Tariq Abdul-Wahad

Tariq Abdul-Wahad
No. 9
Shooting guard/small forward
Personal information
Date of birth November 3, 1974 (1974-11-03) (age 37)
Place of birth Maisons-Alfort, Val-de-Marne, France
Nationality French
High school Lycee Aristide Briand
Listed height 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight 223 lb (101 kg)
Career information
College San Jose State
NBA Draft 1997 / Round: 1 / Pick: 11th overall
Selected by the Sacramento Kings
Pro career 1997–2003
Career history
Career highlights and awards
No notable achievements
Career statistics
Points 1,830
Rebounds 776
Assists 266
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Tariq Abdul-Wahad (born Olivier Michael Saint-Jean; November 3, 1974) is a French former professional basketball player.

Saint-Jean was born near Paris from parents who were natives of French Guiana. He changed his name to Tariq Abdul-Wahad after converting to Islam in 1997. He is the first player to be born and raised in France and play in the NBA. Tariq first played college basketball at the University of Michigan, but later transferred to San Jose State, and was drafted by the Sacramento Kings in 1997. He was known as a defensive specialist, but his playing time was restricted in later seasons due to injuries. He only played in 236 out of a possible 788 games. In the whole 2003–04 and 2004–05 seasons Abdul-Wahad was on the Dallas Mavericks' roster on injured reserve, as he was permanently unable to play. He was released by Mavericks on 28 September 2005, during training camp prior to the 2005–06 season. In November 2006 Italian team Climamio Bologna invited Abdul-Wahad to a try out, but he was not signed.[1]

His No. 3 jersey was retired by San Jose State in 2002, however the banner hanging in the Event Center Arena refers to him as Olivier Saint-Jean, the name he used while in college.

Abdul-Wahad's peak year as a pro was with the Sacramento Kings in the lockout-shortened 1999 NBA season, when he was a starter for the team. They pushed the Utah Jazz to the brink of elimination but lost in the fifth and final game of the series.

Contents

NBA career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1997–98 Sacramento 59 16 16.3 .403 .211 .672 2.0 .9 .6 .2 6.4
1998–99 Sacramento 49 49 24.6 .435 .286 .691 3.8 1.0 1.0 .3 9.3
1999–00 Orlando 46 46 26.2 .433 .095 .762 5.2 1.6 1.2 .3 12.2
1999–00 Denver 15 10 24.9 .389 .500 .738 3.5 1.7 .4 .8 8.9
2000–01 Denver 29 12 14.5 .387 .400 .583 2.0 .8 .5 .4 3.8
2001–02 Denver 20 12 20.9 .379 .500 .750 3.9 1.1 .9 .5 6.8
2001–02 Dallas 4 0 6.0 .000 – .000 1.5 .5 .5 .3 .0
2002–03 Dallas 14 0 14.6 .466 .000 .500 2.9 1.5 .4 .2 4.1
Career 236 145 20.4 .417 .237 .703 3.3 1.1 .8 .4 7.8

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1998–99 Sacramento 5 5 19.8 .455 .000 .813 3.8 .8 .8 .8 8.6
2003–03 Dallas 8 0 9.9 .300 .000 .875 2.8 .9 .0 .0 3.1
Career 13 5 13.7 .381 .000 .833 3.2 .8 .3 .3 5.2

Post-NBA

Assistant coach, Cal State Monterey Bay women

On July 21, 2011, the Division II Cal State Monterey Bay Otters women's basketball team announced the hiring of Abdul-Wahad as an assistant coach.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ Tariq Abdul-Wahad leaves Bologna
  2. ^ Tariq Abdul–Wahad Joins Women's Basketball Staff

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First round
Second round
4 Sonko | 5 Abdul-Wahad | 6 Moïso | 7 Foirest | 8 Digbeu | 9 Parker | 10 Dioumassi | 11 F. Piétrus | 12 Julian | 13 Diaw | 14 Rupert | 15 Turiaf | Coach: Weisz