Eddie House
, Also known as Edward L. House II ( born May 14, 1978 in Berkeley, California), Eddie House, is an American professional basketball player who last stood in the service of the Miami Heat in the NBA.
Career
College (1996 - 2000)
Eddie House had a scholarship to Arizona State University, which he attended for four years. Besides Ike Diogu and James Harden, he is the only Arizona State Sun Devil, who was appointed Pac -10 Player of the Year. He is to be the player who scores the most points, field goals and steals for the Arizona State University ( 2044 ). His points average of 23 points per game in the 1999-2000 season is also still the highest that has ever been achieved on the Arizona State University. With 61 points in a game House has another school record.
NBA (since 2000)
House has been selected in the NBA Draft in 2000 to 37 out of the Miami Heat where he played three seasons long before he signed a contract with the Los Angeles Clippers. After only one year House was passed on to the Charlotte Bobcats, who forwarded it to the Milwaukee Bucks in turn passed on him to the Sacramento Kings. The following NBA season, 2005-2006, the Phoenix Suns took him under contract. With the Suns managed House to him the Western Conference Finals. After this year with the Phoenix Suns, where he scored 9.8 points on average, House signed on 13 August 2006 a one-year contract with the New Jersey Nets, which earned him $ 1.5 million salary.
On 7 August 2007, he joined the team the Boston Celtics. His contract was renewed for one year, and most recently with the Nets, House got $ 1.5 million salary. As a back-up of Guard Rajon Rondo and Ray Allen, he managed with the Celtics to win the NBA Championship in 2008. On 23 July 2008 House extended his contract with the Celtics for another two years, this time with a total value of $ 5.6 million. On February 18, House was with Bill Walker and JR Giddens passed in exchange for Nate Robinson and Marcus Landry to the New York Knicks.
Then, in July 2010, he changed back to the Miami Heat. Eddie House, who began his NBA career in Miami, signed for two years, his salary is $ 1.4 million per season. Among other things, his former club, the Boston Celtics and the Chicago Bulls were interested in him, but the sniper House ( 2009-2010 season: 39 percent for three 7.6 points) chose the club that drafted him in 2000 in the second round had and also was on the NBA Championship thanks to the signing of LeBron James and Chris Bosh as one of the favorites. The Miami Heat made it to the finals of the NBA, there were, however, defeated by the Dallas Mavericks 4-2 in the Best of Seven Series. House began the next season with the Miami Heat, but was dismissed on December 24, 2011.