Dajuan Wagner
Wagner with the Cavaliers
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| Personal information | |
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| Born |
February 4, 1983 Camden, New Jersey |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Listed weight | 200 lb (91 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Camden (Camden, New Jersey) |
| College | Memphis (2001–2002) |
| NBA draft | 2002 / Round: 1 / Pick: 6th overall |
| Selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers | |
| Playing career | 2002–2007 |
| Position | Point guard |
| Number | 2, 0 |
| Career history | |
| 2002–2005 | Cleveland Cavaliers |
| 2006 | Golden State Warriors |
| 2007 | Prokom Trefl Sopot |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Dajuan Marquett Wagner (born February 4, 1983) is an American former professional basketball player. He is the son of former University of Louisville and National Basketball Association (NBA) player Milt Wagner and left the NBA because of debilitating health problems early into his career. He was drafted 6th overall by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2002 NBA draft.
In Wagner's career at Camden High School he once scored 100 points in a high school game. Wagner averaged 42.5 points as a senior, scored 3,462 points in high school (the most in New Jersey high school history, breaking former high school star Lorne Singleton's scoring record of 3,451 points), and scored 25 points in the McDonald's All-American Game. Wagner is considered by many to be the greatest high school basketball player in New Jersey history.
He played one year of college basketball at the University of Memphis. His coach, John Calipari, revoked Wagner's scholarship after his freshman year to force him to enter the NBA, because Calipari believed that Wagner should not avoid the money he would receive as a first-round draft pick.
Wagner was chosen with the sixth overall pick of the 2002 NBA draft by the Cleveland Cavaliers. Often compared to Allen Iverson for his scoring ability, in his rookie season he averaged 13.4 points per game and shot 36.9% from the field. In the latter part of his rookie year, Wagner often attended the trial of his stepfather Leonard "Pooh" Paulk, who was indicted as an alleged drug supplier.
Wagner was hampered by injuries and health problems thereafter. He averaged a career-low 4.0 points in 11 games played during the 2004-05 season, and was hospitalized for ulcerative colitis. The Cavaliers did not exercise their option on his contract for the 2005-06 season and subsequently Wagner was out of the league.
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