- Samaki Walker
Infobox NBA Player
name = Samaki Walker
caption =
league =
team = Jalaa Club
height_ft = 6
height_in = 9
weight_lbs = 250
position = Power forward
birth_date = birth date and age|1976|2|25
birth_place = Columbus,Ohio
college = Louisville
nationality = American
draft = 9th overall
draft_team =Dallas Mavericks
draft_year = 1996
career_start = 1996
career_end =
former_teams = Dallas Mavericks (1996–1999)San Antonio Spurs (1999–2001)Los Angeles Lakers (2001–2003)Miami Heat (2003–2004)Washington Wizards (2004–2005)Indiana Pacers (2005–2006)Santa Barbara Breakers (2007)
awards =Samaki Ijuma Walker (born February 25, 1976 in
Columbus, Ohio ) is an American professionalbasketball player.The 6' 9" power forward was selected ninth overall by the
Dallas Mavericks in the1996 NBA Draft out of Louisville. [http://www.nba.com/heat/news/heat_sign_walker_030801.html HEAT Sign Free Agent Forward Samaki Walker] ] On draft night, he was noticed for wearing an all-white suit with matching fedora. [ [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/2005/06/23/gallery.nbafashion/samakiwalker.draft.jpgSportsIllustrated draft night photo] ] Walker became the youngest-ever Maverick to appear in a regular season game.Walker went on to play for the Mavericks,
San Antonio Spurs ,Los Angeles Lakers ,Miami Heat ,Washington Wizards and theIndiana Pacers from 1996-2006. He holds career averages of 5.4 points and 4.8 rebounds per game.In Swahili, "Samaki" means "fish" and "ljuma" means "beautiful river". [ [http://www.nba.com/playerfile/samaki_walker/bio.html NBA.com bio] ]
In 2007-08, after having played with the
Santa Barbara Breakers in the IBL, Walker had an overseas experience, joiningSyria 's Jalaa Club, inAleppo .Notes
External links
*NBA-profile
*basketball-reference
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