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Mario Chalmers
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American basketball player
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Mario Chalmers, born 19 May 1986 in Anchorage, is an American basketball player who plays point guard. He was educated at the University of Kansas, where he played for the Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team, and was drafted by the Minnesota Timberwolves. In the National Basketball Association, Chalmers has played for the Miami Heat and Memphis Grizzlies. His career began in 2008, and he is now retired from professional basketball.
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Key facts
- 2019
- Virtus Bologna
- 2021
- Indios de Mayagüez
- 2022
- Sioux Falls Skyforce
- 2023
- Zamboanga Valientes
- Born
- ( 1986-05-19 ) May 19, 1986 (age 40) , Anchorage, Alaska , U.S.
- Listed height
- 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
- Listed weight
- 190 lb (86 kg)
- High school
- Bartlett (Anchorage, Alaska)
- College
- Kansas (2005–2008)
- Nba draft
- 2008 : 2nd round, 34th overall pick
- Drafted by
- Minnesota Timberwolves
- Playing career
- 2008–2023
- Position
- Point guard
- 2008 2015
- Miami Heat
- 2015 2016 2017 2018
- Memphis Grizzlies
- 2019 2020
- AEK Athens
- 2020 2021
- Aris Thessaloniki
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Basketball
- Position
- Point Guard
- Nationality
- United States
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Mario
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Anchorage
- Occupation
- basketball player
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Sport
- basketball
- Position played
- point guard
- Country for sport
- United States
- Mass
- 88
- Image
- Mario-Chalmers-KU-vs-UT-Feb-11-08.jpg
- Height
- 185
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- Commons category
- Mario Chalmers
- date of birth
- 1986-05-19
- drafted by
- Minnesota Timberwolves
- start of work period
- 2008-00-00
- social media followers
- 886342
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Encyclopedic overview
Almario "Mario" Vernard Chalmers (born May 19, 1986) is an American former professional basketball player. He was selected as the 34th overall pick in the 2008 NBA draft by the Minnesota Timberwolves after playing three seasons of college basketball for the University of Kansas. Chalmers was named the 2006–07 Co-Defensive Player of the Year and the Most Outstanding Player of the 2008 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament after winning the 2008 NCAA championship.
In the NBA, he was the starting point guard for two championship-winning teams with the Miami Heat in 2012 and 2013. Chalmers is the only Alaskan to win a championship in the high school, college, and pro levels. After seven seasons with the Heat he was traded to the Memphis Grizzlies in November 2015 and waived in March 2016 due to injury. After missing a season due to injury he returned with the team in the 2017 offseason before going overseas and G-League in 2018.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mario Chalmers” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.