Dajuan Wagner

Dajuan Marquett Wagner ( born February 4, 1983 in Camden, New Jersey ) is a retired American professional basketball player. He played between 2002 and 2006 in the NBA.

High School and College

Wagner was during his high school years as one of the most talented basketball players in the country. During a game of his high school, he scored 100 points. In his final high school season Wagner scored 42.5 points per game. He won at the end of the season the Naismith Prep Player of the Year Award as the best high school basketball player in the country. Experts compared him to Allen Iverson of the Philadelphia 76ers. After high school, Wagner moved to the University of Memphis, where he played under John Calipari. After a year of college, he signed up for the NBA Draft.

Professional career

When NBA Draft 2002 Wagner was selected to 6 out of the Cleveland Cavaliers. In his rookie season he scored a respectable 13.4 points per game, but he hit just under 37% from the field. The following two seasons ran but not well. Wagner completed in its third year, due to numerous injuries, only 11 regular season games, scoring 4.0 points per game. For this reason his contract was not renewed in Cleveland.

A year passed before he could fully recovering from his injuries. 2006 again he managed a comeback at the Golden State Warriors. However, he completed only one game before he was bought out the contract. In 2007 he signed a contract with the Polish first division club Asseco Prokom Gdynia, for which he was active until 2008.

Personal

Dajuan Wagner is the son of former professional basketball player Milt Wagner. He is also the cousin of Michael Kidd - Gilchrist, who was selected in the 2012 NBA Draft by the Charlotte Bobcats in second place.