September 8, 2004, when Houston sent him, Adrian Griffin and Mike Wilks to Chicago in exchange for Dikembe Mutombo. On July 13, 2006, Piatkowski officially signed with the Phoenix Suns, agreeing on a two-year, $2.4 million deal. In April 2014 Piatkowski's group was attempting to buy the L.A. Clippers from embattled owner Donald T Sterling, before Steve Ballmer bought the team outright. Career highlights and trivia He played for the US in the World Basketball games in 1993. On February 16, 2002, he set a career high of 36 points against the Dallas Mavericks. He set the Clippers individual season record for three-point percentage at .466 which ranked him third in the NBA that season. (2001-02) Nicknamed "Pike" and "The Polish Rifle" for his surname and three-point shooting accuracy. The first third generation pro basketball player, his dad Walt played four seasons, and grandad Joe played in the 1950s. Holds three L.A. Clippers all time records, free throw percentage, three point shooting percentage and most games played for the franchise in L.A. Had his number 52 retired by the University of Nebraska. Beginning in the 2008-2009 season, Piatkowski became the color analyst on Fox Sports Midwest for the Nebraska men's basketball team. NBA career statistics Regular season |- | align="left" | | align="left" | L.A. Clippers | 81 || 11 || 14.9 || .441 || .374 || .783 || 1.6 || 1.0 || .5 || .2 || 7.0 |- | align="left" | | align="left" | L.A. Clippers | 65 || 1 || 12.1 || .405 || .333 || .817 || 1.6 || .7 || .4 || .2 || 4.6 |- | align="left" | | align="left" | L.A. Clippers | 65 || 0 || 11.5 || .450 || .425 || .821 || 1.6 || .8 || .5 || .2 || 6.0 |- | align="left" | | align="left" | L.A. Clippers | 67 || 35 || 26.0 || .452 || .409 || .824 || 3.5 || 1.3 || .8 || .2 || 11.3 |- | align="left" | | align="left" | L.A. Clippers | 49 || 38 || 25.3 || .432 || .394 || .863 || 2.9 || 1.1 || .9 || .1 || 10.5 |- | align="left" | | align="left" | L.A. Clippers | 75 || 23 || 22.8 || .415 || .383 || .850 || 3.0 || 1.1 || .6 || .2 || 8.7 |- | align="left" | | align="left" |