Tariq Abdul-Wahad

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Tariq Abdul-Wahad
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Abdul-Wahad in 2007
Personal information
Born (1974-11-03) November 3, 1974 (age 49)
Maisons-Alfort, Val-de-Marne, France
Listed height6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight223 lb (101 kg)
Career information
High schoolAristide Briand (Évreux, France)
College Michigan (1993–1994)
San Jose State (1995–1997)
NBA draft 1997: 1st round, 11th overall pick
Selected by the Sacramento Kings
Playing career1997–2003
Position Shooting guard / small forward
Number9
Coaching career2011–2016
Career history
As player:
1997–1999 Sacramento Kings
1999–2000 Orlando Magic
2000–2002 Denver Nuggets
2002–2003 Dallas Mavericks
As coach:
2011–2012 Cal State Monterey Bay (women's assistant)
2012–2016 Lincoln HS
Career highlights and awards
  • First-team All-WAC (1997)
Career NBA statistics
Points 1,830 (7.8 ppg)
Rebounds 776 (3.3 rpg)
Assists 266 (1.1 apg)
Stats   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg at NBA.com
Stats   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals
Representing Flag of France.svg  France
Men’s Basketball
European U-18 Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1992 Hungary U-18 Team

Tariq Abdul-Wahad (born Olivier Michael Saint-Jean; November 3, 1974) is a French basketball coach and former player. As Olivier Saint-Jean, he played college basketball at Michigan and San Jose State. In 1997, the Sacramento Kings selected Saint-Jean in the first round of the NBA draft as the 11th overall pick, and Saint-Jean converted to Islam and changed his name to Tariq Abdul-Wahad. From 1997 to 2003, Abdul-Wahad played in the NBA for the Kings, Orlando Magic, Denver Nuggets, and Dallas Mavericks. He was the first player to be raised in France and play in the NBA.

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Early life and college years

Olivier Saint-Jean was born in Maisons-Alfort near Paris. [1] His mother George Goudet was a professional basketball player. [2] His father Quinis Brower was a former Hofstra University and pro basketball player who was drafted by the ABA's New York Nets before a professional career in France, playing with the club team Limoges. [3] [4]

After graduating from Lycee Aristide Briand in 1993, Abdul-Wahad first played college basketball for two years at Michigan and transferred to San Jose State in 1995. [5] Abdul-Wahad was part of the San Jose State team that won the 1996 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament and made the NCAA tournament despite a 13–16 record. [1]

His No. 3 jersey was retired by San Jose State in 2002, however the banner hanging in the Event Center Arena refers to him as Olivier Saint-Jean, the name he used while in college. He changed his name to Tariq Abdul-Wahad after converting to Islam in 1997. [2]

Professional career

Abdul-Wahad's peak year as a pro was with the Sacramento Kings in the lockout-shortened 1999 NBA season, when he was a starter for the team. They pushed the Utah Jazz to the brink of elimination but lost in the fifth and final game of the series.

He was known as a defensive specialist, but his playing time was restricted in later seasons due to injuries. He only played in 236 out of a possible 624 games between 1997 and 2005. In the whole 2003–04 and 2004–05 seasons Abdul-Wahad was on the Dallas Mavericks' roster on injured reserve, as he was permanently unable to play. He was released by Mavericks on 28 September 2005, during training camp prior to the 2005–06 season. In November 2006 Italian team Climamio Bologna invited Abdul-Wahad to a try out, but he was not signed. [6]

NBA career statistics

Legend
  GPGames played  GS Games started MPG Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage 3P%  3-point field goal percentage FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game APG  Assists per game SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game PPG Points per game Bold Career high

Regular season

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
1997–98 Sacramento 591616.3.403.211.6722.0.9.6.26.4
1998–99 Sacramento 494924.6.435.286.6913.81.01.0.39.3
1999–00 Orlando 464626.2.433.095.7625.21.61.2.312.2
1999–00 Denver 151024.9.389.500.7383.51.7.4.88.9
2000–01 Denver 291214.5.387.400.5832.0.8.5.43.8
2001–02 Denver 201220.9.379.500.7503.91.1.9.56.8
2001–02 Dallas 406.0.000–.0001.5.5.5.3.0
2002–03 Dallas 14014.6.466.000.5002.91.5.4.24.1
Career23614520.4.417.237.7033.31.1.8.47.8

Playoffs

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
1999 Sacramento 5519.8.455.000.8133.8.8.8.88.6
2003 Dallas 809.9.300.000.8752.8.9.0.03.1
Career13513.7.381.000.8333.2.8.3.35.2

National team career

Abdul-Wahad (as Oliver Saint Jean) played for the France men's national under-18 basketball team at the 1992 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship where his team won gold. [7] [8]

Post-playing years

In 2005, Abdul-Wahad played the part of King Negus of Abyssinia (Ethiopia) in the video play Mercy to Mankind: Part 1, The Prophecy Fulfilled, sponsored by the MAS (Muslim American Society) Youth Chapter, Dallas, Texas. [9]

Abdul-Wahad finished his B.A. in art history at San Jose State University in 2008 and enrolled in the M.A. program at San Jose State afterwards. [1] [10] He later started a clothing business in Brazil with a friend and a television production company in France. [1] [11]

On July 21, 2011, the Division II Cal State Monterey Bay Otters women's basketball team hired Abdul-Wahad as an assistant coach. [12]

Abdul-Wahad became head varsity boys' basketball coach at Lincoln High School of San Jose, California in 2012. [11]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Art, Hoops and Business: Nothing But Net". Washington Square. San Jose State University. Winter 2009. Retrieved March 8, 2013.
  2. 1 2 Wertheim, L. Jon (March 20, 2000). "The Court Is His Canvas". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved March 8, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Basketball Recruiting - Brower Has Offer". basketballrecruiting.rivals.com. 30 August 2002. Retrieved 2020-08-14.
  4. ↑ "Etienne Brower - Men's Basketball". University of Massachusetts Athletics. Retrieved 2020-08-14.
  5. ↑ "Tariq Abdul-Wahad". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved March 8, 2013.
  6. ↑ Tariq Abdul-Wahad leaves Bologna
  7. ↑ "1992 European Championship for Junior Men | ARCHIVE.FIBA.COM".
  8. ↑ "Oliver Saint Jean profile, European Championship for Junior Men 1992".
  9. ↑ "Mercy to Mankind: Prophecy Fulfilled". Amazon.
  10. ↑ "Tariq Abdul-Wahad". San Jose State Athletics. August 5, 2008. Retrieved June 27, 2015.
  11. 1 2 Brown, Daniel (January 5, 2013). "Flying Frenchman, Tariq Abdul-Wahad, returns to San Jose as coach". San Jose Mercury News.
  12. ↑ Tariq Abdul–Wahad Joins Women's Basketball Staff

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