .5 || .3 || .1 || 5.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| New York | 77 || 25 || 20.6 || .435 || .280 || .841 || 2.1 || .8 || .9 || .1 || 10.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| New York | 81 || 80 || 28.8 || .475 || .338 || .815 || 2.5 || 2.0 || 1.4 || .3 || 16.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| New York | 80 || 69 || 28.5 || .476 || .317 || .799 || 2.4 || 2.3 || 1.2 || .3 || 12.9 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Charlotte | 81 || 81 || 30.6 || .470 || .357 || .809 || 3.1 || 2.3 || 1.2 || .2 || 16.9 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Charlotte | 55 || 55 || 30.0 || .477 || .283 || .766 || 3.3 || 2.7 || 1.3 || .3 || 15.3 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Charlotte | 64 || 27 || 23.0 || .522 || .267 || .808 || 2.2 || 1.8 || .7 || .3 || 11.9 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Charlotte | 18 || 18 || 23.8 || .523 || .250 || .814 || 3.2 || 1.6 || 1.0 || .3 || 13.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| New Jersey | 63 || 0 || 20.1 || .453 || .270 || .807 || 1.9 || .7 || .8 || .3 || 9.5 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Milwaukee | 82 || 11 || 23.1 || .463 || .352 || .801 || 2.1 || 1.1 || .8 || .2 || 7.7 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Milwaukee | 82 || 82 || 32.8 || .495 || .377 || .802 || 2.4 || 1.9 || 1.1 || .2 || 10.8 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Milwaukee | 82 || 4 || 25.1 || .450 || .347 || .765 || 2.3 || 1.4 || .9 || .2 || 8.7 |-