Damon Stoudamire 914333 225183554 2008-07-12T09:40:45Z Thijs!bot 1392310 robot Adding: [[it:Damon Stoudamire]] {{Refimprove|date=January 2008}} {{Infobox NBA Player | image = Replace this image male.svg | name = Damon Stoudamire | position = [[Point guard]] | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 10 | weight_lbs = 171 | league = [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] | team = [[San Antonio Spurs]] | number = 3 | nationality = [[United States|American]] | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|9|3}} | birth_place = [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]], [[Oregon]] | highschool = [[Woodrow Wilson High School (Portland, Oregon)|Woodrow Wilson HS]]<br>(Portland, Oregon) | college = [[Arizona Wildcats men's basketball|Arizona]] | draft = 7th overall | draft_year = 1995 | draft_team = [[Toronto Raptors]] | career_start = [[1995-96 NBA season|1995]] | career_end = | former_teams = [[Toronto Raptors]] (1995&ndash;1998) <br> [[Portland Trail Blazers]] (1998&ndash;2005) <br> [[Memphis Grizzlies]] (2005&ndash;2008) | awards = 1994-95 Pac 10 Co-Player of the Year<br>[[1995-96 NBA season|1995-96]] [[NBA Rookie of the Year Award|NBA Rookie of the Year]] }} '''Damon Lamon Stoudamire''' (born [[September 3]] [[1973]]) is an [[United States|American]] professional [[basketball]] player, currently with the [[San Antonio Spurs]] in the [[National Basketball Association|NBA]]. He officially became a [[free agent]] at 10 pm on January 30, 2008 [[Eastern Time Zone (North America)|ET]] when he cleared waivers after a buyout from the Grizzlies.<ref name=spurs/> The {{height|ft=5|in=10}}, {{convert|171|lb|kg st|abbr=on|lk=on}} [[point guard]] was selected with the 7th overall pick by the [[Toronto Raptors]] in the [[1995 NBA Draft]] and has won the [[1995-96 NBA season|1995-96]] [[NBA Rookie of the Year Award]]. He has played professionally for the [[Toronto Raptors]], [[Portland Trail Blazers]], [[Memphis Grizzlies]],[[San Antonio Spurs]] and collegiately at the [[University of Arizona]]. He is the cousin of former [[Arizona Wildcats men's basketball|Arizona Wildcats]] standout and current [[Atlanta Hawks]] guard [[Salim Stoudamire]]. ==Early life== Stoudamire was born to Willie Stoudamire and Liz Washington in [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]], [[Oregon]]. He was the only child, with three stepsisters. His parents never married. Willie Stoudamire moved away to [[Milwaukee, Wisconsin|Milwaukee]], [[Wisconsin]] to work in a brewery when Damon was seven years old. Stoudamire was raised by his mother Liz and his grandmother Wanda Stoudamire-Matthews. While Stoudamire was growing up, his uncles Charles and Anthony Stoudamire got him into sports, mainly [[basketball]] and [[American football]]. They acted as fathers and personal coaches to Stoudamire in his younger years. He grew up watching his favorite player [[Nate Archibald]] and attempted to pattern his game after his childhood hero. As he grew older, he began to play basketball at Irving Park in the [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]] neighborhood [[Irvington, Portland, Oregon|Irvington]] and at the Matt Dishman Community Center in Portland. Stoudamire attended grade school at Holy Redeemer, a [[Catholic school]], and went on to attend [[Woodrow Wilson High School (Portland, Oregon)|Woodrow Wilson High School]]. During his junior year in high school, his grandmother Wanda died of cancer, and he would later go on to tattoo Wanda's face and her address on his left arm in remembrance. He was accepted by the [[University of Oregon]], but chose to attend the [[University of Arizona]] instead. ==High school== Stoudamire attended [[Woodrow Wilson High School (Portland, Oregon)|Woodrow Wilson High School]], playing there for the Trojans, where he led his team to a 74-4 record and state championships in 1989 and 1991. He averaged 26.1 [[Point (basketball)|points]], 9.2 [[Assist (basketball)|assists]], and 3.6 [[Rebound (basketball)|rebounds]] per game while playing for his school. He earned two ''Oregon Player of the Year'' and one ''[[Converse]] High School All-American'' awards during his senior year. ==College== Stoudamire played [[point guard]] for the [[Arizona Wildcats men's basketball|Arizona Wildcats]] and legendary coach [[Lute Olson]]. He was a first-team All-American and finalist for ''College Player of the Year''. He teamed up with [[Khalid Reeves]] his junior year to lead the team to the [[NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship#Final Four|Final Four]]. During his senior year, he earned the All-American honors for his 22.8 points per game. He also finished his college career first on the Wildcats' all-time list in [[three-point field goal|three-pointers made]] (272), second in points (1,849), and fourth in assists (663), and was the only player in [[Arizona]] history to have two 40-point games. Stoudamire scored his career-high 45 points at [[Stanford University]] on [[January 12]], [[1995]]. He was named a 1995 ''[[John R. Wooden Award|Wooden Award]]'' finalist after sharing the ''[[Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament|Pac-10]] Player of the Year'' award with [[Ed O'Bannon]]. == NBA career == ===Toronto Raptors=== Stoudamire had a noteworthy [[rookie]] season with the [[Toronto Raptors]], averaging 9.3 assists and 19 points per game. He earned the nickname "Mighty Mouse" due to the fact that he stands only {{height|ft=5|in=10}}, and that he had a [[Mighty Mouse]] [[tattoo]] on his right arm going into his rookie season. He currently holds the record for [[three point field goal]]s made by a rookie with 133, breaking then record held by [[Dennis Scott (basketball)|Dennis Scott]], and is third in [[assist (basketball)|assist]] average by a rookie. He ranked second in scoring among all rookies in [[1995-96 NBA season|1995-96]], and led all rookies in minutes played and assists. He received the ''[[Schick (razors)|Schick]] Rookie of the Month'' award twice and unanimously made the Schick [[NBA All-Rookie Team|All Rookie First Team]], and eventually won the ''[[NBA Rookie of the Year Award|Rookie of the Year]]'' award, receiving 76 of the possible 113 votes, and the [[Most Valuable Player|MVP]] award of the Rookie All-Star Game. He holds the record for being the third-lowest draft pick (7<sup>th</sup> overall) to ever win the Rookie of the Year award, with the lowest being [[Mark Jackson (basketball)|Mark Jackson]] (18<sup>th</sup> overall). He is also known as the shortest player to ever win this award. He did not play the last 10 games of his rookie season due to [[tendinitis]] in his left knee. The Raptors finished their rookie season with 21 wins and 61 losses. ===Portland Trail Blazers=== In [[February 13]], [[1998]], he was traded by the [[Toronto Raptors|Raptors]] along with [[Walt Williams]] and [[Carlos Rogers (basketball)| Carlos Rogers]] to the [[Portland Trail Blazers]] in exchange for [[Kenny Anderson]], [[Alvin Williams]], [[Gary Trent]], two first-round draft picks, a second-round draft pick and cash considerations. As a member of the Blazers, his stats fell somewhat from his career highs. In the [[2001-02 NBA season|2001-02 season]], the Blazers benched Stoudamire for most of the time. The new head coach, [[Maurice Cheeks]], went with [[Scottie Pippen]] and [[Bonzi Wells]] instead at the guard positions. However, Stoudamire received significant playing time in the playoffs that season. On [[January 14]], [[2005]], Stoudamire hit a career-high and Blazers franchise record 54 points, which included 8 [[three point field goal|3-pointers]], against the [[New Orleans Hornets]]. The same season, on [[April 15]], he shot an [[NBA records|NBA record]] 21 3-point attempts, making only 5 of them. Stoudamire's contract with the Blazers expired at the end of the [[2004-05 NBA season|2004-05 season]], and it became widely known that the Blazers, who were focusing on youth movement and looking for players with good character, had no intention of re-signing him. This became abundantly clear in [[August 2005]], when the team signed free agent guard [[Juan Dixon]] to a contract, and assigned him Stoudamire's uniform number (3). Stoudamire wanted the Blazers to work out a sign-and-trade deal whereby he would end up with the [[Houston Rockets]], but since this would have required Portland to take one of Houston's overpaid players in return and the team, at that time, had a relatively high payroll, Portland management decided to go in another direction with players like Juan Dixon and [[Steve Blake]]. ===Memphis Grizzlies=== On [[August 5]], [[2005]], after Stoudamire had been in discussions with several teams, it was announced he signed a 4-year deal with the [[Memphis Grizzlies]], where he replaced [[Jason Williams (basketball)|Jason Williams]], who left for the [[Miami Heat]], as the starting [[point guard]]. On [[December 30]], [[2005]], he tore his right [[patellar tendon]], ironically in his hometown of Portland. He was carted off the court, and had successful surgery in [[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham]], [[Alabama]] the following week. He missed the rest of the [[2005-06 NBA season|2005-06 season]], returning for [[2006-07 NBA season|2006-07]], and ended up playing 62 games, of which he started 51 (evenly splitting point guard duties with veteran backup [[Chucky Atkins]]). During the [[2007-08 NBA season|2007-08 season]], on [[NBA Access with Ahmad Rashad]], he said that he was working hard with [[Mike Conley, Jr.]], a [[2007 NBA Draft|2007 draft pick]] by the [[Memphis Grizzlies|Grizzlies]], who, after Stoudamire had left, would play a major role as a [[point guard]]. When Conley returned from an injury, Grizzlies head coach [[Marc Iavaroni]] placed Stoudamire on the inactive list and used inexperienced rookie Mike Conley as the starting point guard, causing Stoudamire to look for a trade or a buyout. On [[January 26]], [[2008]], the Grizzlies reached a tentative contractual buyout agreement with Stoudamire,<ref name=buyout>[http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3215868 Sources: Stoudamire, Grizzlies agree on buyout terms], [[ESPN.com]], January 27, 2008</ref> with the [[San Antonio Spurs]], [[Boston Celtics]], [[Phoenix Suns]], [[Denver Nuggets]] and [[Toronto Raptors]] registering strong interest in signing him.<ref name=spurs/><ref name=buyout/> On [[January 28]], the buyout was completed and Stoudamire was placed on waivers.<ref>[http://www.nba.com/grizzlies/news/grizzlies_waive_damon_stoudamire-080128.html Grizzlies waive guard Damon Stoudamire], [[Memphis Grizzlies|Grizzlies.com]], January 28, 2008.</ref><ref>[http://www.nba.com/nba_news/stoudamire_waived_080129.html Grizzlies waive Damon Stoudamire], [[Associated Press]], January 29, 2008.</ref> The Celtics initially showed strong interest in in Stoudamire but since set their sights on the [[Los Angeles Clippers|LA Clippers]]' [[Sam Cassell]].<ref name=spurs/> According to Stoudamire's agent, Stoudamire was to sign with the Spurs.<ref name=spurs>[http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3223023 Agent: Spurs to announce signing of Stoudamire this week]. January 30, 2008</ref> ===San Antonio Spurs=== On [[February 3]], [[2008]], Stoudamire signed a contract with the [[San Antonio Spurs]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nba.com/news/Spurs_Sign_Damon_Stoudamire_080203.html |title=NBA.com: Spurs Sign Damon Stoudamire |accessdate=2008-02-03}}</ref> ==Marijuana possession== His stint with the [[Portland Trail Blazers]] was marred by several [[cannabis (drug)|marijuana]] related incidents including one during the [[2002-03 NBA season|2002-03 season]] where, with then-starting power forward [[Rasheed Wallace]], his yellow [[Hummer]] was pulled over on [[Interstate 5|I-5]] for speeding and driving under the influence of marijuana.<ref>[http://espn.go.com/nba/news/2002/1122/1464689.html Stoudamire, Wallace will have to appear in court], ''[[Associated Press]]'', November 22, 2002.</ref> In [[July 2003]], after his third arrest for [[cannabis (drug)|marijuana]] possession, he was fined $250,000 and was suspended by the team for three months.<ref name=marijuanafine>[http://espn.go.com/nba/news/2003/0707/1577800.html Blazers fine Stoudamire $250,000 after latest mishap], ''[[Associated Press]]'', July 7, 2003.</ref> Blazers president [[Steve Patterson (sports executive)|Steve Patterson]] announced that he wanted to void Stoudamire's contract, but did not find a provision in the contract that would allow him to do so.<ref name=marijuanafine/> Stoudamire completed a 90-day [[drug rehabilitation|rehabilitation]] program. In addition, he made an agreement with ''[[The Oregonian]]'' sports columnist [[John Canzano]] to take an unannounced [[urine test]] during any point of the [[2003-04 NBA season|2003-04 season]] to prove his sobriety. Midway through the season, Canzano appeared in the team locker room and produced a specimen bottle which Stoudamire filled. An independent testing laboratory reported back the result that he was indeed clean. The incident rehabilitated Stoudamire in the minds of many Portland fans, who had come to regard him as one of the [[Portland Trail Blazers#The "Jail Blazers" era|"Jail Blazers"]]. However, Stoudamire was widely criticized by the [[NBA Players Association]] for the drug test, who claimed that NBA players may only submit to such tests as prescribed by the league's [[Collective bargaining|Collective Bargaining Agreement]] (CBA). The fact that the test was voluntary, and not administered by the league or any of its teams, did not make Stoudamire immune to such criticism. Despite the criticism, no official action was taken by the union against Stoudamire for his participation in the test. == NBA career statistics == {{NBA player statistics legend}} ==== Regular season ==== {{NBA player statistics start}} |- | align="left" | [[1995–96 NBA season|1995–96]] | align="left" | [[Toronto Raptors|Toronto]] | 70 || 70 || 40.9 || .426 || '''.395''' || .797 || 4.0 || '''9.3''' || 1.4 || '''.3''' || 19.0 |- | align="left" | [[1996–97 NBA season|1996–97]] | align="left" | [[Toronto Raptors|Toronto]] | 81 || 81 || 40.9 || .401 || .355 || .823 || 4.1 || 8.8 || 1.5 || .2 || '''20.2''' |- | align="left" | [[1997–98 NBA season|1997–98]] | align="left" | [[Toronto Raptors|Toronto]] | 49 || 49 || '''41.5''' || .425 || .317 || .844 || '''4.4''' || 8.1 || '''1.6''' || .1 || 19.4 |- | align="left" | [[1997–98 NBA season|1997–98]] | align="left" | [[Portland Trail Blazers|Portland]] | 22 || 22 || 36.6 || .364 || .263 || .787 || 3.7 || 8.2 || 1.5 || .1 || 12.4 |- | align="left" | [[1998–99 NBA season|1998–99]] | align="left" | [[Portland Trail Blazers|Portland]] | 50 || 50 || 33.5 || .396 || .310 || .730 || 3.3 || 6.2 || 1.0 || .1 || 12.6 |- | align="left" | [[1999–00 NBA season|1999–00]] | align="left" | [[Portland Trail Blazers|Portland]] | 78 || 78 || 30.4 || .432 || .377 || .841 || 3.1 || 5.2 || 1.0 || .0 || 12.5 |- | align="left" | [[2000–01 NBA season|2000–01]] | align="left" | [[Portland Trail Blazers|Portland]] | '''82''' || '''82''' || 32.4 || '''.434''' || .374 || .831 || 3.7 || 5.7 || 1.3 || .1 || 13.0 |- | align="left" | [[2001–02 NBA season|2001–02]] | align="left" | [[Portland Trail Blazers|Portland]] | 75 || 71 || 37.3 || .402 || .353 || .888 || 3.9 || 6.5 || .9 || .1 || 13.5 |- | align="left" | [[2002–03 NBA season|2002–03]] | align="left" | [[Portland Trail Blazers|Portland]] | 59 || 27 || 22.3 || .376 || .386 || .791 || 2.6 || 3.5 || .7 || .1 || 6.9 |- | align="left" | [[2003–04 NBA season|2003–04]] | align="left" | [[Portland Trail Blazers|Portland]] | '''82''' || '''82''' || 38.0 || .401 || .365 || .876 || 3.8 || 6.1 || 1.2 || .1 || 13.4 |- | align="left" | [[2004–05 NBA season|2004–05]] | align="left" | [[Portland Trail Blazers|Portland]] | 81 || 70 || 34.1 || .392 || .369 || '''.915''' || 3.8 || 5.7 || 1.1 || .0 || 15.8 |- | align="left" | [[2005–06 NBA season|2005–06]] | align="left" | [[Memphis Grizzlies|Memphis]] | 27 || 27 || 31.9 || .397 || .346 || .855 || 3.5 || 4.7 || .7 || .0 || 11.7 |- | align="left" | [[2006–07 NBA season|2006–07]] | align="left" | [[Memphis Grizzlies|Memphis]] | 62 || 51 || 24.2 || .391 || .337 || .795 || 2.2 || 4.8 || .8 || .0 || 7.5 |- | align="left" | [[2007–08 NBA season|2007–08]] | align="left" | [[Memphis Grizzlies|Memphis]] | 29 || 29 || 21.5 || .397 || .383 || .808 || 2.4 || 3.9 || .7 || .0 || 7.3 |- | align="left" | [[2007–08 NBA season|2007–08]] | align="left" | [[San Antonio Spurs|San Antonio]] | 31 || 4 || 13.3 || .301 || .255 || .750 || 1.5 || 1.7 || .3 || .1 || 3.4 |- | align="left" | Career | align="left" | | 878 || 793 || 33.2 || .406 || .357 || .833 || 3.5 || 6.1 || 1.1 || .0 || 13.4 {{end box}} ==== Playoffs ==== {{NBA player statistics start}} |- | align="left" | [[1998 NBA Playoffs|1997–98]] | align="left" | [[Portland Trail Blazers|Portland]] | 4 || 4 || '''41.5''' || .397 || .364 || '''1.000''' || 4.3 || '''9.5''' || '''1.2''' || .2 || '''17.8''' |- | align="left" | [[1999 NBA Playoffs|1998–99]] | align="left" | [[Portland Trail Blazers|Portland]] | 13 || 13 || 31.0 || .380 || .455 || .706 || 3.2 || 5.6 || .6 || .1 || 10.2 |- | align="left" | [[2000 NBA Playoffs|1999–00]] | align="left" | [[Portland Trail Blazers|Portland]] | '''16''' || '''16''' || 27.9 || .415 || .333 || .833 || 2.6 || 3.6 || .5 || .2 || 8.9 |- | align="left" | [[2001 NBA Playoffs|2000–01]] | align="left" | [[Portland Trail Blazers|Portland]] | 3 || 3 || 38.0 || .413 || .154 || '''1.000''' || 3.0 || 4.3 || .7 || '''.3''' || 17.7 |- | align="left" | [[2002 NBA Playoffs|2001–02]] | align="left" | [[Portland Trail Blazers|Portland]] | 3 || 3 || 33.0 || .227 || '''.750''' || .667 || 2.3 || 3.3 || .7 || .0 || 5.0 |- | align="left" | [[2003 NBA Playoffs|2002–03]] | align="left" | [[Portland Trail Blazers|Portland]] | 7 || 6 || 33.1 || '''.456''' || .484 || .952 || '''5.1''' || 5.6 || .9 || '''.3''' || 15.3 |- | align="left" | [[2008 NBA Playoffs|2007–08]] | align="left" | [[San Antonio Spurs|San Antonio]] | 7 || 0 || 5.0 || .333 || .250 || .667 || 1.0 || .3 || .1 || .0 || 1.9 |- | align="left" | Career | align="left" | | 53 || 45 || 28.2 || .399 || .389 || .847 || 3.0 || 4.4 || .6 || .2 || 10.1 {{end box}} ==References== {{reflist}} *''Airborne: The Damon Stoudamire Story'' by Doug Smith ==External links== *{{NBA-profile}} *{{basketball-reference|Damon Stoudamire}} *[http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/players/profile?playerId=817 {{{name|Damon Stoudamire}}}] at [[ESPN.com]] *[http://www.thedraftreview.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2402&Itemid=33 TheDraftReview.com - Stoudamire's NBA Draft History Page] *[http://www.stoudamire.com stoudamire.com Official Damon Stoudamire Website] {{start box}} {{succession box | title=[[NBA Rookie of the Year Award|NBA Rookie of the Year]] | before=[[Grant Hill (basketball)|Grant Hill]] and [[Jason Kidd]] | years=[[1995-96 NBA season|1995-96]] <br>| after=[[Allen Iverson]]}} {{end box}} {{San Antonio Spurs current roster}} {{1995 NBA Draft}} {{NBA Rookies of the Year}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Stoudamire, Damon}} [[Category:1973 births]] [[Category:African American sportspeople]] [[Category:American basketball players]] [[Category:Arizona Wildcats men's basketball players]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Memphis Grizzlies players]] [[Category:National Basketball Association players under six feet]] [[Category:Portland Trail Blazers players]] [[Category:Toronto Raptors players]] [[Category:People from Portland, 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