Malik Rose

Malik Rose ( born November 23, 1974 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ) is a former American professional basketball player. He is currently a sports journalist, including games, the New York Knicks, works.

Youth

Rose attended the Overbrook High School in Philadelphia, spent his school years at the already Basket Balle gendering Wilt Chamberlain. Subsequently, he studied at Drexel University, for the local basketball team, the Drexel Dragons. Over his four-year collegiate career away he posted an average of 16 points and 12 rebounds per game. His last season in college he ended with the All-American Honor, after strong appearances in the NCAA Tournament, where he led the Dragons among other things, to a surprise victory against the University of Memphis.

NBA career

In the 1996 NBA Draft he was selected in the second round on the 44th by the Charlotte Hornets. He was thus, in addition to Michael Anderson, only the second basketball player from the ranks of Drexel Dragons, who made ​​the jump to the NBA. His time in Charlotte, however, only lasted for one season before he was traded to the San Antonio Spurs, with whom he won the NBA Championship in 1999 and 2003. On February 24, 2005 Rose was, after eight years as a crowd favorite in San Antonio, in a player exchange mitsmamt two Erstrundenpicks against Nazr Mohammed and Jamison Brewer to the New York Knicks shipped. After four mediocre years with the Knicks, he was traded for Chris Wilcox to the Oklahoma City Thunder, but the released him after 20 games on 22 December 2009.