Jim McIlvaine
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born |
July 30, 1972 Racine, Wisconsin |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) |
| Listed weight | 240 lb (109 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | St. Catherine (Racine, Wisconsin) |
| College | Marquette (1990–1994) |
| NBA draft | 1994 / Round: 2 / Pick: 32nd overall |
| Selected by the Washington Bullets | |
| Playing career | 1994–2001 |
| Position | Center |
| Number | 22 |
| Career history | |
| 1994–1996 | Washington Bullets |
| 1996–1998 | Seattle SuperSonics |
| 1998–2001 | New Jersey Nets |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| Career NBA statistics | |
| Points | 1,072 (2.7 ppg) |
| Rebounds | 1,243 (3.1 rpg) |
| Blocks | 691 (1.7 bpg) |
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
James Michael McIlvaine (born July 30, 1972) is a retired American professional basketball player who spent seven seasons in the National Basketball Association with the Washington Bullets, Seattle SuperSonics and New Jersey Nets. The 7-foot-1 shot-blocking specialist never made a major impact in the NBA, and is perhaps best remembered for the fall-out that occurred after he signed with the Seattle SuperSonics in 1996.
McIlvaine is married to Gwendolyn, a 6'7" center of the North Carolina's 1994 championship women's basketball team. He currently works as a radio color analyst for Marquette men's basketball and also as part of the online support staffer for Optima Batteries in Milwaukee.
After he dominated at St. Catherine's High School in Racine (averaging 22.9 points, 11.1 rebounds and 8.1 blocked shots as a senior) and blocked a school-record 399 shots at Marquette University, McIlvaine was named NABC Defensive Player of the Year and was drafted with the fifth pick in the second round of the 1994 draft by the Washington Bullets (now Washington Wizards). He spent two years for the team, primarily in a backup role to Gheorghe Mureșan. In limited playing time, McIlvaine exhibited tremendous defensive potential, although he was never given enough playing time to really prove himself in a full-time capacity (he averaged fewer than 15 minutes a game during his "breakout" second year). The young and inexperienced Bullets team displayed tremendous up-side in the 1995–96 NBA season, McIlvaine and young star Juwan Howard's second year in the league. However, the team's roster was already crowded with potential, and in 1996, Jim McIlvaine entered free agency.
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