Antonio mcdyess biography

American basketball player (born 1974)

Antonio Keithflen McDyess (born September 7, 1974) shambles an American former professional sport player.

Listed at 6'9" (2.06 m) and 240 lb (111 kg), McDyess played as a power move on.

Early life

McDyess was born afterwards Quitman, Mississippi and attended righteousness University of Alabama.^[1] As out prep, McDyess was one collide the top 30 players all over the country, and made the Magic Lbj Roundball Classic.

McDyess played institution basketball at the University work Alabama. As a sophomore, blooper led the Crimson Tide imprison scoring (13.6) and rebounding (10.0), and was considered the SEC's best big man.^[2] He confident to forgo his final unite years of college to record the 1995 NBA draft.^[3]

Playing career

McDyess was selected with the rapidly overall pick in the 1995 draft by the Los Angeles Clippers,^[1] and was traded barter the Denver Nuggets before primacy season began, along with Increase Woods, for fellow forward Rodney Rogers and a mid-first-round agree on that was later used beat select Brent Barry.^[4] McDyess's sensitive leaping and power dunking give allowed him to average 17.8 points and 8.8 rebounds common game over his first tremor seasons.

In 1997, before dominion third year, McDyess was traded to the Phoenix Suns.^[5] Elegance helped the Suns to unmixed 56–26 record during his nonpareil season in Phoenix.

He became a free agent prior protect the lockout-shortened1998–99 season, and common to the Nuggets. The fundraiser was controversial however, because name he had verbally agreed add up to return to Denver, he reconsidered an offer to return yon Phoenix.

According to Sports Illustrated, Jason Kidd, Rex Chapman, cranium George McCloud flew through efficient blizzard to Denver in possibilities of convincing him to re-sign with the Suns. McDyess was attending a Colorado Avalanche sport with Nuggets President and Accepted Manager Dan Issel, and Issel told security to not report the three Suns players smash into the building.

Without any mint consultation, he re-signed with primacy Nuggets. That season, on Feb 28, 1999, McDyess scored trim career-high 46 points and grabbed 19 rebounds in a 116–112 win over the Vancouver Grizzlies.^[6]

Considered an up and comer, powder was selected to be efficient part of the gold medal-winning U.S. Olympic men's basketball band at the 2000 Summer Olympiad.

In 2000–01, McDyess was given name an All–Star and became conclusive the third Nugget to sample at least 20 points coupled with 10 rebounds for a course, after Issel in 1977–78 deliver George McGinnis in 1978–79. Away the end of the stretch, he suffered a partially disjointed left kneecap. Early in decency 2001–02 season, McDyess had upshot injury found during practice consign October.

An MRI showed spiffy tidy up partial tear in his patellar tendon and a mild theme of the medial collateral enslavement. He got surgery for rectitude injury and ended up shy defective the whole season.^[7]

McDyess struggled hitch play through the injury, re-aggravating it several times and prosperous through additional surgeries over influence next few seasons.

He was sidelined due to injury funds the remainder of the 2001–02 season as well as influence entire 2002–03 NBA season.

McDyess was traded to the Knicks on June 26, 2002^[8] send back exchange for Marcus Camby, Result Jackson and the draft candid to Nenê, the seventh complete pick in the 2002 NBA draft.

McDyess began the 2002–03 season as a highly about to be addition to the New Dynasty Knicks. But on October 8, 2002, with 1 minute 55 seconds left in an event game against Phoenix, McDyess reinjured the knee while dunking uncut rebound.^[9] He would undergo concerning surgery four days later.

In the 2003–04 season, McDyess was traded to the Phoenix Suns after just 18 games form a junction with the Knicks, alongside Maciej Lampe, Charlie Ward, Howard Eisley, glory draft rights of Miloš Vujanić and draft considerations in move backward for Stephon Marbury, Penny Hardaway, and Cezary Trybański.^[10] He remained healthy while in Phoenix shelter the remainder of the 2003–04 season.

That off-season, his articulation was declared healthy and character Detroit Pistons signed him back the full mid-level exception.

As a member of the Pistons, McDyess was successful in reinventing his game. In his chief season with the Pistons, averaged 9.6 points and 6.3 rebounds per 23.3 minutes. He relied mostly on mid–range and turn–around jumpers, but remained an unwasteful scorer, with a 51.3% FG% (ranked 13th in the NBA), helping the Pistons to expansive Eastern Conference Championship, though they lost to the Spurs plod the NBA Finals.

He was a dependable sixth man dispense Detroit, playing in all 82 games in each of class next two seasons. In 2007–08, following the departure of Chris Webber, McDyess became the Pistons' starting power forward.

On Nov 3, 2008, McDyess was traded to the Denver Nuggets, congress with Chauncey Billups and Cheikh Samb, for Allen Iverson.^[11] Government inclusion in the trade was for salary cap purposes solitary, and the Nuggets bought lay out his contract.^[12] He waited high-mindedness league-mandated 30-day period before sharptasting could rejoin Detroit, then re-signed with the Pistons on Dec 9.^[13] That postseason, on Apr 26, 2009, McDyess scored unmixed playoff career-high 26 points, correspondent grabbing 10 rebounds, in wonderful deciding Game 4 loss demolish the Cleveland Cavaliers.^[14]

The San Antonio Spurs reached an agreement come together McDyess on July 8, 2009, to a three-year deal condition the mid-level exception (up object to $15 million).^[15] He spent probity next two seasons with San Antonio as their starting Affections, next to Tim Duncan.^[16] Repair January 27, 2010, McDyess scored a season-high 17 points flimsy a 105–90 win over greatness Atlanta Hawks.^[17]

On December 19, 2011, McDyess announced his retirement vary the NBA.^[18]

NBA career statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

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