Nazr Mohammed

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Nazr Mohammed
File:Nazr Mohammed.jpg
Mohammed with the Oklahoma City Thunder
Personal information
Born (1977-09-05) September 5, 1977 (age 46)
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 1998–2015
Position Center
Number 14, 2, 13, 6, 8, 48
Career history
19982001 Philadelphia 76ers
20012004 Atlanta Hawks
20042005 New York Knicks
20052006 San Antonio Spurs
20062007 Detroit Pistons
20072011 Charlotte Bobcats
20112012 Oklahoma City Thunder
20122015 Chicago Bulls
Career highlights and awards
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Nazr Tahiru Mohammed (pronounced NAH-zee; born September 5, 1977)[1] is an American former professional basketball player who played 17 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played the center position.

Early life

The son of an immigrant from Ghana, Mohammed was raised in Chicago and attended high school at Kenwood Academy and graduated 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.

NBA career

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.[2] He played for the Hawks through the middle of the 2003–04 season, at which point he was traded to the New York Knicks.

Mohammed split the 2004–05 season between the Knicks and the San Antonio Spurs (who acquired him in a trade for Malik Rose). In a combined 77 games for both teams, he averaged 9.5 points, 7.6 rebounds and 1.1 blocks per game. He won his first and only championship in 2005 with the Spurs as a member of their starting lineup.

During his second season in San Antonio, Mohammed shared the starting center position with Rasho Nesterovič, averaging 6.2 points and 5.2 rebounds per game during the regular season. On March 17, 2006, he tied his career-high of 30 points against the Phoenix Suns.[3] He was a key contributor to the team's first round series victory over the Sacramento Kings, averaging 7.0 points per game and nailing his second career three-point basket late in Game 1.[4] Mohammed, however, played sparingly in the team's second round series loss to the Dallas Mavericks. After the season, he turned down a four-year contract extension and did not return to the Spurs. In July 2006, he signed with the Detroit Pistons and became their starting center. After beginning the season in the starting five, the arrival of Chris Webber on January 16, 2007 made him gradually fall out of the team's rotation, the culmination being his 5 minutes in two postseason contests. He averaged 5.6 points and 4.5 rebounds in 51 games (33 starts), with about 15 minutes of action per game.

Mohammed was traded from the Pistons to the Charlotte Bobcats on December 14, 2007, in exchange for Primož Brezec and Wálter Herrmann.[5]

On February 24, 2011, Mohammed was traded to the Oklahoma City Thunder, while forward D. J. White and guard Morris Peterson were sent to the Charlotte Bobcats.[6] He reached the 2012 NBA Finals with the Thunder, but the team lost to the Miami Heat 4 games to 1.

On July 27, 2012, Mohammed signed with the Chicago Bulls.[7] On May 10, 2013, he was involved in an altercation with LeBron James in the 2013 NBA Playoffs, in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semi-finals. James was called for a technical foul for tying up with Mohammed in transition; Mohammed retaliated by shoving James which followed with Mohammed being ejected.

On July 11, 2013, Mohammed re-signed with the Bulls.[8] On September 22, 2014, he again re-signed with the Bulls.[9]

On August 1, 2015, Mohammed played for Team Africa at the 2015 NBA Africa exhibition game.[10] Two months later, on October 9, he retired from the NBA.[11]

NBA career statistics

Legend
  GP Games 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

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1998–99 Philadelphia 26 0 4.7 .357 .000 .571 1.4 .1 .2 .2 1.6
1999–00 Philadelphia 28 3 6.8 .389 .000 .545 1.8 .1 .1 .4 1.9
2000–01 Philadelphia 30 3 6.5 .466 .000 .500 1.8 .1 .2 .2 3.2
2000–01 Atlanta 28 19 25.6 .480 .000 .765 9.0 .6 .8 1.0 12.3
2001–02 Atlanta 82 73 26.4 .461 .000 .617 7.9 .4 .8 .7 9.7
2002–03 Atlanta 35 0 12.7 .421 .000 .634 3.7 .2 .5 .6 4.6
2003–04 Atlanta 53 1 17.7 .493 .000 .627 5.0 .4 .4 .5 6.5
2003–04 New York 27 23 24.9 .563 .000 .525 7.7 .6 1.2 .9 9.1
2004–05 New York 54 54 28.1 .509 .000 .708 8.1 .5 1.0 1.0 10.9
2004–05 San Antonio 23 5 18.0 .387 .000 .571 6.4 .3 .2 1.4 6.2
2005–06 San Antonio 80 30 17.4 .504 .000 .785 5.2 .5 .3 .6 6.2
2006–07 Detroit 51 33 15.2 .532 .000 .610 4.5 .2 .5 .8 5.6
2007–08 Detroit 21 0 10.9 .475 .000 .433 3.5 .3 .3 .4 3.3
2007–08 Charlotte 61 29 23.3 .520 .000 .617 6.9 1.1 .6 .9 9.3
2008–09 Charlotte 39 1 8.7 .406 .000 .550 2.0 .2 .1 .4 2.7
2009–10 Charlotte 58 29 17.0 .553 .000 .648 5.2 .5 .3 .7 7.9
2010–11 Charlotte 51 30 16.7 .502 .000 .591 4.9 .3 .3 .9 7.3
2010–11 Oklahoma City 24 7 17.9 .573 .000 .625 4.8 .3 .7 .4 6.9
2011–12 Oklahoma City 63 1 11.0 .467 .000 .565 2.7 .2 .3 .6 2.7
2012–13 Chicago 63 12 11.0 .367 .000 .723 3.1 .4 .3 .5 2.6
2013–14 Chicago 80 1 7.0 .429 .000 .533 2.2 .3 .2 .4 1.6
2014–15 Chicago 23 0 5.6 .433 .000 .333 1.7 .1 .2 .2 1.2
Career 1000 354 15.9 .486 .000 .639 4.7 .4 .4 .6 5.8

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1999 Philadelphia 3 0 1.0 .000 .000 .000 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0
2004 New York 4 4 24.3 .500 .000 .688 5.8 .3 1.5 .8 10.3
2005 San Antonio 23 23 23.0 .528 1.000 .638 6.7 .3 .6 1.0 7.1
2006 San Antonio 8 3 11.8 .733 1.000 .722 3.9 .1 .4 .8 4.5
2007 Detroit 2 0 3.0 .500 .000 1.000 1.5 .0 .0 .0 2.5
2010 Charlotte 4 0 12.0 .579 .000 .667 2.0 .5 .3 .5 6.0
2011 Oklahoma City 14 0 10.6 .412 .000 .400 2.3 .0 .3 .4 2.3
2012 Oklahoma City 8 0 10.4 .500 .000 .500 2.0 .1 .0 .4 2.3
2013 Chicago 12 0 9.5 .512 .000 .571 2.7 .3 .2 .6 3.8
2014 Chicago 2 0 2.5 .000 .000 .000 1.0 .0 .0 .0 .0
Career 80 30 14.1 .519 1.000 .639 3.8 .2 .4 .6 4.6

Personal life

Mohammed is a faithful Muslim who fasts for Ramadan. He had lost nearly ten pounds during 2004–05 season because of his fasting.[12]

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