Chris Mihm

Christopher ( Chris ) Steven Mihm (born 16 July 1979, Milwaukee, Wisconsin ) is a retired American professional basketball player, currently without a team. He is 2.13 meters tall (7 feet ) and weighs about 120 kg.

Career

Mihm played in college for the University of Texas at Austin, and was founded in 2000 as the seventh player in the so-called NBA Draft by the Chicago Bulls committed and already a few minutes later in a pre- agreed exchange ( trade) against Jamal Crawford to the Cleveland Cavaliers, where. After three years in Cleveland, he moved in the season 2003 - 2004 to the Boston Celtics. After a season in Boston Mihm came in exchange for Rick Fox and Gary Payton to the Los Angeles Lakers. There, in particular his game improved significantly under the basket, but he suffered in March 2006 a severe ankle injury that forced him since then repeatedly pause for long periods.

In his NBA career Mihm scored an average of 8 points, 1 block and 5.5 rebounds per game. The LA Lakers, these values ​​had in the last season 2005 - 2006 greatly improved before his injury to more than 10 points per game. On 18 February, the Lakers were trading him to the Grizzlies for a Second Round Draft Pick in the NBA Draft 2013. For the Grizzlies, he denied after an ankle operation a single game.

As a college student Mihm won with Team USA at the Universiade in Spain in 1999 the gold medal. He was also appointed to the NBA All- Rookie Second Team in 2001.