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==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Szczerbiak and his wife Shannon have 3 children, the youngest of whom was born on March 1, 2008. Szczerbiak has two younger siblings, Will (a graduate of Georgetown University) and Wendy (a current memember of the women's basketball team at Lehigh).<ref>[http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=nba&id=3271470 Szczerbiak misses game to be with wife, who is expecting couple's third child].</ref> He is named Maximus Jack.<ref>[http://www.insidehoops.com/blog/?p=599 Wally Szczerbiak has new son, Maximus Jack]</ref>
Szczerbiak and his wife Shannon have 3 children, the youngest of whom was born on March 1, 2008. <ref>[http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=nba&id=3271470 Szczerbiak misses game to be with wife, who is expecting couple's third child].</ref> He is named Maximus Jack.<ref>[http://www.insidehoops.com/blog/?p=599 Wally Szczerbiak has new son, Maximus Jack]</ref> Szczerbiak has two younger siblings, Will (a graduate of Georgetown University) and Wendy (a current memember of the women's basketball team at Lehigh).


== NBA career statistics ==
== NBA career statistics ==

Revision as of 23:58, 17 September 2008

Wally Szczerbiak
No. 10 – Cleveland Cavaliers
PositionSmall forward/Shooting guard
LeagueNBA
Personal information
Born (1977-03-05) March 5, 1977 (age 47)
Madrid, Spain
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight244 lb (111 kg)
Career information
CollegeMiami University
NBA draft1999: 6th overall
Selected by the Minnesota Timberwolves
Playing career1999–present
Stats Edit this at Wikidata at NBA.com
Stats Edit this at Wikidata at Basketball-Reference.com
Wally Szczerbiak shoots a free throw.

Walter Robert "Wally" Szczerbiak (pronounced Surh-Bee-Ak) (born March 5 1977) is an American professional basketball player for the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers.

Early life

Szczerbiak was born in Madrid, Spain, while his father Walter (a former ABA player) was playing for Real Madrid, and spent much of his childhood in Europe during his father's playing career. When Walter retired, he moved his family back to his native Long Island, New York, where Wally attended high school in Cold Spring Harbor. Wally set a Cold Spring Harbor record in 1993. Szczerbiak competed for the Long Island team in the 1997 Empire State Games.

College career

In college, Szczerbiak played for Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. He graduated from the Richard T. Farmer School of Business at Miami University where he studied Marketing. At Miami he led his team to the Sweet 16 in the 1999 NCAA Tournament. As a #10 seed, Szczerbiak scored a career high 43 points in a first round win over #7 seed University of Washington. He followed that up by with a 24 point performance in the second round against #2 seed University of Utah, leading the Redhawks to the Sweet 16, where they would eventually lose to the University of Kentucky 58-48, despite Szczerbiak's 23-point performance.

NBA career

The Minnesota Timberwolves selected Szczerbiak 6th overall in the 1999 NBA Draft. His best year as a pro was in 2002 when he was a coaches' selection to the Western Conference All-Star team. Later he tied a Timberwolves franchise record of 44 points on April 13, 2003, since broken by Kevin Garnett. Szczerbiak was coming off the bench for the 2004-2005 NBA season. He was uncomfortable with the role and wanted to be a starter. In the 2005-2006 season, the former All-Star returned to the starting role.

Boston

On January 26, 2006, Szczerbiak, along with Michael Olowokandi, Dwayne Jones and a conditional first-round draft pick, was traded to the Boston Celtics for Ricky Davis, Mark Blount, Marcus Banks, Justin Reed, and two second-round draft picks.

Szczerbiak is an offensive-minded player with an excellent perimeter touch; however, his defense is only average. Szczerbiak underwent knee surgery in the 2006 off-season to fix a knee which had been somewhat injured for many months.

In the 2006-07 season, Szczerbiak played well early on, including a 35-point performance against the Charlotte Bobcats early in the season. However, he was soon plagued by several injuries to both ankles, which greatly affected his performance, namely his shooting and jumping ability. Szczerbiak decided to have season-ending surgery on his ankles.

Seattle

On June 28 (the night of the 2007 NBA Draft), the Celtics traded Szczerbiak to the Seattle SuperSonics along with Delonte West and Jeff Green (Boston's 5th overall pick) for Ray Allen and Glen Davis (Seattle's 35th overall).[1]

Cleveland

On February 21, 2008, Szczerbiak was traded from the SuperSonics to the Cavaliers along with Sonics teammate Delonte West. Ben Wallace and Joe Smith were involved in the trade also, and were traded from the Bulls.[2] Wally was a starter for the Cleveland Cavaliers playing at the #2 spot. Wally helped the Cavs get past the first round of the 2008 NBA Playoffs by putting up 26 points along with shooting 6-13 from the 3 point line. The Cavaliers were eventually knocked out of the playoffs by the Boston Celtics in the 2nd round.

Personal life

Szczerbiak and his wife Shannon have 3 children, the youngest of whom was born on March 1, 2008. [3] He is named Maximus Jack.[4] Szczerbiak has two younger siblings, Will (a graduate of Georgetown University) and Wendy (a current memember of the women's basketball team at Lehigh).

NBA career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1999–00 Minnesota 73 53 29.7 .511 .359 .826 3.7 2.8 .8 .3 11.6
2000–01 Minnesota 82 82 34.8 .510 .338 .870 5.5 3.2 .7 .4 14.0
2001–02 Minnesota 82 82 38.0 .508 .455 .831 4.8 3.1 .8 .3 18.7
2002–03 Minnesota 52 42 35.3 .481 .421 .867 4.6 2.6 .9 .4 17.6
2003–04 Minnesota 28 0 22.2 .449 .435 .828 3.1 1.2 .4 .0 10.2
2004–05 Minnesota 81 37 31.6 .506 .373 .855 3.7 2.4 .5 .2 15.5
2005–06 Minnesota 40 40 38.9 .495 .406 .896 4.8 2.8 .5 .4 20.1
2005–06 Boston 32 31 36.7 .476 .393 .898 3.8 3.2 .6 .1 17.5
2006–07 Boston 32 19 28.1 .415 .415 .897 3.1 1.7 .6 .1 15.0
2007–08 Seattle 50 1 23.6 .460 .428 .843 2.7 1.4 .3 .1 13.1
2007–08 Cleveland 25 1 22.2 .359 .365 .878 3.2 1.4 .4 .3 8.2
Career 577 388 32.1 .487 .405 .861 4.1 2.5 .6 .2 15.0
All-Star 1 0 12.0 .667 .667 .000 3.0 3.0 1.0 .0 10.0

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1999–00 Minnesota 4 4 23.5 .400 .000 .000 2.0 .5 .8 .2 6.0
2000–01 Minnesota 4 4 35.8 .486 .000 .800 4.5 2.5 1.2 .8 14.0
2001–02 Minnesota 3 3 43.7 .477 .222 .889 7.0 2.0 .7 .0 20.0
2002–03 Minnesota 6 6 42.0 .475 .214 .867 5.0 2.2 1.0 .2 14.5
2003–04 Minnesota 12 0 24.8 .420 .345 .927 3.3 1.7 .5 .2 11.8
2007–08 Cleveland 13 13 28.8 .376 .323 .929 1.8 1.5 .2 .1 10.8
Career 42 30 30.8 .425 .297 .887 3.3 1.7 .6 .2 12.1

References

  1. ^ Sonics' Allen traded to Celts for Wally, West & Green, June 29, 2007
  2. ^ Cavs get Wallace from Bulls, Szczerbiak from Sonics, February 21, 2008
  3. ^ Szczerbiak misses game to be with wife, who is expecting couple's third child.
  4. ^ Wally Szczerbiak has new son, Maximus Jack

External links

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