Michael McDonald (basketball)
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| Born |
February 13, 1969 Longview, Texas | |||||||||
| Nationality | American | |||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) | |||||||||
| Listed weight | 232 lb (105 kg) | |||||||||
| Career information | ||||||||||
| High school | Longview (Longview, Texas) | |||||||||
| College |
Utah Valley (1990–1991) New Orleans (1992–1995) | |||||||||
| NBA draft | 1995 / Round: 2 / Pick: 55th overall | |||||||||
| Selected by the Golden State Warriors | ||||||||||
| Playing career | 1995–2006 | |||||||||
| Position | Center | |||||||||
| Number | 42 | |||||||||
| Career history | ||||||||||
| 1995–1996 | Fort Wayne Fury (CBA) | |||||||||
| 1996 | Grand Rapids Mackers (CBA) | |||||||||
| 1996 | CRO Lyon (France) | |||||||||
| 1996–1998 | Grand Rapids Mackers (CBA) | |||||||||
| 1998 | Charlotte Hornets | |||||||||
| 1998 | Grand Rapids Hoops (CBA) | |||||||||
| 1998 | Fajardo Cariduros (Puerto Rico) | |||||||||
| 1998–1999 | Aisin Seahorses (Japan) | |||||||||
| 1999 | Sporting Athens (Greece) | |||||||||
| 1999–2000 | Grand Rapids Hoops (CBA) | |||||||||
| 2000 | Kombassan Konya (Turkey) | |||||||||
| 2000 | Mets de Guaynabo (Puerto Rico) | |||||||||
| 2000–2001 | Lokomotiv Mineralnye Vody (Russia) | |||||||||
| 2001–2002 | UNICS Kazan (Russia) | |||||||||
| 2002–2003 | Zadar (Croatia) | |||||||||
| 2003 | Dynamo Moscow Region (Russia) | |||||||||
| 2003–2006 | AEL Limassol (Cyprus) | |||||||||
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | ||||||||||
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Michael Dewayne McDonald (born February 13, 1969) is a retired American basketball player. A 6'10" and 232 lb (105 kg) center, he played collegiately for Utah Valley State College (now Utah Valley University) and the University of New Orleans. In 1990–91 he averaged 12.3 points and 8.3 rebounds for Utah Valley. He sat out a year, then averaged 4.2 points and 2.5 rebounds per game for New Orleans as a junior in 1992-93. His senior year in 1994-95 he averaged 11.1 points and 9.7 rebounds with 81 blocked shots. He was selected by the Golden State Warriors with the second round pick (55th overall) in the 1995 NBA Draft. The Warriors traded his rights, as well as the rights to Dwayne Whitfield and Martin Lewis, and forwards Victor Alexander and Carlos Rogers, to the Toronto Raptors in a trade for B. J. Armstrong,[1] and he spent two weeks with the Raptors during the 1996 pre-season, but was waived before the regular season started.
On January 21, 1998 he signed a ten-day contract with the Charlotte Hornets. He played in one game for them.[2]