Jamaal Magloire

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Jamaal Magloire (born May 21 1978 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian professional basketball player, currently playing for the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association. He attended Eastern Commerce Collegiate Institute.

Jamaal Magloire
Portland Trail Blazers
PositionCenter
Personal information
BornMay 21, 1978
NationalityCanada
Listed height6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
Listed weight259 lb (117 kg)
Career information
High schoolEastern Commerce Collegiate Institute
CollegeKentucky
NBA draft2000: 19th overall
Drafted byCharlotte Hornets
Playing career2000–present
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A 6'11", 259-pound (2.11 m, 117.5 kg) center, 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.

He was drafted by the Charlotte Hornets with the 19th pick of the 2000 NBA Draft, but filled a reserve role for his first two seasons in which he averaged 6.5 points in 16.8 minutes per game. But 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.

2003-04 was the season in which Magloire really began to get some respect from coaches and peers around the NBA. He averaged 13.6 points and 10.3 rebounds per game while starting all 82 games, and was even named to the Eastern Conference All-Star Team. Magloire being named an All-Star was perhaps a controversial decision at the time, with many pundits and sportswriters asking, "Who the heck is Jamaal Magloire?" But he more than held his own against the best the NBA had to offer, contributing 19 points and 8 rebounds in his 21 minutes of action.

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.

On May 17 2006, he was given a star on the Scarborough Walk of Fame, becoming one of its first inductees. The induction ceremony was held at Scarborough Town Centre in Toronto.

On July 31, 2006, during the offseason, 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. Only once has Magloire recorded over 11 points in a game through 37 2006-07 season games.[1]

Justin Sheppard

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 in Midtown, Toronto. Like Magloire, Sheppard had been a star player for Eastern Commerce's basketball team, and was on his way to further that career at a Maryland prep school.theeyeopener.cfhosting.ca/storydetail.cfm?storyid=457 The murder has never been solved. Magloire himself put up a $50,000 CDN reward [[1]] but still, to no avail.

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