Rashard Lewis

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Rashard Lewis
Position Small forward
Height 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Weight 230 lb (100 kg)
League NBA
Team Orlando Magic
Jersey #9
Born August 8, 1979 (1979-08-08) (age 28)
Pineville, Louisiana
Nationality USA
High school Alief Elsik (Houston, Texas)
Draft 2nd round, 32nd overall, 1998
Seattle SuperSonics
Pro career 1998–present
Former teams Seattle SuperSonics (1998–2007)
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Rashard Quovon Lewis (born August 8, 1979 in Pineville, Louisiana) is an American professional basketball player, currently with the NBA's Orlando Magic as a small forward.

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[edit] High school

Lewis was a highly touted prep player from Alief Elsik High School in Houston, Texas and also attended Killough Middle School.

[edit] NBA career

Lewis bypassed college and opted for the 1998 NBA Draft, wherein he was selected by the Seattle SuperSonics with the third pick of the second round (32nd overall). His hometown's team, the Houston Rockets, declined to select Lewis with any of their three first-round picks and instead chose Michael Dickerson, Mirsad Türkcan and Bryce Drew, much to Lewis' and a large majority of Rockets fan's disappointment.

He has since had a solid career as a forward including his first All-Star berth in the 2004-2005 season. In 2001, Lewis was selected to play for the USA in the Goodwill Games in which they won the gold medal. On October 31, 2003, Lewis scored 50 points to pass Clyde Drexler (41 points) for the most points scored in a single game while playing in Japan. Lewis holds the SuperSonics' record for most three-pointers made, having passed Dale Ellis for second place on November 22, 2005 and Gary Payton for first place on March 13, 2007, when Lewis made his 918th three-pointer in the first quarter of a game against the Detroit Pistons.

After playing his first nine seasons for the Seattle SuperSonics, Lewis joined the Orlando Magic having agreed to a 6-year sign-and-trade deal worth $118 Million on July 11, 2007.[1]On May 25, he had opted out of the last two years of the 7-year, $60 million deal he signed before the 2003-04 season. The final 2 years of his contract were worth a guaranteed $21 million.

Over his 10-year career, he holds an average of 16.8 points per game, with his career high of 22.4 points per game coming in 2006-07.

[edit] Personal

  • Has a twin sister, Kristen, who also played basketball at Alief Elsik HS.
  • His mother named him after former NFL player and current sportscaster Ahmad Rashad.[2]
  • Lewis drives the same Lincoln Navigator he bought his rookie year as a memento that he made it to the league.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Reynolds, Tim. "Lewis Joins Magic in Sign-and-Trade Deal", Associated Press, July 11, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-07-11. 
  2. ^ Tuesday Night with Ahmad: Rashard Lewis. NBA.com (March 6, 2007).

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1 Evans | 4 Battie | 5 Dooling | 7 Redick | 8 Garrity | 9 Lewis | 10 Bogans | 12 Howard | 13 Gortat | 14 Nelson | 15 Turkoglu | 30 Arroyo | 31 Foyle | 34 Cook | 40 Augustine | Coach Van Gundy