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Julius Shareef Abdur-Rahim (born December 11, 1976) is an American former professional basketball player who is the president of the NBA G League.Nicknamed Reef, [1] he previously served as the director of player personnel for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the general manager of the Reno Bighorns, the Kings' minor-league affiliate.
The draft class produced three players who won a combined four NBA MVP awards (Kobe Bryant, Allen Iverson, Steve Nash), seven other drafted players who became All-Stars (Shareef Abdur-Rahim, Ray Allen, Žydrūnas Ilgauskas, Stephon Marbury, Jermaine O'Neal, Peja Stojaković, Antoine Walker), and one undrafted All-Star (Ben Wallace), for a grand ...
Including draft day trades, ten of the players that the Grizzlies have drafted were named to the NBA All-Rookie Team in their respective rookie seasons—Shareef Abdur-Rahim in 1997, Mike Bibby in 1999, Shane Battier and Pau Gasol in 2002, Rudy Gay in 2007, Jaren Jackson Jr. in 2019, Ja Morant and Brandon Clarke in 2020, Desmond Bane in 2021 ...
Shareef Abdur-Rahim — Abdur-Rahim, who grew up in East Point, Georgia, led Joseph Wheeler High School to a state title in 1994 and was named “Mr. Georgia Basketball” in back-to-back seasons ...
Abdur-Rahim is a career 35.4% shooter from the perimeter and offers Providence some length at 6-foot-8. He profiles as a veteran replacement for Ticket Gaines, who spent a graduate year with the ...
In the draft, the Grizzlies selected Mike Bibby with the second overall pick. [29] During the 1998–99 season, Abdur-Rahim elevated his performance with 23.0 ppg, the highest season average of his career. [30] Due to the 1998–99 NBA lockout, the season was reduced to only 50 games. [31]
The 2001–02 NBA season was the Hawks' 53rd season in the National Basketball Association, and 34th season in Atlanta. [1] In the 2001 NBA draft, the Hawks selected Spanish basketball star Pau Gasol with the third overall pick, but soon traded him to the Memphis Grizzlies in exchange for Shareef Abdur-Rahim, and first-round draft pick Jamaal Tinsley out of Iowa State University; [2] [3] [4 ...
The younger brother of NBA veteran Shareef Abdur-Rahim and a former all-conference player at Southeastern Louisiana, Abdur-Rahim spent more than a decade as an assistant coach at Murray State ...