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Jimmy King
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King in 1993 as a University of Michigan basketball player next to Jalen Rose.
Personal information
Born (1973-08-09) August 9, 1973 (age 50)
South Bend, Indiana
Nationality American
High school Plano East (Plano, Texas)
Listed height 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight 210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
College Michigan (1991–1995)
NBA Draft 1995 / Round: 2 / Pick: 35th overall
Selected by the Toronto Raptors
Pro career 1995–2005
Career history
1995–1996 Toronto Raptors
1996–1997 Quad City Thunder
1997 Denver Nuggets
1997–1999 Quad City Thunder
1999–2000 La Crosse Bobcats
2000 Sioux Falls Skyforce
2000 Quad City Thunder
2000–2001 Gary Steelheads
2001 Trotamundos de Carabobo
2001–2002 Asheville Altitude
2002–2003 Spójnia Stargard Szczeciński
2003–2004 Great Lakes Storm
2004–2005 Texas Tycoons
2005 Guaiqueríes de Margarita
Career highlights and awards
  • CBA champion (1998)
  • CBA Most Valuable Player (1998)
  • All-CBA First Team (1998)
  • CBA All-Defensive Team (1998)
  • Second-team Parade All-American (1991)
  • McDonald's All-American (1991)
  • Texas Mr. Basketball (1991)
Career NBA statistics
Points 285 (4.5 ppg)
Rebounds 112 (1.8 rpg)
Assists 90 (1.4 apg)
Medals
Representing  United States
World Championships
Bronze 1998 Greece National team

Jimmy Hal King (born August 9, 1973) is an American former professional basketball player. King played in the NBA and other leagues. He is most famous for his time spent on the famed University of Michigan Wolverines Fab Five along with Ray Jackson, Juwan Howard, Chris Webber, and Jalen Rose, who reached the 1992 and 1993 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship games as freshmen and sophomores. He played all four years at Michigan and averaged 15 points per game as a senior in 1995.

College career

He was part of the University of Michigan Wolverines Fab Five, along with Ray Jackson and future NBA players Juwan Howard, Chris Webber and Jalen Rose, that reached the 1992 and 1993 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship games as freshmen and sophomores. He was a starter for teams that reached the tournament four times. Before this, he was a high school All-American basketball player at Plano East Senior High School in Plano, a city north of Dallas, Texas. Although the Fab Five final four appearances have been forfeited, he was not among the players called before the grand jury (Robert Traylor, Webber, Rose, Maurice Taylor, and Louis Bullock) in the University of Michigan basketball scandal and was not found to have received large amounts of money.

Professional career

King was selected by the Toronto Raptors in the second round (35th overall) of the 1995 NBA draft and played 62 games for them during the 1995–96 season, averaging 4.5 points, 1.8 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game. On July 24, 1996, before the start of the 1996–97 season, he was traded to the Dallas Mavericks in exchange for Ronald "Popeye" Jones, but King was eventually waived. After playing most of the 1996–97 season with the Quad City Thunder of the CBA, he signed with the Denver Nuggets on a 10-day contract, but participated in only two games for them, tallying six points, two rebounds, two assists and three steals.

King also played a few seasons in Europe and with the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) where he was the 1998 league MVP with the Quad City Thunder. He played for the US national team in the 1998 FIBA World Championship, winning the bronze medal. He also played for the Asheville Altitude in the NBDL.

King's last chance to return to the NBA came before the 2000–01 NBA season where King was the final player cut on the defending Eastern Conference champion Indiana Pacers.

In a phone interview on the Jim Rome Show on November 30, 2006, King stated he was working as a financial advisor for Merrill Lynch on Wall Street. During the 2008–09 Michigan Wolverines season King served as a radio color commentator.

Currently, King is the Vice President at TruChampions, a high school sports recruiting solution that helps parents take their student-athletes from 0 to 5+ offers by the end of their high school career.

The March 13, 2011 airing of the ESPN films 30 for 30 documentary The Fab Five sparked national outrage that led to a series of media exchanges between members of the press, Michigan Wolverines men's basketball players, including King, and Duke Blue Devils men's basketball players in forums such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post.

In 2016, King began his coaching career as he became the head coach of the Ecorse Community High School men's basketball team in Ecorse, Michigan.

See also

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