Rashard Lewis

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Basketball player
Rashard Lewis
Rashard Lewis
Player information
Full name Rashard Quo by Lewis
birthday 8th August 1979 (age 41)
place of birth Pineville , Louisiana , United States
size 208 cm
Weight 107 kg
position Power Forward / Small Forward
High school Alief Elsik High School, Texas
NBA draft 1998 , 32nd Pick, Seattle SuperSonics
Clubs as active
1998–2007 Seattle SuperSonics 2007–2010 Orlando Magic 2010–2012 Washington Wizards 2012–2014 Miami HeatUnited StatesUnited States
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National team
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Rashard Quovon Lewis (born August 8, 1979 in Pineville , Louisiana ) is a retired American basketball player who was active in the NBA from 1999 to 2014 . During his time in the North American professional league, Lewis was All-Star twice and won the 2013 NBA Championship with the Miami Heat .

Career

Hailed as one of the best basketball players in the country when he was in high school at Alief Elsik High School in Houston , Texas, Lewis chose to move to the NBA instead of college.

NBA

Although he was considered a safe first-round draft pick by many experts , this honor was not granted to him in the 1998 NBA draft , as many teams simply passed him over. Therefore, he had to be patient until the beginning of the second round before he was chosen by the Seattle SuperSonics with the third overall pick in the second round . He has since gone basket hunting for the franchise located in the far northwestern United States.

In the mid-2000s he was one of the best players in his position and regularly scored 20 points on average. In 2005 he received his first appointment to the NBA All-Star Game . In the summer of 2007, after Ray Allen had already been traded to Boston , he was transferred to the Orlando Magic in order to create enough space for Kevin Durant in the Sonics offense . At the Orlando Magic Lewis should form a new strong duo together with Dwight Howard and make the Magic one of the strongest teams in the east.

He experienced his first career high point in the 2004/05 season , when he led the Seattle SuperSonics together with Ray Allen to win the Northwest Division by winning 52 games. In 2009 he also reached the finals of the playoffs, in which he competed with his Orlando Magic against the Los Angeles Lakers , but had to admit defeat. He was also invited to the All-Star Game for the second time in the same year .

At the beginning of the next season, he was suspended for ten games due to an excessive testosterone level that can be traced back to steroids .

In December 2010, Rashard Lewis was traded to the Washington Wizards . In return, the Magic Point Guard received Gilbert Arenas .

After a weak 2011/12 season with only 7.8 points and 3.9 rebounds per game, the Washington Wizards Lewis traded to the New Orleans Hornets , in exchange for center Emeka Okafor and forward Trevor Ariza . He was then released from the Hornets on July 2, 2012 and received $ 13.7 million.

On July 11th, he signed a two-year deal with the Miami Heat . With these he won the 2013 NBA championship as a supplementary player. In 2014 he reached the NBA final for the third time in his career, but lost to the San Antonio Spurs with the Heat .

For the 2014/15 season, Lewis joined the Dallas Mavericks . However, after it became known that Lewis was going to have knee surgery, his contract was canceled.

Achievements and Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ All-Time USA Basketball Men's Roster // L. In: USABasketball.com . Retrieved on July 16, 2014 (English, player inserts, family names beginning with L).
  2. ↑ Rashard Lewis banned for ten games. In: SPOX.com. August 6, 2009, accessed July 16, 2014 .
  3. ↑ Magic lace monster trades. In: SPOX.com. December 19, 2010, accessed July 16, 2014 .
  4. ↑ Okafor and Ariza to the wizards. In: Sport1.de. June 20, 2012, accessed July 16, 2013 .
  5. ^ Hornets waive recently-acquired forward Rashard Lewis. In: NBA.com. July 1, 2012, accessed July 16, 2014 .
  6. ^ Ray Allen, Rashard Lewis join Heat. In: ESPN.com. July 11, 2012, accessed July 16, 2014 .
  7. ^ Mavericks to sign Rashard Lewis. In: ESPN.com. July 16, 2014, accessed July 16, 2014 .
personal data
SURNAME Lewis, Rashard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lewis, Rashard Quovon (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American basketball player
DATE OF BIRTH August 8, 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH Pineville , Louisiana , USA