Chris Quinn
Christopher James Quinn ( born September 27, 1983 in New Orleans, Louisiana ) is an American professional basketball player. He ran in the NBA as a point guard for the Miami Heat, among others.
High School
Chris Quinn attended Dublin Coffman High School in Dublin, Ohio. Then he set 14 school records, and Columbus Dispatch was player of the year 2002 He was also elected twice to the All-State First Team and was second in the election for Mr. Basketball in Ohio -. Behind LeBron James. Quinn led the high school twice in a row to win the Conference and two wins in the district. He played during his high school years also football, but decided to quit in order to start a professional basketball career.
College
Quinn attended the University of Notre Dame for three years. He was in all years -starting point guard and the last two of the captain of the team. In the three years he scored an average of 14.6 points, 3.5 assists, 2.7 rebounds and 1.27 steals. In the final year, he reached it 17.7 points, 6.4 assists, 1.55 steals and hit 42% of his throws. He was elected to the All- Big East First Team and was also Big East Academic All -Star.
NBA
Rookie
Despite good performance in college, he was not taken in the NBA Draft in 2006, for which he had subscribed. So he signed a partially guaranteed contract with the Miami Heat and played for the team in the summer league. In his rookie season, he completed 42 games and was on February 5 against the Charlotte Bobcats for the first time in the starting five, as Gary Payton turned out injured. He scored in this game a solid 14 points. On April 16, he distributed 9 assists against the Boston Celtics. In his first season in the NBA Quinn showed good ball handling and a safe throw. He is then brought to the fixed part of the Heat squad.
2007-2008
After Gary Payton finished his career and his guard Dwyane Wade and Smush Parker partners were permanently injured, Quinn's playing time and at the same time, the pressure grew on him. On 13 December he made against the Washington Wizards with 22 points a new personal record. After the Heat is secured by Trade Marcus Banks played Quinn but again less. Of course in the 15- victory season of Heat some went bad for Quinn. So he was publicly criticized by former teammate Shaquille O'Neal: " [ In Phoenix ], we have professionals and no one wants me with Chris Quinn or Ricky Davis to play I 'm in a team. ". This he said after his trade to the Phoenix Suns. He also complained about too rare to get the ball. These statements were for Chris Quinn probably a special motivation - in April, he scored an average of 15 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists, which is about three times its previous performance.
2008-2009
With Mario Chalmers, a new point guard came into the squad of the Miami Heat. Quinn plays as his backup and showed solid performances. Although his points and cut his playing time decreased again somewhat, but the team the Heat was now much more successful and made it to the playoffs. On April 15, 2009 Chris Quinn scored against the Detroit Pistons with 26 points a new Career. He made 19 of the last 30 points of the Heat.
2009-2010
After he was able to complete no match for the Heat because of an injury to January 2010, he moved on 5 January 2010 to the New Jersey Nets.
2010-2011
For the 2010/2011 season, Quinn moved to the San Antonio Spurs. There, however, he received little playing time and usually came only as a third point guard on the field. He left the club after a season.
Since 2011
July 2011 it was announced that Quinn would go to Europe. He signed a contract with the Moscow suburb of Khimki BK, winner of the Eastern European VTB United League 2010/11 Russian and runner-up, more than a year. With Khimki was Quinn winner in ULEB Eurocup in 2012. For 2012/2013 season, Quinn returned to the U.S. and first joined the Tulsa 66ers of the NBA Development League on to recommend themselves for a new contract in the NBA. March 2013 was Quinn until season's end a contract with the Cleveland Cavaliers and thus returned to the NBA.