Shareef Abdur-Rahim

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Shareef Abdur-Rahim
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Abdur-Rahim on Sister Circle in 2019
Personal information
Born (1976-12-11) December 11, 1976 (age 47)
Marietta, Georgia, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight225 lb (102 kg)
Career information
High school Joseph Wheeler (Marietta, Georgia)
College California (1995–1996)
NBA draft 1996: 1st round, 3rd overall pick
Selected by the Vancouver Grizzlies
Playing career1996–2008
Position Power forward / small forward
Number3, 33
Coaching career2008–2010
Career history
As player:
1996–2001 Vancouver Grizzlies
2001–2004 Atlanta Hawks
2004–2005 Portland Trail Blazers
2005–2008 Sacramento Kings
As coach:
2008–2010 Sacramento Kings (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
Career NBA statistics
Points 15,028 (18.1 ppg)
Rebounds 6,239 (7.5 rpg)
Assists 2,109 (2.5 apg)
Stats   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing Flag of the United States.svg United States
Summer Olympics
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2000 Sydney Team
FIBA Americas U18 Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1994 Santa Rosa Team

Julius Shareef Abdur-Rahim (born December 11, 1976) is an American former professional basketball player who is the president of the NBA G League. Nicknamed Reef, [1] he previously served as the director of player personnel for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the general manager of the Reno Bighorns, the Kings' minor-league affiliate.

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Abdur-Rahim played both the forward and center positions during his career. He emerged as a prospect at Joseph Wheeler High School in his hometown of Marietta, Georgia. Abdur-Rahim played for the California Golden Bears during the 1995–96 season before he entered the 1996 NBA draft. He was selected third overall by the Vancouver Grizzlies where he was the star of the team during his early NBA career. Abdur-Rahim played on the United States men's national basketball team that won the gold medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. He was traded by the Grizzlies in 2001 to the Atlanta Hawks with whom he made his only NBA All-Star appearance in the 2001–02 season. Abdur-Rahim was traded to the Portland Trail Blazers in 2004 before he signed with his last team, the Sacramento Kings, in 2008. Despite the fact that he achieved solid statistics throughout his career, Abdur-Rahim had played the second most games in NBA history without making a playoff appearance (744) until he made the playoffs for the first and only time in 2006. Following persistent injuries to his right knee, Abdur-Rahim announced his retirement from playing basketball in 2008.

Early life

Shareef Abdur-Rahim is the second eldest sibling in the family of twelve children born to Aminah and William Abdur-Rahim. [1] Abdur-Rahim, whose first name means "noble" and whose last name means "Servant of the Most Merciful One, [2] is a devout Muslim. He values his parents for their guiding influence on him since his youth and credits them with his life philosophy: "remember how you came on all your accomplishments and stay humble." [1] From an early age, Abdur-Rahim was surrounded by family members who played basketball; his brother, Muhammad, played at the University of Detroit while his younger brother, Amir, played at Southeastern Louisiana University and now coaches at the University of South Florida. [3] Abdur-Rahim himself started playing competitive basketball at Joseph Wheeler High School in Marietta, Georgia. At Wheeler, he was named "Mr. Basketball" in back-to-back seasons, and he led the school to a state title as a junior in 1994. In his senior year, Abdur-Rahim averaged 31 points, 12.4 rebounds and 4 blocks per game. [4]

Abdur-Rahim later attended college at the University of California, Berkeley, where he maintained a GPA of 3.5. [1] At California, he averaged 21.1 points per game (ppg) and 8.4 rebounds per game (rpg) in 28 games. [1] He was the first freshman in Pac-10 history to win Conference Player of the Year honors, and was named Third Team All-America by the Associated Press. [1] Also named the Pac-10 Freshman of the Year, Abdur-Rahim set single-season freshman records for points, scoring average, field goals, and free throws. [1] After a year at California, however, he decided to leave college to enter the 1996 NBA draft. [1]

Professional career

Vancouver Grizzlies (1996–2001)

Abdur-Rahim was selected third overall by the Vancouver Grizzlies in the 1996 Draft, [5] behind Allen Iverson and Marcus Camby. He made an immediate impact playing for the Grizzlies, becoming the team's leading scorer while setting a franchise record of 18.7 points per game. He also averaged 6.9 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game. On January 11, 1997, Abdur-Rahim scored a season high 37 points and grabbed 7 rebounds in a 109–101 loss against the Kings. [6] He finished third in balloting for the Schick NBA Rookie of the Year behind Philadelphia's Allen Iverson and Minnesota's Stephon Marbury, and he was picked for the All-Rookie First Team. [1] By the end of the 1996–97 season, Abdur-Rahim led the team in scoring on 33 occasions, rebounding on 23 occasions. [1]

For the next few seasons, Abdur-Rahim remained the centerpiece of the Grizzlies team. In his sophomore season, he averaged 22.3 points, 7.1 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game. [7] The following season, he elevated his performance with 23.0 points, 7.5 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game. [7] On February 17, 1999, Abdur-Rahim scored a then career high 39 points, grabbed 13 rebounds, and recorded 5 assists in a 131-129 triple over time loss against the Celtics. [8] Despite his best efforts, the Grizzlies remained at the bottom two spots of the Midwest Division in his first four seasons. [9] [10] [11] [12] In the 2000–01 season, Abdur-Rahim finished with a 20.5-point average for the fourth straight season [7] and was ranked in the top 20 in 13 NBA statistical categories, once again leading the Grizzlies in both points and rebounds per game. [1] Abdur-Rahim's importance to the team was highlighted in a game against the Indiana Pacers on December 1, 2000, when he earned all of the 20 points scored by the Grizzlies in the final quarter of the game. [1]

Atlanta Hawks (2001–2004)

On June 27, 2001, the Atlanta Hawks reached an agreement to acquire Abdur-Rahim and the 27th overall pick in the 2001 NBA draft from the Vancouver Grizzlies in exchange for Brevin Knight, Lorenzen Wright and Pau Gasol, the third overall pick in the 2001 NBA Draft. [13] Abdur-Rahim's return to his hometown, and expected partnership with sophomore Jason Terry, provided a significant amount of buzz around the league. [14] While the Hawks finished the 2001–02 campaign with a 33–49 win–loss record, Abdur-Rahim's performances, including a career-high 50-point game, [7] ensured that he would be selected to the NBA All-Star game for that season. [14]

In his second season with the Hawks, Abdur-Rahim achieved another personal milestone on December 28, 2002, when his jump shot against the Washington Wizards made him the sixth-youngest player in NBA history to reach 10,000-points. [1] Although Glenn Robinson, Jason Terry and Abdur-Rahim combined to average 57.9 points per game and become the highest-scoring trio in the league for the 2002–03 season, [14] the Hawks failed to make the playoffs again. With an average of 19.9 points and 8.4 rebounds per game, Abdur-Rahim played in all but one of the Hawks' games. [7] By the end of the season, Hawks General Manager Billy Knight decided major changes had to be made for the franchise to move forward, and Abdur-Rahim was traded the next season. [14]

Portland Trail Blazers (2004–2005)

Abdur-Rahim was sent, along with Theo Ratliff and Dan Dickau, to the Portland Trail Blazers on February 9, 2004, in exchange for Rasheed Wallace and Wesley Person. [15] His impact in the two seasons with the Trail Blazers was considerably less than in previous seasons. His averages were 16.3 points/7.5 rebounds and 16.8 points/7.3 rebounds for the 2003–04 and 2004–05 seasons respectively. [7] At the end of the 2004–05 season, Abdur-Rahim became a free agent. [15]

During the 2005 off-season, he was traded via a sign and trade agreement (in principle) to the New Jersey Nets for a first-round draft pick (which Portland planned to trade to the Phoenix Suns for Leandro Barbosa). On August 4, 2005, though the news conference was planned to announce the postponement of his arrival, it was revealed that he failed a required physical due to scar tissue found in his knee. The trade was put on hold, pending a second opinion from other medical sources. On August 7, Abdur-Rahim was quoted saying: "I don't feel I want to be a Net". [16] He felt the knee was a non-issue, claiming that he never missed a game in his entire career because of the knee injury. Two days later, it was announced that New Jersey decided to rescind the trade. [15]

Sacramento Kings (2005–2008)

Abdur-Rahim with the Sacramento Kings in 2006 Shareef Abdur-Rahim 12-2006.jpg
Abdur-Rahim with the Sacramento Kings in 2006

On August 12, 2005, Abdur-Rahim signed a free-agent contract with the Sacramento Kings. [15] In his first season with them, Abdur-Rahim started in 30 of the 72 games he played. As a starter, he averaged 16.0 points, 6.2 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game. He shot .543 for field goal percentage, and almost .800 from the free throw line. [1] The Kings went on to qualify for the 2006 playoffs. Abdur-Rahim made his postseason career debut against the San Antonio Spurs. [1] At the same time, he ended a streak of having played the most games in NBA history without participating in the post-season. [17] Abdur-Rahim had played the second most games in NBA history without making a playoff appearance (744); he made the playoffs for the first and only time in 2006. [18] In his second season with the Kings, Abdur-Rahim continued to be deployed as a sixth man; however, the Kings failed to secure a playoff berth as Abdur-Rahim recorded 9.9 points per game. [7] The 2007–08 season proved to be Abdur-Rahim's last, as he played only six games and his persistent knee injury forced him to announce his retirement on September 22, 2008. [19] He joined the Sacramento Kings' coaching staff as an assistant the following week. [20] On October 7, 2010, Abdur-Rahim was hired to be the assistant general manager for the Sacramento Kings. He later became the team's director of player personnel, a position he held in 2014 after new ownership had taken over in 2013. [21] Abdur-Rahim left the team in September 2014. [22] League sources would later report his departure occurred after the 2014 NBA draft, where Abdur-Rahim had arguments with coach Mike Malone and general manager Pete D'Alessandro. [23]

National team career

Prior to joining the NBA, Abdur-Rahim was the USA's leading scorer and rebounder at the 1994 COPABA Junior World Championship Qualifying Tournament held in Argentina. [2] He averaged a double-double of 16.8 points and 10.1 rebounds. While trying for a team high in blocked shots averaging 1.6 blocks per game, he helped push the American squad to an 8–0 record, the gold medal, and a qualifying berth in the 1995 FIBA Junior World Championship. [2] The following May he was named to USA Basketball's 1995 Junior Select Team that captured an 86–77 victory over an International Select Team in the inaugural Hoop Summit Game. [2]

While playing for the Grizzlies, Abdur-Rahim was selected as a replacement for the injured Grant Hill to be part of the USA Men's basketball team, a team that included several NBA stars such as Kevin Garnett and Tim Hardaway and won the gold medal at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. [24]

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
 * Led the league

Regular season

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
1996–97 Vancouver 807135.0.453.259.7566.92.21.01.018.7
1997–98 Vancouver 82*82*36.0.485.412.7847.12.61.1.922.3
1998–99 Vancouver 50*50*40.4.432.306.8417.53.41.41.123.0
1999–2000 Vancouver 8282*39.3.465.302.80910.13.31.11.120.3
2000–01 Vancouver 818140.0.472.188.8349.13.11.11.020.5
2001–02 Atlanta 777738.7.461.300.8019.03.11.31.121.2
2002–03 Atlanta 818138.1.478.350.8418.43.01.1.519.9
2003–04 Atlanta 53*5336.9.485.217.8809.32.4.8.420.1
2003–04 Portland 32*322.8.447.364.8324.51.5.8.610.0
2004–05 Portland 544934.6.503.385.8667.32.1.9.516.8
2005–06 Sacramento 723027.2.525.227.7845.02.1.7.612.3
2006–07 Sacramento 804525.2.474.150.7265.01.4.7.59.9
2007–08 Sacramento 608.5.214.0001.0001.7.7.2.01.7
Career83070434.8.472.297.8107.52.51.0.818.1
All-Star1021.01.0001.000.0006.0.0.0.09.0

Playoffs

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2006 Sacramento 6021.5.535.000.6004.81.2.3.09.2

Coaching career

Sacramento Kings

On October 2, 2008, Abdur-Rahim was named as the assistant coach for the Sacramento Kings. [25] [26]

Executive career

Sacramento Kings

On October 7, 2010, the Kings announced Abdur-Rahim as their assistant general manager. [27]

Reno Bighorns

On August 29, 2013, Abdur-Rahim was named as the new general manager of the Reno Bighorns for the 2013–14 season. [28]

NBA

Abdur-Rahim was the associate vice president of basketball operations of the NBA. [29]

NBA G League

On December 11, 2018, Abdur-Rahim was named the president of the NBA G League, and replaced Malcolm Turner who stepped down on January 11, 2019, to become the Athletics Director at Vanderbilt University. [30]

Personal life

Abdur-Rahim and his wife Delicia have two children: a son Jabri, and a daughter, Samiyah. [1] Jabri Abdur-Rahim is (as of 2019) rated as an ESPN Top 30 player in the high school Class of 2020 and committed to play for the Virginia Cavaliers under Tony Bennett. [31] He has since transferred to the University of Georgia.

Abdur-Rahim has started his own foundation, the Future Foundation, which provides after-school and other support services for youth at-risk in Atlanta. [2] On television, Abdur-Rahim has appeared on an episode of The Jamie Foxx Show with fellow NBA players Gary Payton and Vin Baker. [1] After retiring, Abdur-Rahim returned to U.C. Berkeley, graduating with a degree in sociology in 2012 with a 3.8 GPA. [32] Abdur-Rahim earned an MBA at the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business in 2016. [33]

Abdur-Rahim is referenced in the Latyrx song "The Quickening (The Wreckoning Part II)", from their 1997 album The Album . [34]

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