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Position | Point guard | ||||||||||||
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Born |
Minneapolis, Minnesota |
April 25, 1979 ||||||||||||
Nationality | American | ||||||||||||
Listed height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||||||||
Listed weight | 202 lb (92 kg) | ||||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||||
High school |
Minneapolis North (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
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College | Connecticut (1997–2000) | ||||||||||||
NBA draft | 2000 / Round: 2 / Pick: 34th overall | ||||||||||||
Selected by the Chicago Bulls | |||||||||||||
Playing career | 2000–present | ||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||
2000–2001 | Chicago Bulls | ||||||||||||
2001–2002 | Dakota Wizards | ||||||||||||
2002 | Gary Steelheads | ||||||||||||
2002 | Strasbourg IG | ||||||||||||
2002–2003 | Ironi Ramat Gan | ||||||||||||
2003–2005 | Beşiktaş Cola Turka | ||||||||||||
2005–2007 | Azovmash Mariupol | ||||||||||||
2007–2008 | Türk Telekom | ||||||||||||
2008–2009 | Azovmash Mariupol | ||||||||||||
2009 | Türk Telekom | ||||||||||||
2009–2010 | Budivelnyk Kyiv | ||||||||||||
2010–2011 | Lietuvos Rytas | ||||||||||||
2011–2012 | Cibona Zagreb | ||||||||||||
2012–2013 | Le Mans | ||||||||||||
2013 | Trabzonspor | ||||||||||||
2014–2015 | BG Göttingen | ||||||||||||
2015 | Sigal Prishtina | ||||||||||||
2015–2016 | BG Göttingen | ||||||||||||
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Khalid El-Amin (born April 25, 1979) is an American professional basketball player who last played for BG Göttingen of the Basketball Bundesliga. He was a member of the 1999 University of Connecticut men's basketball team that won the NCAA championship. He is originally from Minnesota where he played for North High School in Minneapolis. In 2000, he was selected in the 2nd round by the Chicago Bulls of the NBA Draft and played 50 games for them, averaging 6.3 points and 2.9 assists per game.
After leading Minneapolis North HS to three straight state titles and being named a McDonald's All-American, the three-time Minnesota State Player of the Year and 1997 Minnesota Mr. Basketball was named Big East Conference Rookie of the Year while being second in the team in scoring (16.0) and setting the UConn single-season scoring record for a freshman.
As a sophomore, El-Amin was the starting point guard on their team that won the 1999 NCAA Championship game thriller over Duke. In the final game he scored the Huskies' final 4 points in their 77-74 victory.
In 2000 El-Amin led the Huskies in scoring (16.0), assists (4.4) and steals (1.7) and was named to the All-Big East first team. He was also one of 15 finalists for the Naismith Award and set a Big East record by making 93.4 percent of his FTs in league games. El-Amin scored a collegiate career-high 34 points in a 75-70 loss to the University of Notre Dame on January 5, 2000, which ended the UConn Huskies' 10-game winning streak.
He left UConn as fourth all-time at the school in FT percentage at 82.2, sixth all-time in assists and fifth in steals. His averages per game in his final season are 31.9 minutes, 16.0 points, 3.1 rebounds, 5.2 assists, 2.7 turnovers, 1.7 steals, makes 2.9 of 5.5 field goals (41.1%) and 4.1 of 4.6 free throws (89.2%). He finished his college career with averages of 30.1 minutes, 15.3 points on 41.6% shooting and 82.2% free throws, 3.0 rebounds, 4.4 assists, 2.7 turnovers and 1.7 steals.