Lee Nailon
Personal information | |
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Born | South Bend, Indiana | February 22, 1975
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) |
Listed weight | 240 lb (109 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Clay (South Bend, Indiana) |
College |
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NBA draft | 1999 / Round: 2 / Pick: 43rd overall |
Selected by the Charlotte Hornets | |
Playing career | 1999–2014 |
Position | Power forward / Small forward |
Number | 54, 4, 33 |
Career history | |
1999–2000 | Adecco Milano |
2000–2002 | Charlotte Hornets |
2002–2003 | New York Knicks |
2003 | Atlanta Hawks |
2004 | Orlando Magic |
2004 | Cleveland Cavaliers |
2004–2005 | New Orleans Hornets |
2005–2006 | Philadelphia 76ers |
2006–2007 | Bnei HaSharon |
2007–2008 | Lokomotiv Novosibirsk |
2008–2009 | Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut |
2009 | Leones de Ponce |
2010 | Piratas de Quebradillas |
2010–2011 | Bnei HaSharon |
2011 | Atomerőmű SE |
2012 | Panteras de Aguascalientes |
2012 | Goyang Orions |
2012–2013 | Estudiantes de Bahía Blanca |
2013–2014 | Panteras de Aguascalientes |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Career NBA statistics | |
Points | 2,622 (8.6 ppg) |
Rebounds | 936 (3.1 rpg) |
Assists | 298 (1.0 apg) |
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Lee Nailon (born February 22, 1975) is an American professional basketball player who played six seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was the 2007 Israeli Basketball Premier League MVP. In 2011, he was the top scorer in the Israel Basketball Premier League. He had an All-American college career at Texas Christian University (TCU).
High school career[]
Nailon was a graduate of South Bend Clay High School, where along with former Purdue player, Jaraan Cornell, he led his basketball team to the 1994 State Championship scoring 78 points .
College career[]
Nailon had an all-conference college basketball career at Texas Christian University.
Professional career[]
Nailon was a second round (43rd overall) pick of the Charlotte Hornets in the 1999 NBA Draft. He has played for the Hornets (in separate stints for both Charlotte and New Orleans franchises in 2000-02 and 2004-05 respectively), the New York Knicks (2002–03), Atlanta Hawks (2003–04), Orlando Magic (2003–04), Cleveland Cavaliers (2003–04) and Philadelphia 76ers (2005–06). Nailon feuded with coach Paul Silas while at Charlotte over minutes played which led to him being released and leaving for the Knicks. Nailon got into multiple confrontations with Silas during a preseason game in 2002 which led to his dismissal.[1] Nailon was recommended to play for the Knicks in a phone call then coach Don Chaney made to Silas.[1] While playing for the Knicks Nailon was frustrated over lack of playing time.[2][3] He holds NBA career averages of 8.6 points and 3.1 rebounds per game. His international experience includes playing for Adecco Milano in Italy (1999-00), Bnei HaSharon in Israel (2006–07; 2010–11), Lokomotiv Novosibirsk in Russia (2007–08), Al-Riyadi in Lebanon, Leones de Ponce (2009) and Piratas de Quebradillas in Puerto Rico (2010).
In the 2006–07 season, Nailon led Bnei HaSharon to the Israeli Cup final, shocking the everlasting champions, Maccabi Tel Aviv, in the semifinal (eventually losing to Hapoel Jerusalem in the final). He was named the 2007 Israeli Basketball Premier League MVP.
Nailon re-signed with Bnei HaSharon on August 1, 2010.[4] In 2011, he was the top scorer in the Israel Basketball Premier League.
In 2018, Nailon was drafted 6th overall by the Ghost Ballers of the United States-based BIG3.[5]
NBA career statistics[]
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 |
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2000-01 | Charlotte | 42 | 0 | 11.2 | .485 | .000 | .744 | 2.2 | .6 | .21 | .12 | 3.9 |
2001-02 | Charlotte | 79 | 41 | 24.2 | .483 | .500 | .747 | 3.7 | 1.2 | .75 | .22 | 10.8 |
2002-03 | New York | 38 | 0 | 10.7 | .442 | .000 | .824 | 1.8 | .7 | .16 | .08 | 5.5 |
2003-04 | Atlanta | 27 | 0 | 11.1 | .457 | .000 | .842 | 2.3 | .6 | .37 | .26 | 5.3 |
2003-04 | Orlando | 8 | 0 | 10.4 | .407 | .000 | .778 | 1.8 | .5 | .13 | .00 | 3.6 |
2003-04 | Cleveland | 22 | 4 | 18.0 | .451 | .000 | .800 | 3.0 | .8 | .18 | .05 | 7.7 |
2004-05 | New Orleans | 68 | 51 | 29.7 | .478 | .000 | .806 | 4.4 | 1.6 | .53 | .24 | 14.2 |
2005-06 | Philadelphia | 22 | 0 | 10.8 | .500 | .000 | .867 | 1.9 | .3 | .36 | .18 | 4.2 |
Career | 306 | 96 | 19.0 | .474 | .111 | .786 | 3.1 | 1.0 | .43 | .10 | 8.6 |
References[]
- ^ a b Vecsey, Peter (8 November 2002). "WHY SILAS HAMMERED NAILON ; PAIR ALMOST CAME TO BLOWS DURING PRESEASON GAME".
- ^ November 21, Laura Price-Brown STAFF WRITER; Pm, 2002 7:00. "Nailon Tries To Get Past His Past". Newsday.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
- ^ BORDEN, SAM. "FOR NAILON, HALF A WISH". nydailynews.com.
- ^ Israeli - Men Basketball. Retrieved on August 1, 2010.
- ^ "Lee Nailon – BIG3". BIG3. Retrieved 2018-06-14.
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- American expatriate basketball people in Russia
- American expatriate basketball people in South Korea
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- Big3 players
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- Estudiantes de Bahía Blanca basketball players
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- Leones de Ponce basketball players
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- Philadelphia 76ers players
- Piratas de Quebradillas players
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