JaVale McGee

JaVale McGee ( born January 19, 1988 in Flint, Michigan ) is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for the Denver Nuggets in the NBA.

High School and College

The son of Pamela McGee, an All-American basketball player who has played in the WNBA for the Los Angeles Sparks and Sacramento Monarchs, attended Detroit Country Day High School and the Providence Christian High School in Hales Franciscan High School before moving to Chicago, Illinois changed. For the University of Nevada, Reno, he played in the starting lineup as a center. After his second year of college he decided to try it in the NBA.

Washington Wizards (2008-2012)

He was drafted at # 18 out of the Washington Wizards in the NBA Draft in 2008 and was thus the first player who was drafted in the NBA, whose mother had played in the WNBA. In his first two seasons McGee scored a average of just 6.5 points and 4 rebounds per game and came mainly from the bench into the game.

Only in its third season, 2010/11, he made ​​the breakthrough which was not least the fact that he was brought into the starting line-up wizards and got 11 minutes more playing time per game. After 48 games, he has seen just over nine points and almost eight rebounds per game for themselves. His 2.5 blocks per game could hitherto only beat Andrew Bogut.

6 January 2011 it was announced that McGee would participate in the NBA Slam Dunk Contest 2011.

Denver Nuggets (since 2012)

On 15 March 2012, he was transferred to Denver in a three - team trade with the Nuggets and Clippers shortly before the trade deadline from Washington. On July 18, 2012 McGee signed a new contract worth $ 44 million for a period of 4 years with the Denver Nuggets.

Team USA

In the summer of 2009 and the summer of 2010, McGee was invited to the training camp of the national basketball team of the United States of America, but failed to qualify for Team USA because of power fluctuations.