Jason Kapono
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| Position | Small forward |
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| Height | ft in ( m) |
| Weight | lb ( kg) |
| Team | Toronto Raptors |
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| Born | February 2 1981  Long Beach, California |
| College | UCLA |
| Draft | 2nd round, 31st overall, 2003 Cleveland Cavaliers |
| Pro career | 2003–present |
| Former teams | Cleveland Cavaliers (2003–2004) Charlotte Bobcats (2004–2005) Miami Heat (2005–2007) |
| Awards | 2007 All-Star 3-Point Champion |
Jason Alan Kapono (born February 2 1981 in Long Beach, California) is an American professional basketball player in the NBA, currently with the Toronto Raptors.[1] His previous team was the Miami Heat in 2006-07. On July 11, 2007, he signed a multi-year contract with the Raptors.[2] After a storied college career at UCLA, where he was the first Bruin to earn First Team All-Pac-10 honors all four years and the only UCLA player to lead the school in scoring four straight years, Kapono was a second-round draft choice of the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2003 NBA Draft. After his rookie season with the Cavs, he was selected by the Charlotte Bobcats in the 2004 expansion draft, where he improved his scoring average from 3.5 to 8.5 points per game. Later, he was traded to the Miami Heat where he was part of the 2005-06 NBA champion team.
In the 2006-07 season, Kapono's points-per-game average and minutes played significantly increased, and he led the league in three-point percentage with .514, which is close to the all time single season three-point percentage record held by Steve Kerr (.524), and is the fourth best percentage in league history. Kapono also won the 2007 All-Star Weekend three-point shoot-out competition by defeating Dirk Nowitzki and Gilbert Arenas in the final round with a score of 24 points which tied Mark Price's record for most points in a final round of the 3-point contest.
Jason has also been picked for the USA Basketball Select Team which will train with USA Men's Senior National Team in Las Vegas to assist in the build up to the 2008 Summer Olympics.[3]
Notes
- ^ Raptors sign free agent Baston to 2-year, $3.8M deal July 11, 2007
- ^ nba.com, Raptors Sign Free Agent Kapono, accessed July 12, 2007.
- ^ Ten Players Named To USA Basketball Select Team, usabasketball.com - posted August 6, 2007
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| 2003 NBA Draft |
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| First Round LeBron James • Darko Miličić • Carmelo Anthony • Chris Bosh • Dwyane Wade • Chris Kaman • Kirk Hinrich • T. J. Ford • Michael Sweetney • Jarvis Hayes • Mickaël Piétrus • Nick Collison • Marcus Banks • Luke Ridnour • Reece Gaines • Troy Bell • Žarko Čabarkapa • David West • Aleksandar Pavlović • Dahntay Jones • Boris Diaw • Zoran Planinić • Travis Outlaw • Brian Cook • Carlos Delfino • Ndudi Ebi • Kendrick Perkins • Leandro Barbosa • Josh Howard |
| Second Round Maciej Lampe • Jason Kapono • Luke Walton • Jerome Beasley • Sofoklis Schortsanitis • Szymon Szewczyk • Mario Austin • Travis Hansen • Steve Blake • Slavko Vraneš • Derrick Zimmerman • Willie Green • Zaza Pachulia • Keith Bogans • Malick Badiane • Matt Bonner • Sani Bečirovič • Maurice Williams • James Lang • James Jones • Paccelis Morlende • Kyle Korver • Remon van de Hare • Tommy Smith • Nedžad Sinanović • Rick Rickert • Brandon Hunter • Xue Yuyang • Andreas Glyniadakis |
| Miami Heat 2005-06 NBA Champions |
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1 Wright | 3 Wade (Finals MVP) | 5 D. Anderson | 8 Walker | 20 Payton | 24 Kapono | 30 Barron | 32 O'Neal | 33 Mourning | 40 Haslem | 42 Posey | 49 S. Anderson | 51 Doleac | 55 Williams | Coach Riley |
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