Jamaal Magloire
Magloire with the Miami Heat in 2009
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| Toronto Raptors | |
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| Position | Basketball Development Consultant |
| League | NBA |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
May 21, 1978 Toronto, Ontario |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Listed height | 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) |
| Listed weight | 265 lb (120 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Eastern Commerce (Toronto, Ontario) |
| College | Kentucky (1996–2000) |
| NBA draft | 2000 / Round: 1 / Pick: 19th overall |
| Selected by the Charlotte Hornets | |
| Playing career | 2000–2012 |
| Position | Center |
| Number | 21, 20 |
| Coaching career | 2013–present |
| Career history | |
| As player: | |
| 2000–2005 | Charlotte/New Orleans Hornets |
| 2005–2006 | Milwaukee Bucks |
| 2006–2007 | Portland Trail Blazers |
| 2007–2008 | New Jersey Nets |
| 2008 | Dallas Mavericks |
| 2008–2011 | Miami Heat |
| 2011–2012 | Toronto Raptors |
| As coach: | |
| 2013–2016 | Toronto Raptors (assistant) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
Jamaal Dane Magloire (born May 21, 1978) is a Canadian retired professional basketball player. He played 12 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Charlotte/New Orleans Hornets, Milwaukee Bucks, Portland Trail Blazers, New Jersey Nets, Dallas Mavericks, Miami Heat, and Toronto Raptors. 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 19th overall pick in the 2000 NBA draft, after withdrawing his name from the previous draft. He was voted into the NBA All-Star Game in 2004, becoming only the second Canadian All-Star in NBA history.
Currently, Magloire is employed by the Toronto Raptors in a position that combines Basketball Development Consultant and Community Ambassador. He was Raptors' assistant coach from 2013 to 2016.
Magloire was born in Toronto, Ontario to Trinidadian immigrant parents, Garth, a welder, and Marion, an insurance worker. He was raised in the city's Scarborough district and attended high school at Eastern Commerce Collegiate Institute, where he led the school's AAA basketball team to back-to-back Ontario provincial championships in 1995 and 1996.
In 1996, Magloire enrolled in the University of Kentucky. He 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".
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