Alando Tucker
Tucker in 2009 with the Phoenix Suns.
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| No. 7 – Hapoel Tel Aviv | |
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| Position | Small forward / Shooting guard |
| League | Israeli Premier League |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
February 11, 1984 Joliet, Illinois |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) |
| Listed weight | 205 lb (93 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school |
Lockport Township (Lockport, Illinois) |
| College | Wisconsin (2002–2007) |
| NBA draft | 2007 / Round: 1 / Pick: 29th overall |
| Selected by the Phoenix Suns | |
| Playing career | 2007–present |
| Career history | |
| 2007–2009 | Phoenix Suns |
| 2007–2008 | → Albuquerque Thunderbirds |
| 2008–2009 | → Iowa Energy |
| 2009–2010 | Minnesota Timberwolves |
| 2010 | Gallitos de Isabela |
| 2010–2011 | Lokomotiv Kuban |
| 2011 | Gran Canaria |
| 2012 | Texas Legends |
| 2013 | Inter Bratislava |
| 2013–2014 | Lukoil Academic |
| 2014–2015 | SOMB Boulogne-sur-Mer |
| 2015 | SLUC Nancy |
| 2015–2016 | Maccabi Kiryat Gat |
| 2016–present | Hapoel Tel Aviv |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Alando Forest Tucker (born February 11, 1984) is an American professional basketball player for Hapoel Tel Aviv of the Israeli Premier League. Tucker played five seasons at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and wore the number 42.
Alando attended Lockport Township High School in Lockport, Illinois.
Tucker averaged 21.6 points and seven rebounds per game as a junior. He was one of only two juniors to be named to the Herald News AA all-area team.
As a senior Tucker earned all-state honors averaging 22.2 points while hauling in 7.7 rebounds and dishing 5.7 assists per game. He scored 35 points against Joliet, the number one ranked team in the state.
After seeing drugs and gang violence throughout his childhood, Tucker and his older brother Antonio made a pact to stay clean. They pledged to stay drug, tobacco, and alcohol free and stay away from tattoos.
Tucker started off his college basketball career in 2002–03 starting 27 of 32 games as a freshman. He averaged 12.0 points and 5.9 rebounds per game.
In 2003–04, Tucker played in just four games because of a right foot injury. He applied for and received a medical redshirt after the season.
During the 2004–05 season, Tucker started 30 out of 31 games. He led the Badgers in scoring with 15.2 points. He also averaged 6.1 rebounds. At the end of the 2006–07 regular season, Tucker was averaging 19.9 points, 5.4 rebounds and 2.0 assists.
On February 10, 2007, Tucker reached the 2,000-point mark in his collegiate career in a game against Iowa. He was the second Wisconsin Badger to ever accomplish this. The first was Michael Finley.
On March 10, 2007, Tucker broke the all-time Wisconsin scoring record (2,147 points) previously held by Michael Finley.
Tucker also broke Finley's UW vertical jump record.
His collegiate career ended on March 18, 2007, when the Badgers lost to the UNLV Runnin' Rebels 74–68 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Tucker finished with 17 points on 4–11 shooting from the field and 8–13 from the line. He also had seven rebounds. He was named Big Ten Player of the Year and a NCAA 1st Team All-American, and also received the Lowe's Senior Class Award, in his final season.
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