Rawle Marshall

Infobox Euroleague Player
name = Rawle Marshall
nickname =


caption =
league = Croatian League
Adriatic League
Euroleague
height_ft = 6
height_in = 7
weight_lb = 190
position = Shooting guard
Small forward
birth_date = birth date and age|1982|2|20
birth_place = Georgetown, Guyana
team = Cibona Zagreb
highschool = Mackenzie High School
college = Ball State University
Oakland University
nationality = Guyana
nationality_2 = USA
career_start = 2005
draft = undrafted
former_teams = Fort Worth Flyers (2005-06)
Dallas Mavericks (2005-06)
Indiana Pacers (2006-07)
Hemofarm (2007-08)

Rawle Junior Kalomo Marshall (born February 20, 1982 in Georgetown, Guyana) is an American professional basketball player. He is a 6 ft 7 in (200 cm) and 190 lb (86 kg) swingman. He currently plays with Croatian club Cibona Zagreb in the Adriatic League and the Euroleague.

Early life

Marshall is a 2000 graduate of Detroit's Mackenzie High School, where he was salutatorian of his senior class.

College career

Marshall spent his college freshman season at Ball State University, but then moved to Oakland University for his final three collegiate seasons. He was named Mid-Continent Conference's Newcomer of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year during his season in 2002-03. During his senior season in 2004-2005, he helped Oakland University win its first Mid-Continent Conference title. Marshall was named Most Valuable Player of the tournament. His stats during his three years with Oakland University were 18.6 points per game, 6.3 rebounds per game, 2.2 steals per game and 1.1 blocks per game. He also became Oakland University's all-time leader in blocked shots in 90 games played.

Pro career

NBA

Not selected during the 2005 NBA Draft, Marshall has participated in several summer leagues (Southern California Summer Pro League with the Memphis Grizzlies, Rocky Mountain Revue with the Dallas Mavericks). His performances (18.6 points per game, 3.0 rebounds per game and 1.4 assists per game in 27.4 minutes per game in the Rocky Mountain Revue) helped him to earn a one-year contract with the Dallas Mavericks on August 5, 2005.

Marshall did not find the court much early in his rookie season with the Mavericks. Instead, Marshall was sent to the NBA D-League team the Fort Worth Flyers, where he averaged 17.4 points per game. He then returned to the Dallas Mavericks, where he started multiple games due to injuries to Josh Howard, Adrian Griffin, and Devin Harris. While his minutes were still been limited, he surpassed the expectations that surrounded an average undrafted rookie. However, he did not make the Mavericks' playoffs roster in 2006. On July 23 2006, Marshall was traded to the Indiana Pacers, along with Darrell Armstrong and Josh Powell, for Anthony Johnson. He spent the 2006-07 season with the Pacers.

Europe

Marshall played with the Serbian League club Hemofarm during the 2007-08 season. He also played with Hemofarm in that season's ULEB Cup (the 2nd tier European-wide competition) and the regional Adriatic League. He averaged 17.3 points per game in the ULEB Cup and 15.7 points per game in the Adriatic League.

He then moved to the Croatian League club Cibona Zagreb for the 2008-09 season, a club also of the regional Adriatic League and also of the top European-wide competition the Euroleague.

External links

* [http://www.nba.com/playerfile/rawle_marshall/index.html NBA.com Profile]
* [http://www.adriaticbasket.com/player.php?id=943 Adriatic League Profile]
* [http://www.ulebcup.com/ulebcup/home/on-court/players/showplayer?clubcode=vrs&pcode=000670 ULEB Cup Statistics]