Kirk Snyder

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Kirk Snyder

Position	Guard
Height	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Weight	225 lb (102 kg)
Team	Houston Rockets
Nationality	United States
Born	June 5, 1983 Los Angeles, California
College	Nevada
Draft	16th overall, 2004 Utah Jazz
Pro career	2004–present
Former teams	Utah Jazz 2004-05 New Orleans Hornets 2005-06

Kirk Patrick Snyder (born June 5, 1983 in Los Angeles, California) is an American professional basketball player in the NBA. He grew up in Upland, California.

Snyder spent his college career at Nevada. In 2004, he lead the Wolf Pack to its first Sweet 16 in the NCAA tournament. During that trip, they beat No.2 seed Gonzaga and No.7 seed Michigan State, but lost in the third round to eventual national runner-up and No.3 Georgia Tech. In 2005, Nevada made it back to the NCAA past the 1st round by beating Texas, but later losing to No.1 Illinois.

He was drafted in the first round (16th overall) of the 2004 NBA Draft by the Utah Jazz. After one season, he was traded to the New Orleans Hornets as part of the largest trade in NBA history.

On February 4, 2006, he delivered one of the most electrifying dunks in NBA history. On a fastbreak against the Lakers, guard Speedy Claxton threw Snyder a pass and he took off, dunking on Lakers rookie guard Von Wafer.^{[citation needed]}

Kirk Snyder was traded to the New Orleans Hornets, where he became a starter. He scored a career high of 28 points against the Minnesota Timberwolves. After a decent year playing with the Hornets, Snyder was traded to the Houston Rockets for a 2008 2nd round draft pick and cash considerations.^[1]

[edit] Notes

1. ^ http://www.clutchfans.net/news/1346/kirk_snyder_acquired_from_hornets/

[edit] External links

• Player profile @ NBA.com

2004 NBA Draft
First Round Dwight Howard | Emeka Okafor | Ben Gordon | Shaun Livingston | Devin Harris | Josh Childress | Luol Deng | Rafael Araújo | Andre Iguodala | Luke Jackson | Andris Biedriņš | Robert Swift | Sebastian Telfair | Kris Humphries | Al Jefferson | Kirk Snyder | Josh Smith | J.R. Smith | Dorell Wright | Jameer Nelson | Pavel Podkolzin | Viktor Khryapa | Sergei Monia | Delonte West | Tony Allen | Kevin Martin | Sasha Vujačić | Beno Udrih | David Harrison
Second Round Anderson Varejão | Jackson Vroman | Peter John Ramos | Lionel Chalmers | Donta Smith | Andre Emmett | Antonio Burks | Royal Ivey | Chris Duhon | Albert Miralles | Justin Reed | David Young | Viktor Sanikidze | Trevor Ariza | Tim Pickett | Bernard Robinson | Ha Seung-Jin | Pape Sow | Ricky Minard | Sergei Lishouk | Vassilis Spanoulis | Christian Drejer | Romain Sato | Matt Freije | Rickey Paulding | Luis Flores | Marcus Douthit | Sergei Karaulov | Blake Stepp | Rashad Wright