Aaron McKie

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Aaron McKie

McKie with Ronny Turiaf in 2007.
No. 23, 8, 2
Small forward / Shooting guard
Personal information
Born October 2, 1972 (1972-10-02) (age 39)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Nationality American
High school Simon Gratz
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Listed height 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight 209 lb (95 kg)
Career information
College Temple (1991–1994)
NBA Draft 1994 / Round: 1 / Pick: 17th overall
Selected by the Portland Trail Blazers
Pro career 1994–2007
Career history
19941997 Portland Trail Blazers
1997
(2 seasons)
Detroit Pistons
1997–2005 Philadelphia 76ers
20052007 Los Angeles Lakers
Career highlights and awards
Career NBA statistics
Points 5,871 (7.4 ppg)
Rebounds 2,587 (3.3 rpg)
Assists 2,126 (2.7 apg)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Aaron Fitzgerald McKie (born October 2, 1972) is an American former professional basketball player in the NBA and currently an assistant coach with the Philadelphia 76ers. Throughout his playing career, McKie was a combo guard, playing at either point guard, shooting guard or small forward.

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High school basketball career

McKie attended Simon Gratz High School in Philadelphia and was a letterman in basketball. In basketball, as a senior, he was an All-Scholastic choice and an All-Southern Pennsylvania choice, and helped lead his team to the Public League championship and a 26 wins-4 loss record, and averaged 18.9 points, 9.9 rebounds, and 7.2 assists per game. He graduated from Gratz in 1990.[1]

College career

After redshirting his freshman year, McKie finished his three-year career at Temple University tied for sixth on the school's all-time scoring list with 1,650 points, averaging 17.9 points per game while starting all 92 games. He teamed up with eventual All-Star Eddie Jones at Temple, and was named first-team All-Atlantic 10 and he was named to the A-10 all-tournament team as a senior. As a junior, he was the 1993 Atlantic 10 Conference Player of the Year, after averaging 20.6 points per game.

NBA career

McKie was selected in the first round (17th overall) of the 1994 NBA Draft by the Portland Trail Blazers. He has since played for the Detroit Pistons, the Philadelphia 76ers, and the Los Angeles Lakers. In the 2000–01 NBA season, McKie was named NBA Sixth Man of the Year, becoming the first Sixers player since Bobby Jones in 1983 to win that honor. McKie played an important role in the NBA Finals-bound team, serving as backup to Eric Snow and Allen Iverson and occasionally played as a starter. He notched consecutive triple doubles during the 2000-01 season, December 30, 2000 vs. the Sacramento Kings (19 points, 10 rebounds, 14 assists) and January 3, 2001 vs. the Atlanta Hawks (11 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists).

On August 12, 2005, he was waived by the 76ers as part of the one-time "Amnesty provision" of the new labor agreement, allowing the 76ers to waive a player to avoid the luxury tax on his salary. McKie signed with the Lakers on August 22, 2005 and played 24 regular-season games for them.

In October 2007, McKie rejoined the 76ers as an assistant coach.[2]

On February 1, 2008, McKie along with Kwame Brown, Javaris Crittenton, rights to Marc Gasol, and 2008 and 2010 first-round draft picks was traded to the Memphis Grizzlies for Pau Gasol.[3][4] The Lakers' acquisition of Pau Gasol was only approved by the league office when McKie—who was working as an assistant coach with Philadelphia when the Lakers called to inform him that they wanted to sign him and throw him in for salary-cap reasons—agreed to join the Grizzlies.

He was released from the Grizzlies on May 9, 2008.[5] He rejoined the Philadelphia coaching staff as an assistant in September 2008.

Statistics

Year Team MPG PPG APG RPG SPG BPG
1994-95 POR 18.4 6.5 2.0 2.9 .80 .40
1995-96 POR 27.9 10.7 2.5 3.8 1.1 .30
1996-97 DET 19.6 5.2 1.9 2.7 .90 .30
1997-98 PHI 22.4 4.1 2.2 2.9 1.2 .20
1998-99 PHI 19.2 4.8 2.0 2.8 1.3 .10
1999-00 PHI 23.8 8.0 2.9 3.0 1.3 .20
2000-01 PHI 31.5 11.6 5.0 4.1 1.4 .10
2001-02 PHI 30.6 12.6 3.7 4.0 1.2 .30
2002-03 PHI 29.7 9.0 3.5 4.4 1.6 .10
2003-04 PHI 28.2 9.2 2.6 3.4 1.1 .30
2004-05 PHI 16.4 2.2 1.5 2.5 .70 .20
2005-06 LAL 8.6 .50 .80 1.4 .40 .00
2006-07 LAL 13.1 2.2 1.3 1.8 .40 .00

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  • MPG: Minutes Per Game
  • PPG: Points Per Game
  • APG: Assists Per Game
  • RPG: Rebounds Per Game
  • SPG: Steals Per Game
  • BPG: Blocks Per Game

Playoff career

Year Team MPG PPG APG RPG SPG BPG
1994-95 POR 11.3 5.7 .30 .70 1.0 .00
1995-96 POR 26.8 6.2 1.8 3.6 1.2 .40
1996-97 DET 19.4 3.0 2.0 2.0 1.2 .40
1998-99 PHI 16.2 3.3 1.8 2.5 .70 .00
1999-00 PHI 33.1 13.8 4.6 3.6 .40 .20
2000-01 PHI 38.8 14.6 5.3 5.2 1.5 .10
2001-02 PHI 29.2 10.7 2.4 3.6 2.0 .00
2002-03 PHI 26.3 7.8 1.8 3.6 .80 .20
2004-05 PHI 17.0 1.4 1.0 2.4 .80 .00
2005-06 LAL 8.0 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00

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  • MPG: Minutes Per Game
  • PPG: Points Per Game
  • APG: Assists Per Game
  • RPG: Rebounds Per Game
  • SPG: Steals Per Game
  • BPG: Blocks Per Game

Off court troubles

On June 22, 2008, McKie was arrested and charged with one felony count and one misdemeanor count after turning himself in for violating a restraining order and attempting to purchase two guns on April 8, 2008.[7] McKie is accused of lying when trying to buy two pistols in an Abington, Pennsylvania[disambiguation needed ] gun shop by concealing a restraining order that forbade him from purchasing firearms. McKie is accused of lying by checking a "no" box on the gun application when asked if he was prevented from purchasing such a firearm by "a restraining order to protect his 'child or an intimate partner or a child of such partner.'"[8]

Personal

He is a third cousin of Jason McKie of the NFL's Baltimore Ravens.[9]

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