Corey Maggette

Corey Antoine Maggette known as Corey Maggette is a player of American Basket-ball which evolves/moves with the Los Angeles Clippers at the station of winger or back.

Indentity card

birth date: November 12th 1979
birthplace: Melrose Park, Illinois
size: 1,98 m
weight: 102 kg
number: 50
station: back winger/

Biography

College and university

Corey Maggette studies with the college of Fenwick in Illinois, it there practices the basketball as well as the athletics, disciplines in which it will take part in the finales of State to the Long jump and with the triple jump. During its schooling it is named 3 times at the “Parade AlAmerican” and at the time of its last year of college it is indicated like MVP of Wendy' S Classic after having registered 35 points and having collected 18 rebounds.

Then it leaves to study at the university of Duke. Within the Blue Devils it takes part in the championship NCAA and carries out one good season (10,6 pts and 3,9 reb), making profitable each minute of play to show its potential. During its single university season, it is selected in “ ACC All-Rookie TEAM ” and the “ All-ACC Tournament second TEAM ”. In with dimensions of Elton Brand, it takes part in the qualification of the team for the Final Furnace, where it is highlighted once again (8,5 pts and 3,7 reb).

Career NBA

It is presented to the Draft NBA in 1999 where it is selected with the first turn like 13th choice by the Seattle Supersonics, which immediately transfer it to the Orlando Magic. It carries out one promising season rookie 1999-2000 (8,4 pts and 3,9 reb) in Florida before joining the California and the Los Angeles Clippers starting from the season 2000-2001. At the time of the season 2000-01 it proposes its athletic qualities at the time of Slam Dunk Contest of the All-Star Weekend.

In the course of the years, he becomes an important player of the manpower of the Clippers, improving each year his statistics (10,0 pts in 2001, 11,4 pts in 2002, 16,8 pts in 2003) he constitutes a place in the 5 major one with dimensions of his former team-member with Duke, Elton Brand. In 2003-04 and 2004-05 he is the best marker of the team with 20,7 pts and 22,2 pts. Often wounded, he plays only 32 matches at the time of the season 2005-06, where he contributes at the end of the season to the qualification in play-off of the Clippers. Following its wounds it is placed on the bench and filled a role of 6th man. During the season 2006-07, several rumors announce it on the basis of the Clippers, in answer to these rumors it in particular carries out one solid season of at the time of the last two months when it compiles an average of 20,4 pts, 6 reb, 4,3 steps and 1,1 int of 24 matches, thus contributing to the fight which opposes the Clippers to the Warriors for the qualification in play-off.

Successive clubs

Orlando Magic (1999-2000)
Los Angeles Clippers (2000-present)

External bonds

Official site
Card nba.com

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