Personal information | |
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Born |
Greenville, South Carolina |
June 25, 1975
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
Listed weight | 180 lb (82 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Federal Way (Federal Way, Washington) |
College | Arizona (1994–1998) |
NBA draft | 1998 / Round: 1 / Pick: 14th overall |
Selected by the Houston Rockets | |
Playing career | 1998–2010 |
Position | Shooting guard |
Number | 3, 8 |
Career history | |
1999 | Houston Rockets |
1999–2003 | Vancouver / Memphis Grizzlies |
2009–2010 | Faymasa Palencia |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Career statistics | |
Points | 3,257 |
Rebounds | 609 |
Assists | 553 |
Michael DeAngelo Dickerson (born basketball player who was a member of the Houston Rockets and Vancouver/Memphis Grizzlies of the NBA. He is a cousin of former NBA guard David Wesley. The 6 ft 5 in shooting guard was born in Greenville, South Carolina raised in Kent, Washington and Federal Way, Washington.
June 25, 1975) is an American former professionalHe played basketball at Decatur High School in his sophomore season followed by Federal Way High School in his junior and senior years. He went to college at the University of Arizona, where he won the 1997 national championship on a team with Mike Bibby, Jason Terry, and Miles Simon.
He was selected as the 14th overall pick by the Rockets in the 1998 NBA draft and played for them during the lockout-shortened 1999 NBA season, in which Dickerson led the league in games played (50), was sixth in three-point field goal percentage (.433), and was named to the All-Rookie 2nd Team. He was relunctantly traded in 1999 to the Vancouver Grizzlies for Vancouver's draft pick, Steve Francis, who had demanded a trade because he did not want to play for a Canadian team.