Jamario Moon

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Jamario Moon
Position Small forward
Height 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Weight 205 lb (93 kg)
League NBA
Team Toronto Raptors
Jersey #33
Born June 13, 1980 (1980-06-13) (age 28)
Goodwater, Alabama
Nationality American
High school Coosa Central,
Rockford, Alabama
College Meridian Community College
Draft Undrafted, 2001
Pro career 2001–present
Former teams Mobile Revelers (2001–2002)
Dodge City Legend
Huntsville Flight (2003)
Oklahoma Storm (2004)
Harlem Globetrotters (2004)
Rockford Lightning (2004)
Kentucky Colonels
Rome Gladiators (2005)
Albany Patroons (2005–2006)
Fort Worth Flyers (2006)
Marietta Storm (2006)
Albany Patroons (2006)
Fuerza Regia (2006–2007)
Gary Steelheads (2007)
Arkansas RimRockers
Awards 2008 NBA All-Rookie Second Team
Official profile Info Page

Jamario Raman Moon (born June 13, 1980, in Goodwater, Alabama) is an American professional basketball player for the NBA's Toronto Raptors. He has played for the Harlem Globetrotters, CBA's Albany Patroons,[1] Fuerza Regia in the LNBP, and most recently the USBL Gary Steelheads.[2][3][4] He attended Meridian Community College where he averaged 20.8 points per game and 8.7 rebounds. Moon entered the 2001 NBA Draft but he was not drafted by any team.[5]

Moon signed a two-year deal with the Toronto Raptors on July 10, 2007, after he had impressed the coaching staff in a three-day mini-camp held by the club.[5][6] In his first start against the Chicago Bulls, he had 12 points, six rebounds, three steals, and one block in 23 minutes. Moon remained in the starting lineup over the next few games, recording 15 points, nine rebounds, six blocks and three steals in another game against the Bulls on November 25. Two days later, Moon broke a club record by recording twelve consecutive games with at least one block per game.

On February 1, 2008, Moon was named NBA Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month. He had a career-high five steals on January 18 against the Atlanta Hawks, and scored a career-high 17 points against the Cleveland Cavaliers the next night.[7][8]

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[edit] 2008 NBA All-Star Weekend

Moon was invited to participate in two events at the 2008 NBA All-Star Weekend in New Orleans. He scored 13 points for the rookies in the Rookie/Sophomore Challenge, and competed in the Slam Dunk Contest, finishing third behind winner Dwight Howard and defending champion Gerald Green.

Jamario created a teaser of him practicing for the dunk contest, He had teammates in his video including Joey Graham and Maceo Baston he had a couple dunks in the video which promoted people voting for him in the first ever "They dunk, You decide" dunk contest.

[edit] NBA career statistics

(Correct as of 22 May 2008)[9]
Regular season Team GP MPG BPG SPG RPG APG PPG FG% 3P% FT%
2007–08 Toronto 78 27.8 1.4 1.0 6.2 1.2 8.5 0.485 0.328 0.741
Career 78 27.8 1.4 1.0 6.2 1.2 8.5 0.485 0.328 0.741
Playoffs Team GP MPG BPG SPG RPG APG PPG FG% 3P% FT%
2007–08 Toronto 5 20.8 0.6 1.2 4.8 0.8 5.4 0.379 0.364 1.000
Career

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Jamario Moon makes NBA squad", albanypats.com, 2007-10-30. Retrieved on 2007-11-11. 
  2. ^ #33 Jamario Moon, SF. steelheadshoops.com. Retrieved on 2007-11-11.
  3. ^ Wojnarowski, Adrian, Toronto rookie took long road to NBA, sports.yahoo.com, December 6, 2007.
  4. ^ HoopsHype - NBA Players - Jamario Moon
  5. ^ a b Hareas, John. "Raptors GM Bryan Colangelo on Jamario Moon", nba.com, 2007-11-28. Retrieved on 2007-11-29. 
  6. ^ "Raptors Sign Jamario Moon", nba.com/raptors. Retrieved on 2007-11-11. 
  7. ^ Grange, Michael. "Overlooked rookie Moon making an impact", Globe and Mail, 2007-11-13. Retrieved on 2007-11-13. 
  8. ^ Calderon Leads Raptors Over Bulls. nba.com. Retrieved on 2007-11-25.
  9. ^ "Jamario Moon - Career Stats and Totals", nba.com. Retrieved on 2008-03-24. 

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Toronto Raptors current roster

1 Brezec | 4 Bosh | 7 Bargnani | 8 Calderón | 9 Baston | 11 Ford | 12 Nesterović | 14 Graham | 15 Garbajosa | 18 Parker | 20 Delfino | 24 Kapono | 33 Moon | 43 Humphries | Coach Mitchell