Jamaal Magloire

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Jamaal Magloire

Magloire with the Milwaukee Bucks
Position	Center
Height	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
Weight	265 lb (120 kg)
League	NBA
Team	Dallas Mavericks
Jersey	#20
Born	May 21, 1978 (1978-05-21) (age 30) Toronto, Ontario
Nationality	Canadian
High school	Eastern Commerce C.I. (Toronto)
College	Kentucky
Draft	19th overall, 2000 Charlotte Hornets
Pro career	2000–present
Former teams	Charlotte/New Orleans Hornets (2000–2005) Milwaukee Bucks (2005–2006) Portland Trail Blazers (2006–2007) New Jersey Nets (2007–2008)
Awards	2003-04 NBA All-Star
Official profile	Info Page

Jamaal Dane Magloire (born May 21, 1978 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA), currently on the Dallas Mavericks. The 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m), 265 lb (120 kg/18.9 st) center was selected out of the University of Kentucky by the Charlotte Hornets with the 19^th overall pick in the 2000 NBA Draft, after withdrawing his name from the previous draft. He was voted into the NBA All-Star Game once. He attended high school at Eastern Commerce Collegiate Institute in Toronto, and has previously played for the Charlotte/New Orleans Hornets, Milwaukee Bucks, Portland Trail Blazers, and New Jersey Nets.

[edit] College career

Magloire started 12 games as a sophomore for the Kentucky Wildcats team that won the national championship in 1998. He finished his college career as Kentucky's all-time leader in blocked shots, with 268. Magloire's tenure with the Wildcats earned him the nickname "Big Cat".

[edit] NBA career

[edit] Charlotte and New Orleans

He was drafted by the Charlotte Hornets with the 19th pick of the 2000 NBA Draft, and filled a reserve role for his first two seasons in which he averaged 6.5 points in 16.8 minutes per game. In 2002-03, the Hornets' first year in New Orleans, he started all 82 games, averaging 10.3 points and 8.8 rebounds per game.

During the 2003-04 season, Magloire averaged 13.6 points and 10.3 rebounds per game while starting all 82 games, and was named to the Eastern Conference All-Star Team. He became only the second Canadian All-Star in the NBA, after Steve Nash. Magloire played well, leading the Eastern All-Stars with 19 points,^[1] along with 8 rebounds in 21 minutes of action.

[edit] Milwaukee

On October 26, 2005, he was traded to the Milwaukee Bucks in exchange for Desmond Mason, a 2006 first-round draft pick and cash considerations.

[edit] Portland

On July 31, 2006, during the off-season, Magloire was traded to the Portland Trail Blazers for Steve Blake, Ha Seung-Jin, and Brian Skinner.

Although Magloire has averaged nearly 10 points per game throughout his entire NBA career, he did not score over nine points in a single game during his first 20 games as a Trail Blazer. In fact, only eight times did Magloire record over 11 points during 81 regular season games in 2006-07.^[2] Magloire finished the season with an average of only 21 minutes played per game, down from 30 minutes played in the previous two seasons. Magloire became a free agent in the off-season.

[edit] New Jersey

The New Jersey Nets signed Magloire on July 17, 2007. In the 2007-08 season, he played limited minutes, averaging only 1.8 points and 3.4 rebounds per game. Magloire was waived by the Nets on February 22, 2008.

[edit] Dallas

The Dallas Mavericks signed Magloire on February 26, 2008 to back up center Erick Dampier after former Maverick DeSagana Diop was traded to the New Jersey Nets in the blockbuster trade involving point guards Devin Harris and Jason Kidd.

[edit] Personal

In the early morning hours of June 23, 2001, Magloire's half-brother, 19-year old Justin Sheppard, was shot and killed on the footbridge that spans the ravine around Rosedale Valley Road between Bloor Street East and Glen Road near Sherbourne subway station in Toronto. Like Magloire, Sheppard was a promising basketball talent at Eastern Commerce, and was supposed to begin a scholarship at a Maryland prep school that fall. Magloire helped post a $50,000 CAD reward, but to date, there have been no arrests.^[3][4]

[edit] Trivia

• He is of Trinidadian descent.^[5]
• On May 17, 2006, he was given a star on the Scarborough Walk of Fame in Toronto's Scarborough Town Centre mall, becoming one of its first inductees.^[6]
• His favorite movie is The Ten Commandments.^[7]
• Enjoys West Indian food.^[7]
• Majored in business at Kentucky.^[7]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Jamaal Magloire Info Page at NBA.com
• Jamaal Magloire Statistics at Basketball-Reference.com
• Jamaal Magloire at ESPN.com
• Jamaal Magloire's Official Website