Ira Newble

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Ira Newble

Newble in 2005
Small forward / Power forward
Personal information
Born (1975-01-20) January 20, 1975
Detroit, Michigan
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 7 in (201 cm)
Listed weight 235 lb (107 kg)
Career information
High school Southfield (Southfield, Michigan)
College Mississippi Gulf Coast CC (1993–1995)
Miami (Ohio) (1995–1997)
NBA draft 1997 / Undrafted
Pro playing career 1997–2010
Career history
As player:
1997 Wisconsin Blast (IBA)
1998–2000 Idaho Stampede (CBA)
2000 Keravnos Strovolos (Cyprus)
2000–2001 San Antonio Spurs
2001 Flint Fuze (CBA)
2002 Atlanta Hawks
2002 Oklahoma Storm (USBL)
2002–2003 Atlanta Hawks
2003–2008 Cleveland Cavaliers
2008 Seattle SuperSonics
2008 Los Angeles Lakers
2009 Bnei HaSharon (Israel)
2009 Keravnos Strovolos (Cyprus)
2009–2010 Cáceres 2016 Basket (Spain)
As coach:
2011–2012 Canton Charge (D-League) (asst.)
2012–present Austin Toros (D-League) (asst.)
Career highlights and awards

Ira Newble (born January 20, 1975) is an American former professional basketball player who has most recently worked as an assistant coach with the Austin Toros of the NBA D-League. He previously played in the NBA with the San Antonio Spurs, the Atlanta Hawks, the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Seattle SuperSonics, and the Los Angeles Lakers.

College career

After graduating from Southfield High School in 1993, Newble went to Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College before attending Miami University in Ohio, where he studied sports marketing. As a senior at Miami, he averaged 11.3 points, 7.5 rebounds, and 1.2 assists per game while earning Honorable Mention All-Mid American Conference honors.

NBA career

After an uneventful first season with the Spurs and one and-a-half consistent ones with the Hawks, the Cavaliers signed Newble as a free agent on July 2003. Injuries hampered Newble in the 2005-06 NBA season. He missed 21 games with a right foot strain and missed 14 games with a facial abscess. On December, 2007, it was revealed that the Cavaliers fined Newble and Damon Jones an undisclosed amount of money, for refusing to come off the bench during the final minute of their Christmas Day win over the Miami Heat.[1] On February 21, 2008 he was traded to the Seattle SuperSonics in a multi-player deal including Ben Wallace, Joe Smith, Wally Szczerbiak, Delonte West, Drew Gooden, Larry Hughes, Donyell Marshall, and more .[2] He was then waived by the Sonics one week later.[3] On March, 2008, it was confirmed that Newble signed a ten-day contract with the Los Angeles Lakers.[4] Nine days later, the Lakers signed Newble for the remainder of the 2007-2008 Season.[5]

European career

Newble started his professional career overseas in the Cypriot League playing for Keravnos Strovolos. Keravnos won the Cyprus Basketball Division 1 championship in 2000.[6] In March 2009, he signed with Bnei HaSharon from the Israeli BSL for the remainder of the season.[7] He joined the Greek League club Aris Thessaloniki in August 2009.[8] However, he had to leave them before he played any games with them due to legal matters. He signed for Cáceres 2016 Basket in December 2009.[9] Cáceres released him a month later.[10]

Coaching career

In 2011, Newble became an assistant coach of the Canton Charge, the new NBA Development League affiliate of Newble's former team Cleveland Cavaliers.[11]

In 2012, he became an assistant coach for the Austin Toros.

Darfur Campaign

Ira Newble leads a campaign to help bring awareness to China's involvement in the Darfur crisis. Ira Newble saw a letter that Aid Still Required had written expressing concern about investments funding the crisis in Darfur. He collected signatures around the league for the letter that then was presented to the Chinese Government and the President of the Olympic Committee for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games.[12]

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
2000–01 San Antonio 27 6 6.8 .382 .444 .500 1.3 .2 .1 .1 2.0
2001–02 Atlanta 42 35 30.3 .498 .143 .852 5.3 1.1 .9 .5 8.0
2002–03 Atlanta 73 45 26.5 .495 .381 .778 3.7 1.4 .7 .4 7.7
2003–04 Cleveland 64 25 19.5 .391 .105 .783 2.4 1.1 .4 .3 4.0
2004–05 Cleveland 74 69 24.8 .429 .358 .797 3.0 1.2 .7 .2 5.9
2005–06 Cleveland 36 3 9.8 .298 .231 .688 1.6 .3 .1 .3 1.3
2006–07 Cleveland 15 1 8.6 .432 .533 .600 2.0 .1 .4 .0 3.1
2007–08 Cleveland 41 13 15.9 .449 .333 .769 2.8 .3 .7 .2 4.3
2007–08 Seattle 2 0 8.5 .286 .000 .000 .0 .5 .0 .0 2.0
2007–08 Los Angeles 6 0 5.2 .333 .500 .000 1.8 .5 .2 .2 1.2
Career 380 197 20.1 .446 .341 .778 2.9 .9 .5 .3 5.1

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2005–06 Cleveland 5 0 2.2 1.000 1.000 .000 .4 .0 .2 .0 1.4
2006–07 Cleveland 6 0 1.7 .000 .000 .000 .2 .2 .0 .0 .0
2007–08 Los Angeles 1 0 1.0 .000 .000 .000 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0
Career 12 0 1.8 .600 .333 .000 .3 .1 .1 .0 .6

Notes

  1. ↑ Report: Cavs' Jones, Newble refused to play game's final minute., ESPN.com, December 28, 2007
  2. ↑ "NBA.com: February 2008 Transactions". Retrieved 2008-04-02. 
  3. ↑ Sonics Roster Updates
  4. ↑ Lakers sign Ira Newble
  5. ↑ Lakers Sign Ira Newble For Remainder Of Season
  6. ↑ http://www.eurobasket.com/team.asp?Cntry=CYPRUS&Team=707&Page=5
  7. ↑ Bnei Hasharon, Newble to replace Onyekwe
  8. ↑ Arisbc.gr πό τα κίτρινα των Lakers, στα κίτρινα του ΑΡΗ o IRA NEWBLE (Greek)
  9. ↑ Ira Newble signs for Caceres 2016
  10. ↑ "Caceres replace Ira Newble with Shawn Taggart". Eurobasket. January 24, 2010. Retrieved June 6, 2011. 
  11. ↑ Weir, Josh (March 31, 2012). "Newble returns to the court as coach with Charge". CantonRep.com. Retrieved May 11, 2012. 
  12. ↑ Cavs' Newble Takes Up Darfur Cause - FanHouse - AOL Sports Blog

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