Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf
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| birthday | 9th March 1969 (age 51) | |
| place of birth | Gulfport , Mississippi , United States | |
| size | 185 cm | |
| Weight | 73 kg | |
| position | Point guard | |
| college | Louisiana State | |
| NBA draft | 1990 , 3rd pick, Denver Nuggets | |
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1990–1996 Denver Nuggets 1996–1998 Sacramento Kings 1998–1999 Fenerbahçe Ülker 2000–2001 Vancouver Grizzlies 2003–2004 Ural Great Perm 2004–2005 Sedima Roseto 2006–2007 Aris Thessaloniki 2008–2009 Al-Ittihad 2009–2011 Kyoto Hannaryz
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Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf (* 9. March 1969 in Gulfport , Mississippi as Chris Wayne Jackson ) is a retired American basketball player . In 1991 he converted to Islam and in 1993 he changed his maiden name to Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf.
Abdul-Rauf played a total of 9 years in the North American professional league NBA and then in several leagues abroad. He is considered one of the best distance shooters in NBA history. Hall of Fame trainer Phil Jackson has Stephen Curry's throwing style compared to that of Abdul-Rauf.
In March 1996, Abdul-Rauf sparked controversy for refusing to stand up for the national anthem and calling the United States flag a symbol of oppression.
Career
NBA
Abdul-Rauf played for Louisiana State University for two years before signing up for the 1990 NBA draft and being drawn third by the Denver Nuggets . For his achievements in his first year as a professional, he was appointed to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team . He played for the Colorado team for a total of six years and won the NBA Most Improved Player Award in 1993 as the player who has improved the most compared to the previous season. He later moved to the Sacramento Kings and, after a brief interlude with Fenerbahçe Ülker , to the Vancouver Grizzlies . After that, his NBA career ended. In 586 games, Abdul-Rauf scored 14.6 points, 1.9 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game. In 1994 and 1996 he led the NBA as the best free throw shooter.
Europe and Asia
After his NBA career, he moved to the Russian runner-up Ural Great in Perm , with whom he won the Russian Cup competition in 2004. He then played for a year at the basketball club from the Italian Roseto degli Abruzzi , where he was eliminated together with the German national players Misan Nikagbatse and Stephen Arigbabu in the play-off quarter-finals of the championship against eventual runner-up Climamio Bologna . Then he first announced his resignation.
In 2006 he returned to professional basketball and signed with the Greek top club Aris from Thessaloniki . He spent the last years of his career in Asia, where he in the Arabian Jeddah Al-Ittihad and the Japanese Kyoto went for Hannaryz on basket hunt.
controversy
Abdul-Rauf refused to stand at attention to the American national anthem before the game , which sparked controversy. Abdul-Rauf had called this a symbol of oppression, as the United States had a long history of tyranny. On March 12, 1996, the NBA suspended him - but only for two days and one game. It was then agreed that he would pray silently while the hymn was played.
Others
Abdul-Rauf has a mild form of Tourette's syndrome .
Web links
- Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf - player profile on NBA.com
- Legabasket: Mahmoud Abdul Rauf - player profile on the statistics pages of Serie A (Italian)
Individual evidence
- ^ NBA Sits Abdul-Rauf for Stance on Anthem. March 13, 1996. Retrieved April 21, 2020 (American English).
- ↑ Jason Diamos: PRO BASKETBALL; Abdul-Rauf Is Calm In Face of Controversy . New York Times. March 21, 1996. Retrieved September 21, 2010.
- ↑ http://articles.latimes.com/1994-03-27/sports/sp-38972_1_mahmoud-abdul-rauf
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Abdul-Rauf, Mahmoud |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Jackson, Chris (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American basketball player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 9, 1969 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gulfport , Mississippi, Mississippi, USA |