Chris Wilcox life and biography

Chris Wilcox is an American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association who is currently a member of the Detroit Pistons.

He previously played for the Los Angeles Clippers, Seattle SuperSonics, Oklahoma City Thunder, New York Knicks, and collegiately at the University of Maryland, where he helped the Terrapins win their first NCAA championship in 2002.

Career history

2002–2006 Los Angeles Clippers
2006–2009 Seattle SuperSonics / Oklahoma City Thunder
2009 New York Knicks
2009–present Detroit Pistons

CAREER:

Selected after sophomore year by the Los Angeles Clippers in first round of 2002 NBA Draft (#8 overall).

Traded by Los Angeles to Seattle in exchange for Vladimir Radmanovic on 2/14/06…Traded by Oklahoma City to New York in exchange for Malik Rose and cash considerations (2/19/09)…Signed as a free agent with Detroit (7/22/09).

Appeared in 482 career NBA games (221 starts) averaging 9.0 points (52.7% from the field), 5.2 rebounds and 21.1 minutes per game.

2009-10 (Detroit):
Appeared in 34 games (10 starts) averaging 4.5 points, 3.4 rebounds and 0.4 assists in 13.0 minutes per game…In 10 starts averaged 5.4 points, 3.9 rebounds and 0.6 assists in 15.1 minutes per game…Scored 10-plus points four times and grabbed 10-plus rebounds once… Led the club in rebounds four times…Played 15-plus minutes in 12 games…Ranked second on the team in field goal percentage at 52.5 % (63-120 FG)…Scored a season-high 14 points (7-9 FG) and grabbed a season-high 10 rebounds vs. New York (1/16), his first double-double as a Piston…Tallied a season-high three steals at Charlotte (12/22)…Played a season-high 27 minutes at Chicago (1/11)…Missed 17 games during the season due to injury…Missed six games with a sore back (2/24-3/5) and 11 games with a strained left hamstring (3/26-4/14)…DNP-CD 29 times and DNP-Inactive List twice.

2008-09 (Oklahoma City and New York):
In 62 games with Oklahoma City and New York last season, Wilcox averaged 7.2 points, 4.5 rebounds and shot 49.7% from the field in 16.9 minutes per game…Notched two 20-plus scoring games and three double-doubles, all with the Thunder…Scoring average (7.2) was the second-lowest of career; rebounding average (4.5) was the lowest since 2004-05 with Clippers (4.2)…Averaged 8.4 points, 5.3 rebounds and shot .485 in 37 games with Oklahoma City…Scored a season-high 23 points in a season-high 36 minutes vs. Golden State (12/31)…Tallied a season-high 12 rebounds at Atlanta (12/23)…Appeared in 25 games with New York, averaging 5.4 points, 3.3 rebounds and shooting .529 from the field over 13.2 minutes per game…Had three double-figure scoring performances with New York…Notched Knicks highs of 14 points (twice) and nine rebounds (3/20 vs. Sacramento)…Logged 20-plus minutes three times with New York.

COLLEGE:

Averaged 7.9 points, 4.7 rebounds and 1.0 blocks over his two-year collegiate career…Helped Maryland reach the NCAA Final Four in each of his two seasons as a Terrapin, and helped the school win the NCAA Championship as a sophomore. 2001-02 (Sophomore): Tallied 12.0 points, 7.1 rebounds, 1.5 blocks and 24.1 minutes in 36 games…Shot 50.4% (173- 343 FG) from the field…Earned Third Team All-ACC and honorable mention ACC All-Defensive Team honors…Finished the season as the team’s third-leading scorer and second-leading rebounder…In Maryland’s NCAA Final Four win over Kansas, tallied 18 points, nine rebounds and four blocks in 26 minutes of play…In NCAA Championship Final victory over Indiana, recorded 10 points and seven boards in 24 minutes. 2000-01 (Freshman): Averaged 3.6 points and 2.1 rebounds in 8.6 minutes…Scored a season-high 13 points in a season-high 27 minutes in his only start against Florida State.

PERSONAL:

Full name is Chris Ray Wilcox…In addition to Enloe High School in Raleigh, also attended Whiteville High School and West Columbus High School – both located in Whiteville, N.C…Active in the Detroit community, he purchased 25 tickets to each home game giving underprivileged children the opportunity to watch a NBA game in-person…Joined Celtics’ Paul Pierce and celebrities Rihanna and Kelly Rowland last season to raise public awareness for the plight of Jasmina Anema, a six-year-old Greenwich Village kindergartner suffering from a rare form of leukemia…Also while in New York, joined the rest of his Knicks teammates and a bevy of celebrities and supermodels at Knicks Bowl 10 presented by Bud Light, the star-studded charity event at Chelsea Piers that has helped raise $1.7 million for the Garden of Dreams Foundation.

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