Chris Wilcox

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Chris Wilcox
Position	Power forward/Center
Height	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Weight	230 lb (105 kg)
Team	Seattle SuperSonics
Nationality	United States
Born	September 3, 1982 (age 24) Raleigh, North Carolina
College	Maryland
Draft	8^th overall, 2002 Los Angeles Clippers
Pro career	2002–present
Former teams	Los Angeles Clippers (2002–2006)

Chris Ray Wilcox (born September 3, 1982 in Raleigh, North Carolina) is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for the Seattle SuperSonics of the NBA. He previously played for the Los Angeles Clippers and collegiately at the University of Maryland, where he helped the Terrapins win their first NCAA championship. While at Whiteville High School in Whiteville, North Carolina, he led the basketball team to the 2A State Championship in 1999. He then transferred to Enloe High School in Raleigh. In his four seasons in the NBA, Wilcox is averaging 7.4 points and 4.3 rebounds. His best season was in 2005-2006 split with the Clippers and Sonics when he averaged 8.1 points and 5.3 rebounds per game. While playing for the Sonics that season, Wilcox averaged 14.1 points per game and 8.2 rebounds per game. He was on the starting lineup for 23 of his 29 games with the Sonics that season.

On the morning of June 27, 2005, Wilcox was stopped by police in Columbia, Maryland, when he was struggling to stay in his lane on southbound U.S. Highway 29. Wilcox passed a sobriety test, but he then admitted that he had a gun in his car, and he was detained. On August 9, in nearby Ellicott City, Howard County police were found to have illegally detained Wilcox, and the gun charges were dropped.

Wilcox was traded on February 14, 2006, to the Seattle Sonics in exchange for Vladimir Radmanovic.

On April 4, 2006, Wilcox recorded a career-high 24 rebounds in a win over the Houston Rockets. Wilcox's rebound total was the most by a Sonic player since Jack Sikma grabbed 25 at Utah on February 10, 1983.

[edit] References

Wilcox Has Big Game, Sonics Top Rockets

[edit] External links

Official Chris Wilcox Website
NBA.com profile
NBA & college stats @ basketballreference.com

2002 NBA Draft
First Round Yao Ming \| Jay Williams \| Mike Dunleavy, Jr. \| Drew Gooden \| Nikoloz Tskitishvili \| Dajuan Wagner \| Maybyner "Nene" Hilario \| Chris Wilcox \| Amare Stoudemire \| Caron Butler \| Jared Jeffries \| Melvin Ely \| Marcus Haislip \| Fred Jones \| Bostjan Nachbar \| Jiri Welsch \| Juan Dixon \| Curtis Borchardt \| Ryan Humphrey \| Kareem Rush \| Qyntel Woods \| Casey Jacobsen \| Tayshaun Prince \| Nenad Krstić \| Frank Williams \| John Salmons \| Chris Jefferies \| Dan Dickau
Second Round Steve Logan \| Roger Mason, Jr. \| Robert Archibald \| Vincent Yarbrough \| Dan Gadzuric \| Carlos Boozer \| Milos Vujanić \| David Andersen \| Tito Maddox \| Rod Grizzard \| Juan Carlos Navarro \| Mario Kasun \| Ronald Murray \| Jason Jennings \| Lonny Baxter \| Sam Clancy \| Matt Barnes \| Jamal Sampson \| Chris Owens \| Peter Fehse \| Darius Songaila \| Federico Kammerichs \| Marcus Taylor \| Rasual Butler \| Tamar Slay \| Mladen Sekularac \| Luis Scola \| Randy Holcomb \| Corsley Edwards