Shareef Abdur-Rahim

Julius Shareef Abdur Rahim ( born December 11, 1976 in Marietta, Georgia ) is a retired American professional basketball player. He is 2.06 m tall and could play the small forward position or power forward. Most recently, he was active for the Sacramento Kings in the NBA. As Abdur - Rahim played so far especially with weaker teams, greater sporting success in the NBA were denied him, even though he handed in consistently good performances.

In contrast to Kareem Abdul- Jabbar Mahmoud Abdul- Rauf and that only during her basketball career converted to Islam, Abdur - Rahim was raised in a Muslim family ( 11 siblings ).

Career

Vancouver Grizzlies

In the Draft 1996 Abdur Rahim was after only one year of college selected ( in Berkeley ) by the Vancouver Grizzlies, who denied only their second season in the NBA, in third place. In his first year he became the best scorers of his team. In one of the best vintages of the Abdur - Rahim NBA history (NBA All- Rookie First Team ) was elected third in the election for Rookie of the Year and in the national team of the best rookies.

In the following four seasons with the Grizzlies Abdur - Rahim scored each averaging over 20 points per game and was also the best rebounder of his team. Still, the Grizzlies were one of the worst teams in the league, so Abdur - Rahim was never able to reach the play -offs.

Atlanta Hawks

For the NBA season 2001/ 02, when the Grizzlies moved to Memphis, joined Abdur - Rahim to the Atlanta Hawks in his home state of Georgia. However, despite strong performances in turn, earned him his only nomination for an All-Star Game, and Jason Terry, he reached again not the play-offs. in the season 2002/ 03 were Abdur - Rahim, Terry and Glenn Robinson scored points by the best trio in the NBA, but also with the Hawks remained Abdur - Rahim to participate in the play-offs denied.

Portland Trail Blazers

In February 2004, Abdur - Rahim moved to Portland, where he rarely stood in the remaining games of the season 2003/ 04 on the grid. In the following season, Abdur - Rahim could not quite match the achievements prior to joining the Trail Blazers. In addition, he had to stop some time in his NBA career due to an elbow injury for the first time.

Sacramento Kings

After a change to the New Jersey Nets was not achieved and Abdur - Rahim signed with the Kings. Here was Abdur - Rahim only irregularly in the starting lineup, but reached the play-offs for the first time in his career. In the first round Sacramento lost to the San Antonio Spurs and retired. 2006/ 07 was Abdur - Rahim again not permanently prevail over Kenny Thomas and achieved an average of less than 10 points per game for the first time in his NBA career. For the Kings for 8 years, it was enough for the first time not for the play- offs.

September 22, 2008 Abdur - Rahim announced his retirement from the NBA as an active player. The reason he cited recurrent knee problems.

National

Abdur - Rahim won at the 2000 Olympic Games with the U.S. national team's gold medal.