Lewis with the Wizards in January 2011
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Born |
Pineville, Louisiana |
August 8, 1979 ||||||||||||
Nationality | American | ||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) | ||||||||||||
Listed weight | 235 lb (107 kg) | ||||||||||||
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High school | Elsik (Houston, Texas) | ||||||||||||
NBA draft | 1998 / Round: 2 / Pick: 32nd overall | ||||||||||||
Selected by the Seattle SuperSonics | |||||||||||||
Playing career | 1998–2014 | ||||||||||||
Position | Small forward / Power forward | ||||||||||||
Number | 7, 9 | ||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||
1998–2007 | Seattle SuperSonics | ||||||||||||
2007–2010 | Orlando Magic | ||||||||||||
2010–2012 | Washington Wizards | ||||||||||||
2012–2014 | Miami Heat | ||||||||||||
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Rashard Quovon Lewis (born August 8, 1979) is an American former professional basketball player. He rose to prominence in the NBA as a scorer with the Seattle SuperSonics, and was later a member of the Orlando Magic, Washington Wizards and Miami Heat. In Seattle, he garnered one All-Star selection and another in Orlando. Lewis reached the NBA Finals in 2009. In 2013, as a member of the Heat, he won his first NBA championship.
Despite being recruited by Florida State, Kansas and Houston, Lewis bypassed college and opted for the 1998 NBA draft, wherein he was selected by the Seattle SuperSonics with the 32nd overall pick. At the time of his selection, he was the last player remaining in the "green room", where fifteen of the top draft prospects sit until their selection. He and teammate Ray Allen made Seattle a contender during the early 2000s.
Lewis was twice named an All-Star with Seattle, in 2004–05 and 2008–09. In 2001, Lewis was selected to play for the United States in the Goodwill Games, in which they won the gold medal. On October 31, 2003, Lewis scored a career-high 50 points to lead the SuperSonics to a 124–105 win over the Los Angeles Clippers to close out a two-game series in Saitama, Japan. Lewis holds the SuperSonics' record for most three-pointers made, having passed Dale Ellis for second place on November 22, 2005, and Gary Payton for first place on March 13, 2007, when Lewis made his 918th three-pointer in a game against the Detroit Pistons.