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Obinna Ekezie

Obinna Ralph Ekezie (O)

Position: Forward-Center
Height: 6-9    Weight: 270 lbs.
Born: August 22, 1975 in Port Harcourt, Nigeria
High School: Worcester Academy in Worcester, Massachusetts
College: University of Maryland

Drafted by the Vancouver Grizzlies in the 2nd round (8th pick, 37th overall) of the 1999 NBA draft.

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Totals

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1999-00 24 VAN NBA 39 0 351 41 88 .466 0 0 43 64 .672 34 58 92 8 9 4 26 61 125
2000-01 25 TOT NBA 33 0 281 32 81 .395 0 0 37 53 .698 31 47 78 9 5 5 14 48 101
2000-01 25 WAS NBA 29 0 273 32 77 .416 0 0 37 53 .698 31 45 76 9 5 5 14 46 101
2000-01 25 DAL NBA 4 0 8 0 4 .000 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0
2001-02 26 LAC NBA 29 1 152 13 39 .333 0 0 28 40 .700 12 22 34 3 2 6 10 16 54
2004-05 29 ATL NBA 42 31 732 79 182 .434 0 1 .000 72 93 .774 69 110 179 11 22 12 45 129 230
Career NBA 143 32 1516 165 390 .423 0 1 .000 180 250 .720 146 237 383 31 38 27 95 254 510

Per Game

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1999-00 24 VAN NBA 39 0 9.0 1.1 2.3 .466 0.0 0.0 1.1 1.6 .672 0.9 1.5 2.4 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.7 1.6 3.2
2000-01 25 TOT NBA 33 0 8.5 1.0 2.5 .395 0.0 0.0 1.1 1.6 .698 0.9 1.4 2.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.4 1.5 3.1
2000-01 25 WAS NBA 29 0 9.4 1.1 2.7 .416 0.0 0.0 1.3 1.8 .698 1.1 1.6 2.6 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.5 1.6 3.5
2000-01 25 DAL NBA 4 0 2.0 0.0 1.0 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0
2001-02 26 LAC NBA 29 1 5.2 0.4 1.3 .333 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.4 .700 0.4 0.8 1.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.6 1.9
2004-05 29 ATL NBA 42 31 17.4 1.9 4.3 .434 0.0 0.0 .000 1.7 2.2 .774 1.6 2.6 4.3 0.3 0.5 0.3 1.1 3.1 5.5
Career NBA 143 32 10.6 1.2 2.7 .423 0.0 0.0 .000 1.3 1.7 .720 1.0 1.7 2.7 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.7 1.8 3.6

Per 36 Minutes

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1999-00 24 VAN NBA 39 0 351 4.2 9.0 .466 0.0 0.0 4.4 6.6 .672 3.5 5.9 9.4 0.8 0.9 0.4 2.7 6.3 12.8
2000-01 25 TOT NBA 33 0 281 4.1 10.4 .395 0.0 0.0 4.7 6.8 .698 4.0 6.0 10.0 1.2 0.6 0.6 1.8 6.1 12.9
2000-01 25 WAS NBA 29 0 273 4.2 10.2 .416 0.0 0.0 4.9 7.0 .698 4.1 5.9 10.0 1.2 0.7 0.7 1.8 6.1 13.3
2000-01 25 DAL NBA 4 0 8 0.0 18.0 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.0 9.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.0 0.0
2001-02 26 LAC NBA 29 1 152 3.1 9.2 .333 0.0 0.0 6.6 9.5 .700 2.8 5.2 8.1 0.7 0.5 1.4 2.4 3.8 12.8
2004-05 29 ATL NBA 42 31 732 3.9 9.0 .434 0.0 0.0 .000 3.5 4.6 .774 3.4 5.4 8.8 0.5 1.1 0.6 2.2 6.3 11.3
Career NBA 143 32 1516 3.9 9.3 .423 0.0 0.0 .000 4.3 5.9 .720 3.5 5.6 9.1 0.7 0.9 0.6 2.3 6.0 12.1

Advanced

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Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1999-00 24 VAN NBA 39 351 11.8 .538 .466 11.5 19.9 15.7 3.7 1.4 0.8 18.3 18.4 102 107 0.2 0.2 0.5
2000-01 25 TOT NBA 33 281 12.4 .484 .395 12.7 19.9 16.2 5.3 0.9 1.3 11.8 18.8 103 108 0.3 0.1 0.4
2000-01 25 WAS NBA 29 273 13.3 .503 .416 13.0 19.7 16.3 5.5 0.9 1.3 12.2 18.7 106 108 0.4 0.1 0.5
2000-01 25 DAL NBA 4 8 -20.0 .000 .000 0.0 27.2 14.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 22.7 0 102 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
2001-02 26 LAC NBA 29 152 11.0 .477 .333 9.0 16.2 12.7 3.0 0.7 2.7 15.0 19.8 98 106 0.0 0.1 0.2
2004-05 29 ATL NBA 42 732 10.4 .516 .434 10.4 18.4 14.2 2.4 1.6 1.3 16.8 16.4 101 110 0.3 0.4 0.7
Career NBA 143 1516 11.2 .510 .423 11.0 18.8 14.8 3.3 1.3 1.3 16.0 17.6 101 109 0.8 0.9 1.7

Transactions

October 28, 1997: Traded by the Boston Celtics (as a 1999 2nd round draft pick) with Tony Massenburg to the Vancouver Grizzlies for Roy Rogers.

June 30, 1999: Drafted by the Vancouver Grizzlies in the 2nd round (37th pick) of the 1999 NBA Draft.

August 22, 2000: Traded by the Vancouver Grizzlies with Felipe Lopez, Cherokee Parks and Dennis Scott to the Washington Wizards for Isaac Austin.

November 28, 2000: Traded by the Washington Wizards with Cherokee Parks to the Los Angeles Clippers for Tyrone Nesby.

December 1, 2000: Claimed on waivers by the Washington Wizards from the Los Angeles Clippers

February 22, 2001: Traded by the Washington Wizards with Calvin Booth and Juwan Howard to the Dallas Mavericks for Courtney Alexander, Hubert Davis, Christian Laettner, Etan Thomas, Loy Vaught and cash.

September 28, 2001: Signed as a free agent with the Los Angeles Clippers.

July 19, 2002: Waived by the Los Angeles Clippers.

September 23, 2002: Signed as a free agent with the Orlando Magic.

January 10, 2005: Signed two 10-day contracts with the Atlanta Hawks, then signed a contract for the rest of the season.

July 5, 2005: Waived by the Atlanta Hawks.

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1999-00 Vancouver Grizzlies NBA $301,875
2000-01 Total NBA $423,500
2001-02 Los Angeles Clippers NBA $540,850
2003-04 Atlanta Hawks NBA $638,679
2004-05 Atlanta Hawks NBA *$720,046
Career (may be incomplete) $2,624,950
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).

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