- Set Miami Heat record for blocks in a game (8)
- Set Miami Heat record for free throw attempts in a game (26) and blocks in a season (124)
- 1990 NBA's Most Improved Player
- Set Miami Heat record for rebounds in a season (934)
- NBA Player of the Week award
- Set Miami Heat record for defensive rebounds (26) and total rebounds (34) in a game
- Set Miami Heat record for free throws made in a game (16)
- 20 games of at least 20 points and 20 rebounds in the same game
- Still holds numerous Miami Heat records
Steve Kerr
Kerr was minimally recruited out of high school because he could not jump and was two steps slower than other point guards.[3] Kerr played basketball for the University of Arizona from 1983 to 1988. In summer 1986, Kerr was named to the USA Basketball team that competed in the FIBA World Championship in Spain. The team became the last American Men's Senior Team composed strictly of amateur players to capture a gold medal. Kerr injured his knee during the tournament, forcing him to miss an entire season (1986–87) at Arizona. After returning to the team, Kerr became a fan favorite due to his leadership and long-range shooting. He helped the Wildcats reach the Final Four of the NCAA Division I basketball tournament in 1988, along with future NBA teammate Sean Elliott and future NBA journeyman Tom Tolbert. He also set a NCAA record for three point percentage in a single season (114-199, 57.3%).
Matt Freijie
(born October 2, 1981) is a Lebanese American professional basketball player who currently plays for Hebraica y Macabi in Uruguay. Freije attended Shawnee Mission West High School in Overland Park, Kansas before attending Vanderbilt University where he was an All-SEC performer. He was selected 53rd overall in the 2004 NBA Draft by the Miami Heat, was then released and later played for the New Orleans Hornets. He played 19 games for the Atlanta Hawks during the 2006-07 season but was waived in December 2006 to clear a roster spot for Slava Medvedenko
Jackson Vroman
(born June 6, 1981 in Laguna, California) is a Lebanese American professional basketball player. He was naturalized as a Lebanese citizen to play in the Lebanon national basketball team, substituting the other naturalized American Lebanese player, Joe Vogel. He is the son of former NBA player Brett Vroman, who played briefly for the Utah Jazz in the 1980-81 NBA season.
His senior year in high school, he played at Viewmont High School in Bountiful, Utah for coach Emery. After a career at Snow Community College in Ephraim, Utah[1] and Iowa State University, Jackson was a second-round draft pick of the Chicago Bulls in the 2004 NBA Draft. He played for the Phoenix Suns and the New Orleans Hornets/New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets, averaging 4.6 points and 3.8 rebounds per game.
During the 2004-05 NBA season he was part of a trade that saw him and teammates Casey Jacobsen and Maciej Lampe being sent to the Hornets for guard Jim Jackson.
In the 2006/07 season he played for CB Gran Canaria in the Spanish ACB.[2] He began the 2007/08 season with CB Girona[3] before being signed by BC Lietuvos Rytas in February 2008.[4] In October 2010 he signed with the Dongguan Leopards in China.[5]
His father Brett had a 12-year basketball career and played for the Utah Jazz during the 1980–81 NBA season.[6]
LEBANESE PLAYERS THAT GOT OFFERS FROM THE NBA:
FADY EL KHATIB:
(Arabic: فادي الخطيب), born January 1, 1979, is a Lebanese basketball player currently playing for Champville SC in the Lebanese Basketball League. He is also the current captain of the Lebanon national basketball team that participated in the 2002 FIBA World Championship in Indianapolis in the United States, in the 2006 FIBA World Championship which took place in Japan, and in the 2010 FIBA World Championship held in Turkey.
INFORMATION SOURCE: http://en.wikipedia.org
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