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Todd MacCulloch
Personal information
Born	January 27, 1976 (age 48); Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Nationality	Canadian
Listed height	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)
Listed weight	280 lb (127 kg)
Career information
College	Washington
NBA draft	1999: 2nd round, 47th overall
	Selected by the Philadelphia 76ers
Playing career	1999–2003
Position	Center
	Stats at NBA.com
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

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Todd Carlyle MacCulloch (born January 27 1976 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a retired Canadian professional basketball player in the NBA.

Basketball career

A Winnipeg, Manitoba native, the 7'0", 280 lb (2.13 m, 125 kg) center played four seasons in the NBA before being forced to retire prematurely due to a genetic neuromuscular disorder that affected his feet, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease. In his first two seasons with the Philadelphia 76ers, MacCulloch played reserve center, averaging 9.4 minutes, 2.6 rebounds and just under 4 points in 56 and 63 games respectively from 1999 to 2001. In the 2001 off-season, he signed as a free agent with the New Jersey Nets and as their starting center averaged 9.7 points and 6.1 rebounds a contest. MacCulloch was then traded back to the 76ers for the 2002–2003 season, in which he averaged just under 20 minutes, 7.1 points, and 4.7 rebounds a contest. Due to a chronic foot condition, he went on the injured reserve list at mid-season, did not play the following season, and announced his retirement in September 2004.

MacCulloch played for the Canadian national team of various sorts 93 times, most notably at the 2000 Sydney Olympics where the Canadians topped Yugoslavia to win their group only to lose to eventual silver medalist France in the quarterfinals and finish seventh.

Todd attended Mother of Divine Providence in king of prussia PA, where he led the panthers to back to back Archdiocesan championships. After graduation Todd moved back to Winnipeg where he would graduate from Shaftesbury High School in Winnipeg, MacCulloch was in 1999 named Honorable Mention All-America as a senior at the University of Washington, when he averaged 18.7 points, 11.9 rebounds, and a .662 field goal percentage. He led the NCAA Division I in field goal percentage in his final three years of college, only the second player ever to accomplish the feat. He was all-Pac Ten First Team selection in his final two years at Washington. He was drafted by the 76ers in the 2nd round (47th overall) of the 1999 NBA Draft. MacCulloch is married to wife Jana and now lives in Seattle.

Pinball career

MacCulloch played pinball whenever he could growing up, at malls, arcades and bowling alleys around town. He began buying up pinball machines when he signed as a free agent with the Nets in 2001 and got his first house. His collection is now greater than 60 pinball and non-pinball arcade games.

MacCulloch has played in several pinball tournaments. He competed in the European pinball championship in Stockholm in 2007, and he played in the Professional & Amateur Pinball Association tournament from 2005 to 2007. MacCulloch has played several matches against two-time world champion Bowen Kerins.

Between his height and his foot condition, MacCulloch is forced to play pinball sitting on a stool. MacCulloch says there are indeed some similarities between pinball and basketball. He relates: "Hand-eye coordination is really important in both, and maintaining your focus is definitely important. I've been in some pressure situations in big [basketball] games, and nerves wouldn't affect me, but I've found that in pinball tournaments, I can't seem to keep those nerves at bay. My heart beats faster, my chest gets tight. Competition is competition, and I thought I'd respond well, but I haven't been able to rein that in yet."^[1]

Trivia

In an episode of Chapelle's Show, in a skit where African Americans get their reparations, the Philadelphia 76ers play the New York Knicks but none of the black players are playing, so MacCulloch plays one-on-one, beating Travis Knight.^[2]

Notes

^ http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=darcy/080828
^ "More Reparations". Chappelle's Show. Comedy Central. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)

External links

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[1] ttp://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=darcy/080828

[2] "More Reparations". Chappelle's Show. Comedy Central. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)

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 MacCulloch played for the [[Canada men's national basketball team|Canadian national team]] of various sorts 93 times, most notably at the [[2000 Sydney Olympics]] where the Canadians topped [[Yugoslavia national basketball team|Yugoslavia]] to win their group only to lose to eventual silver medalist [[France national basketball team|France]] in the quarterfinals and finish seventh.
-A graduate of [[Shaftesbury High School]] in Winnipeg, MacCulloch was in 1999 named Honorable Mention All-America as a senior at the [[University of Washington]], when he averaged 18.7 points, 11.9 rebounds, and a .662 field goal percentage.  He led the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] [[Division I]] in field goal percentage in his final three years of college, only the second player ever to accomplish the feat.  He was all-Pac Ten First Team selection in his final two years at Washington.  He was drafted by the 76ers in the 2nd round (47th overall) of the [[1999 NBA Draft]].
+Todd attended Mother of Divine Providence in king of prussia PA, where he led the panthers to back to back Archdiocesan championships. After graduation Todd moved back to Winnipeg where he would graduate from [[Shaftesbury High School]] in Winnipeg, MacCulloch was in 1999 named Honorable Mention All-America as a senior at the [[University of Washington]], when he averaged 18.7 points, 11.9 rebounds, and a .662 field goal percentage.  He led the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] [[Division I]] in field goal percentage in his final three years of college, only the second player ever to accomplish the feat.  He was all-Pac Ten First Team selection in his final two years at Washington.  He was drafted by the 76ers in the 2nd round (47th overall) of the [[1999 NBA Draft]].
 MacCulloch is married to wife Jana and now lives in Seattle.