Scot Pollard
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| Position | Forward-Center |
|---|---|
| Height | 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) |
| Weight | 265 lb (120 kg) |
| Team | Cleveland Cavaliers |
| Nationality |  United States |
| Born | February 12, 1975 Murray, Utah |
| College | Kansas |
| Draft | 19th overall, 1997 Detroit Pistons |
| Pro career | 1997 – present |
| Former teams | Detroit Pistons (1997–1998) Sacramento Kings (1999–2003) Indiana Pacers (2003–2006) |
Scot Pollard (born February 12, 1975 in Murray, Utah) is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the NBA. In a nine-year NBA career, he has played for four teams, spending the bulk of his career with the Sacramento Kings and the Indiana Pacers. Pollard is well known both for his defensive play and his unique hairstyles.
[edit] Basketball career
Pollard played high school basketball for three years at Torrey Pines High School in San Diego, California, before moving to Kennewick, Washington to play for Kamiakin High School. After graduating from Kamiakin, he attended the University of Kansas, where he graduated in 1996. While playing NCAA basketball, Pollard finished sixth in Jayhawks history among free throw shooters, with 358; fourth in rebounds with a total of 850; and second place in blocked shots, with 218.
Pollard was selected 19th overall in the 1997 NBA Draft by the Detroit Pistons, with whom he debuted during the 1997-98 NBA season. In 33 games with the Pistons, he averaged 2.7 points per game, as well as 2.2 rebounds and 0.3 assists.
He was traded to the Atlanta Hawks for Christian Laettner, but Pollard never suited up for a game with them and was waived almost a month later. Pollard was traded to the Sacramento Kings, whose management was trying to build a successful playoff team at the time, before the 1997-98 season began. With the Kings he suffered an injury that allowed him to play only for sixteen games during the , lockout shortened 1999 season. It was during his stint with the Kings that he became a solid backup to center Vlade Divac, often starting at Power Forward at times as well when Chris Webber was injured.
Pollard spent the 2002-03 NBA season plagued, once again, by injuries. After that season, he was traded to the Indiana Pacers.
As Pollard had an average of 3.4 rebounds, 3.2 points scored and 0.4 assists per game, his main contribution to the Pacers was his defensive prowess. He played an average of about 12 minutes per game.
Pollard's contract with the Pacers expired following the 2005-06 season. On August 18, 2006, Pollard signed a one-year contract with the Cleveland Cavaliers.
[edit] Hair styles
Pollard is known across the NBA for his peculiar hairstyles. His rebounding skills and different hairstyles have reminded some of Dennis Rodman, who made his mark in the NBA during the 1990s by breaking league rebound records and wearing different hair dye colors.
Pollard's hair-dos have included a mohawk, a single pony tail and a bald head. On January 2, 2006, he introduced a new (for him) hair style when he wore two pony tails during a Pacers home game against the Seattle SuperSonics.
He is probably best-known for a hairstyle he wore with the Kings, whereby he pulled some of his hair back and put it in a rubberband. This earned him the nickname "The Sacramento Samurai."
