Calvin Booth

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Calvin Booth
Position Power forward/Center
Height 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
Weight 250 lb (110 kg)
League NBA
Team Philadelphia 76ers
Jersey #52
Born May 7, 1976 (1976-05-07) (age 32)
Reynoldsburg, Ohio
Nationality USA
High school Groveport Madison (Ohio)
College Penn State University
Draft 2nd round, 35th overall, 1999
Washington Wizards
Pro career 1999–present
Former teams Washington Wizards (1999–2001; 2005–2007)
Dallas Mavericks (2001; 2004–2005)
Seattle SuperSonics (2001–2004)
Milwaukee Bucks (2005)
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Calvin Lawerence Booth (born May 7, 1976 in Reynoldsburg, Ohio) is an American professional basketball player in the NBA currently with Philadelphia 76ers.

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[edit] College career

Calvin Booth attended Penn State University after a stellar high school career. As a junior, he was named the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year. As a senior, he was a second team All-Big Ten Conference pick. He earned his Bachelor of Arts at Penn State in 1998.

[edit] NBA career

Booth was drafted by the Wizards in the second round (35th overall) of the 1999 NBA Draft. He has played for the Wizards, the Dallas Mavericks, the Seattle SuperSonics and the Milwaukee Bucks throughout his NBA career, averaging 4.1 points, 3.3 rebounds and 1.2 blocks per game. During the 2006-07 NBA season, he played for the Washington Wizards again, providing play from off the bench and starting occasionally. On September 10, 2007 Booth signed as a free agent with the Philadelphia 76ers.[1]


Booth's career highlight came in Game 5 of the 2001 NBA Playoffs against the Utah Jazz. Booth's jumper with 5 seconds remaining gave Dallas the 84-83 victory and a 3-2 series victory, the Mavericks' first since the 1988 Western Conference semifinals against Denver.<

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Nuggets send Evans to Philadelphia for Hunter, Jones; Sixers also sign free agent Booth, published September 10, 2007

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