Nazr Mohammed
Mohammed during his first tenure with the Oklahoma City Thunder
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| Free agent | |
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| Position | Center |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
September 5, 1977 Chicago, Illinois |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) |
| Listed weight | 250 lb (113 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school |
Kenwood Academy (Chicago, Illinois) |
| College | Kentucky (1995–1998) |
| NBA draft | 1998 / Round: 1 / Pick: 29th overall |
| Selected by the Utah Jazz | |
| Playing career | 1998–present |
| Career history | |
| 1998–2001 | Philadelphia 76ers |
| 2001–2004 | Atlanta Hawks |
| 2004–2005 | New York Knicks |
| 2005–2006 | San Antonio Spurs |
| 2006–2007 | Detroit Pistons |
| 2007–2011 | Charlotte Bobcats |
| 2011–2012 | Oklahoma City Thunder |
| 2012–2015 | Chicago Bulls |
| 2016 | Oklahoma City Thunder |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Stats at NBA.com | |
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Nazr Tahiru Mohammed (pronounced NAH-zee; born September 5, 1977) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Oklahoma City Thunder of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for Kentucky.
The son of an immigrant from Ghana, Mohammed was raised in Chicago and attended high school at Kenwood Academy, graduating in 1995. Mohammed entered the University of Kentucky in the fall of 1995 at a hefty 315 pounds, and saw little playing time during their NCAA Championship season. After slimming down for his sophomore year, Mohammed shared the starting center spot with Jamaal Magloire and was a key contributor in 1997, when the Wildcats were runners-up to Arizona. Mohammed once again shared the starting post position with Magloire in 1998, and once again they brought the NCAA Championship home to Kentucky, for the second time in three years.
After his junior year, Mohammed decided to enter the 1998 NBA draft. He was selected by the Utah Jazz in the first round, as the 29th pick overall. Utah traded his rights to the Philadelphia 76ers for a future first round pick, which turned out to be Quincy Lewis in the 1999 NBA draft. He spent two and a half seasons in Philadelphia, traded in February 2001 to the Atlanta Hawks along with an injured Theo Ratliff in exchange for Dikembe Mutombo.
On November 5, 2001, he scored a career-high 30 points against the Los Angeles Clippers. He played for the Hawks through the middle of the 2003–04 season, at which point he was traded to the New York Knicks.
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