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Jamaal Magloire

Jamaal Magloire
Jamaal MagloireHeat.jpg
Magloire with the Miami Heat in 2009
Toronto Raptors
Position Basketball Development Consultant
League NBA
Personal information
Born (1978-05-21) May 21, 1978 (age 38)
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:
20002005 Charlotte/New Orleans Hornets
2005–2006 Milwaukee Bucks
2006–2007 Portland Trail Blazers
2007–2008 New Jersey Nets
2008 Dallas Mavericks
20082011 Miami Heat
2011–2012 Toronto Raptors
As coach:
20132016 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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