Johnny Moore​

Johnny Moore played nine seasons in the National Basketball Association from 1980 to 1990, all of them with the San Antonio Spurs. He held the team record for assists with 3,685 and led the NBA in assists for the 1981-82 season with an average of 9.6 per game. He had his best season in 1984-85 when he averaged 12.8 points, 10 assists and 2.79 steals in 82 games. ​

Moore was diagnosed with Desert Fever, a late form of meningitis, in 1986. He returned to the Spurs and the NBA as a role model of determination and played for three additional seasons. In 1998, the Spurs retired Moore’s “00”, only the third number to be retired in Spurs history. ​

Moore also had an outstanding collegiate career at the University of Texas where he started every game in his four seasons. He led the Longhorns to the 1978 NIT championship, was team MVP and All-Southwest Conference in both 1978 and 1979 and set many game and career marks for assists. ​