Marcus Haislip

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Marcus Deshon Haislip (born December 22, 1980 in Lewisburg, Tennessee) is an American professional basketball player. He rose to prominence while playing college basketball at the University of Tennessee from 1999 to 2002. After college, he played for several seasons in the National Basketball Association. He currently plays with Turkish Basketball League powerhouse Efes Pilsen. He is listed at 6' 10" and 230 lbs.^[1]

[edit] Professional career

Haislip was selected by the Milwaukee Bucks as the 13th pick of the 2002 NBA Draft. During his rookie year Haislip was inserted into the starting line-up for the final nine games of the 2002-03 NBA season. He helped the Bucks to an 8-1 record in those games, which helped the Bucks clinch a spot in the playoffs. When the playoffs started he was relegated to the bench. He remained a bench player with the Bucks for his first three seasons until being placed on waivers on November 4, 2004. He was signed by the Indiana Pacers during the 2004-05 season in order to fill the gap at power forward due to the 15-game suspension of Jermaine O'Neal.

He started playing in Europe for Ulker Istanbul in the 2005-06 season. In March 2006 he left the team without authorisation and returned to the United States due to "family issues", according to a teammate. He was selected to the TBL (Turkish Basketball League) All-Star game and also participated in the Slam Dunk contest, which he won.

Haislip returned to the U. S. with Pilsen in October 2006, when the team played a pair of exhibitions against NBA teams. Pilsen played the Denver Nuggets in Denver on October 11, and played the Golden State Warriors in Oakland on October 13. Haislip scored 13 points and added 9 rebounds against the Warriors.^[2]

[edit] Notes

2002 NBA Draft
First Round Yao Ming \| Jay Williams \| Mike Dunleavy, Jr. \| Drew Gooden \| Nikoloz Tskitishvili \| Dajuan Wagner \| Maybyner "Nene" Hilario \| Chris Wilcox \| Amare Stoudemire \| Caron Butler \| Jared Jeffries \| Melvin Ely \| Marcus Haislip \| Fred Jones \| Bostjan Nachbar \| Jiri Welsch \| Juan Dixon \| Curtis Borchardt \| Ryan Humphrey \| Kareem Rush \| Qyntel Woods \| Casey Jacobsen \| Tayshaun Prince \| Nenad Krstić \| Frank Williams \| John Salmons \| Chris Jefferies \| Dan Dickau
Second Round Steve Logan \| Roger Mason, Jr. \| Robert Archibald \| Vincent Yarbrough \| Dan Gadzuric \| Carlos Boozer \| Milos Vujanić \| David Andersen \| Tito Maddox \| Rod Grizzard \| Juan Carlos Navarro \| Mario Kasun \| Ronald Murray \| Jason Jennings \| Lonny Baxter \| Sam Clancy \| Matt Barnes \| Jamal Sampson \| Chris Owens \| Peter Fehse \| Darius Songaila \| Federico Kammerichs \| Marcus Taylor \| Rasual Butler \| Tamar Slay \| Mladen Sekularac \| Luis Scola \| Randy Holcomb \| Corsley Edwards