Royal Ivey

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Royal Ivey
Position Point guard
Height ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight 215 lb (98 kg)
League NBA
Team Milwaukee Bucks
Jersey #12
Born December 20, 1981 (1981-12-20) (age 26)
Harlem, New York
Nationality American
High school Benjamin N. Cardozo
Blair Academy
College Texas
Draft 2nd round, 37th overall, 2004
Atlanta Hawks
Pro career 2004–present
Former teams Atlanta Hawks (2004–2007)
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Royal Terence Ivey (born December 20, 1981, in Harlem, New York) is an American professional basketball player in the NBA who plays for the Milwaukee Bucks. He started on the Benjamin N. Cardozo High School in Queens, New York City.[1] After a college career at the University of Texas at Austin, in which he finished as the school's all-time career leader in games started (126),[2] he was a second round draft choice of the Atlanta Hawks in the 2004 NBA Draft.

On September 18, 2007, Ivey signed a one-year contract with the Bucks.[2]

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While with Atlanta, Ivey's teammates gave him the nickname "Cheese", a reference to the notable "Royale with cheese" exchange in the 1994 Quentin Tarantino film Pulp Fiction.[3]

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