Isaac Austin

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Isaac "Ike" Austin (born August 18, 1969 in Gridley, California) is a former professional basketball player.

A 6' 10" center, Austin was drafted out of Arizona State University by the Utah Jazz in 1991. He averaged two points and 1.1 rebounds during his rookie season with the Jazz, and after two more sub-par seasons, he signed to play with Tuborg Izmir, a Turkish basketball team. Austin averaged 22.3 points and 13.9 rebounds during the 1995-1996 season in Turkey, and he returned to the NBA the following season as a member of the Miami Heat. With renewed confidence, Austin averaged 9.7 points and 5.8 rebounds for the Heat and received the NBA Most Improved Player Award in 1997. Austin had his best season in 1997-1998, when he averaged 13.5 points and 7.1 rebounds while playing for the Heat and the Los Angeles Clippers (to whom he was traded midseason for Brent Barry). After that season, he signed a lucrative contract with the Orlando Magic, but his play began to regress. Austin was traded to the Washington Wizards after one season with the Magic, and the Wizards later him traded to the Vancouver/Memphis Grizzlies, with whom he ended his NBA career in 2002. From 2004-2005, Ike Austin coached the Utah Snowbears, an American Basketball Association team.