Antonio McDyess

Antonio Keithflen McDyess (born September 7, 1974) is an American former professional basketball player. Listed at 6'9" (2.06 m) and 245 lb (111 kg), McDyess played as a power forward.

Antonio McDyess

McDyess with the Spurs
Personal information
Born	(1974-09-07) September 7, 1974 Quitman, Mississippi
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight	245 lb (111 kg)
Career information
High school	Quitman (Quitman, Mississippi)
College	Alabama (1993–1995)
NBA draft	1995 / Round: 1 / Pick: 2nd overall
Selected by the Los Angeles Clippers
Playing career	1995–2011
Position	Power forward / Center
Number	24, 34, 14
Career history
1995–1997	Denver Nuggets
1997–1998	Phoenix Suns
1998–2002	Denver Nuggets
2002–2004	New York Knicks
2004	Phoenix Suns
2004–2009	Detroit Pistons
2009–2011	San Antonio Spurs
Career highlights and awards
NBA All-Star (2001) All-NBA Third Team (1999) NBA All-Rookie First Team (1996) Second-team Parade All-American (1993)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals Men's basketball Representing  United States Olympic Games 2000 Sydney Team competition

Early life

McDyess was born in Quitman, Mississippi and attended the University of Alabama.[1] As a prep, McDyess was one of the top 30 players nationally, and made the Magic Johnson Roundball Classic. McDyess played college basketball at the University of Alabama. As a sophomore, he led the Crimson Tide in scoring (13.6) and rebounding (10.0), and was considered the SEC's best big man.[2] He decided to forgo his final two years of college to enter the 1995 NBA draft.[3]

Playing career

McDyess was selected with the second overall pick in the 1995 draft by the Los Angeles Clippers,[1] and was traded to the Denver Nuggets before the season began, along with Randy Woods, for fellow forward Rodney Rogers and a mid-first-round pick that was later used to select Brent Barry.[4] McDyess's explosive leaping and power dunking ability allowed him to average 17.8 points and 8.8 rebounds per game over his first six seasons. In 1997, before his third year, McDyess was traded to the Phoenix Suns.[5] He helped the Suns to a 56–26 record during his lone season in Phoenix.

He became a free agent prior to the lockout-shortened 1998–99 season, and returned to the Nuggets. The move was controversial however, because after he had verbally agreed to return to Denver, he reconsidered an offer to return to Phoenix. According to Sports Illustrated, Jason Kidd, Rex Chapman, and George McCloud flew through a blizzard to Denver in hopes of convincing him to re-sign with the Suns. McDyess was attending a Colorado Avalanche game with Nuggets President and General Manager Dan Issel, and Issel told security to not let the three Suns players into the building. Without any further consultation, he re-signed with the Nuggets.

Considered an up and comer, he was selected to be a part of the gold medal-winning U.S. Olympic men's basketball team at the 2000 Summer Olympics. In 2000–01, McDyess was named an All–Star and became just the third Nugget to average at least 20 points and 10 rebounds for a season, after Dan Issel in 1977–78 and George McGinnis in 1978–79. Early in the 2001–02 season McDyess suffered a serious knee injury, a Patellar tendon rupture, that required season-ending surgery. McDyess struggled to play through the injury, re-aggravating it several times and going through additional surgeries over the next few seasons. He was sidelined due to injury for the remainder of the 2001–02 season as well as the entire 2002–03 NBA season.

McDyess with the Pistons in 2008

McDyess was traded to the Knicks on June 26, 2002[6] in exchange for Marcus Camby, Mark Jackson and the draft rights to Nenê, the seventh overall pick in the 2002 NBA draft. McDyess began the 2002–03 season as a highly anticipated addition to the New York Knicks. But on October 8, 2002, with 1 minute 55 seconds left in an exhibition game against Phoenix, McDyess reinjured the knee while dunking a rebound.[7] He would undergo another surgery four days later. In the 2003–04 season, McDyess was traded to the Phoenix Suns after just 18 games with the Knicks in an eight–player deal that brought Stephon Marbury to New York.[8] He remained healthy while in Phoenix for the remainder of the 2003–04 season. That off-season, his knee was declared healthy and the Detroit Pistons signed him for the full mid-level exception.

As a member of the Pistons, McDyess was successful in reinventing his game. In his first season with the Pistons, averaged 9.6 points and 6.3 rebounds per 23.3 minutes. He relied mostly on mid–range and turn–around jumpers, but remained an efficient scorer, with a 51.3% FG% (ranked 13th in the NBA), helping the Pistons to an Eastern Conference Championship, though they lost to the Spurs in the NBA Finals. He was a dependable sixth man for Detroit, playing in all 82 games in each of the next two seasons. In 2007–08, following the departure of Chris Webber, McDyess became the Pistons' starting power forward.

On November 3, 2008, McDyess was traded to the Denver Nuggets, along with Chauncey Billups and Cheikh Samb, for Allen Iverson.[9] His inclusion in the trade was for salary cap purposes only, and the Nuggets bought out his contract.[10] He waited the league-mandated 30-day period before he could rejoin Detroit, then re-signed with the Pistons on December 9.[11]

The San Antonio Spurs reached an agreement with McDyess on July 8, 2009 to a three-year deal worth the mid-level exception (up to $15 million).[12] He spent the next two seasons with San Antonio as their starting Center, next to Tim Duncan.[13]

On December 19, 2011, McDyess announced his retirement from the NBA.[14]

NBA career statistics

Legend

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
1995–96	Denver	76	75	30.0	.485	.000	.683	7.5	1.0	.7	1.5	13.4
1996–97	Denver	74	73	34.7	.463	.171	.708	7.3	1.4	.8	1.7	18.3
1997–98	Phoenix	81	81	30.1	.536	.000	.702	7.6	1.3	1.2	1.7	15.1
1998–99	Denver	50	50	38.7	.471	.111	.680	10.7	1.6	1.5	2.3	21.2
1999–00	Denver	81	81	33.3	.507	.000	.626	8.5	2.0	.9	1.7	19.1
2000–01	Denver	70	70	36.5	.495	-	.700	12.1	2.1	.6	1.5	20.8
2001–02	Denver	10	10	23.6	.573	-	.818	5.5	1.8	1.0	.8	11.3
2003–04	New York	18	6	23.4	.458	-	.579	6.6	1.1	.7	.6	8.4
2003–04	Phoenix	24	14	21.1	.484	-	.516	5.8	.7	1.0	.5	5.8
2004–05	Detroit	77	8	23.3	.513	.000	.656	6.3	.9	.6	.7	9.6
2005–06	Detroit	82	0	21.1	.509	.000	.557	5.3	1.1	.6	.6	7.8
2006–07	Detroit	82	3	21.1	.526	-	.691	6.0	.9	.7	.8	8.1
2007–08	Detroit	78	78	29.3	.488	.000	.622	8.5	1.1	.8	.7	8.8
2008–09	Detroit	62	30	30.1	.510	-	.698	9.8	1.3	.7	.8	9.6
2009–10	San Antonio	77	50	21.0	.479	.000	.632	5.9	1.1	.6	.4	5.8
2010–11	San Antonio	73	16	19.0	.491	.000	.675	5.4	1.2	.5	.5	5.3
Career		1015	645	27.6	.497	.117	.670	7.5	1.3	.8	1.1	12.0
All-Star		1	0	15.0	.444	.000	.000	8.0	2.0	1.0	.0	8.0

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1998	Phoenix	4	4	36.8	.1233	-	.643	13.3	1.0	.5	1.5	17.8
2005	Detroit	25	0	19.8	.486	-	.694	5.9	.8	.6	.9	8.0
2006	Detroit	18	0	20.6	.559	.000	.548	6.1	.6	.4	.7	7.6
2007	Detroit	16	0	22.1	.349	.000	.731	7.1	1.1	.7	.9	5.8
2008	Detroit	17	11	27.5	.538	-	.821	7.4	.9	.6	.5	8.9
2009	Detroit	4	4	34.0	.523	-	1.000	8.5	.5	.5	.8	13.0
2010	San Antonio	10	10	24.7	.532	-	1.000	6.8	1.2	.2	.7	6.8
2011	San Antonio	6	6	24.2	.417	-	.571	5.0	1.3	.3	.8	5.7
Career		100	35	23.6	.487	.000	.689	6.8	.9	.5	.8	8.1

See also

• List of National Basketball Association career games played leaders

References

1. "Antonio McDyess". Baseball-Reference.Com. Retrieved October 10, 2012.
2. McDyess makes big jump into the national spotlight NCAA TOURNAMENT
3. McDyess and then Alabama go down in 66–52 Okla. State win NCAA TOURNAMENT EAST REGIONAL
4. "Trade Evaluation: Clippers Trade Away Draft Pick Antonio McDyess". Archived from the original on February 25, 2017. Retrieved February 24, 2017.
5. Suns Make Trade for McDyess|October 02, 1997
6. Knicks Acquire NBA All–Star Antonio McDyess
7. PRO BASKETBALL; Grim News for Knicks: More Surgery for McDyess - New York Times, Query.nytimes.com. Retrieved on November 4, 2008
8. SUNS: Suns Complete 8–Player Trade with Knicks
9. ESPN – Denver Nuggets trade Allen Iverson to Detroit Pistons
10. McDyess clears waivers, becomes unrestricted free agent
11. Associated Press
12. Spurs Keep Getting Stronger Sign McDyess
13. ANTONIO MCDYESS, SPURS' NEWEST SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, FINDS HIS WAY
14. "The Spurs waived F/C Antonio McDyess Monday so that he can retire". mysanantonio. December 19, 2011. Retrieved December 20, 2011.

External links

• Career statistics and player information from NBA.com, or Basketball-Reference.com