Nationality American Name Lionel Chalmers Education Xavier University Listed height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Role Basketball player Position Point guard | Listed weight 180 lb (82 kg) Height 1.83 m Pro career 2004 College Xavier (2000–2004) Weight 82 kg | |
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Born November 10, 1980 (age 43)
Albany, New York ( 1980-11-10 ) High school Albany (Albany, New York) NBA draft 2004 / Round: 2 / Pick: 33rd overall | ||
INTERVIEW: Catching Up With Lionel Chalmers
Lionel Chalmers, Jr. (born November 10, 1980) is an American retired professional basketball player who last played for Gediz Üniversitesi of the Turkish Basketball First League. He is 6'0" (1.83 m) in height and plays at the point guard position.
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Amateur career
Chalmers played his first three years of high school basketball at Notre Dame-Bishop Gibbons in Schenectady, New York. He then transferred to Albany High School for his senior year.
Chalmers attended Xavier University, where he played college basketball for four years as an undergraduate and later as a graduate student. As a senior, he led Xavier to the Elite Eight round of the NCAA Tournament. He was inducted into the Xavier University Athletic Hall of Fame in 2015.
Pro career
Chalmers was drafted by the Los Angeles Clippers in the second round of the 2004 NBA Draft with the 33rd overall pick. He played in 34 games in the 2004–05 season with the Clippers, averaging 3.1 points per game and 1.4 assists per game in 12.0 minutes per game. He was traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves on August 20, 2005 along with Marko Jaric in exchange for Sam Cassell. He played for the Timberwolves in the 2005–06 NBA preseason, but he was released into free agency before the regular season commenced.
He played in the Greek A1 league with AEK Athens BC from November 2005 to February 2006, when he then joined TAU Cerámica of the Spanish ACB.
He played with the Phoenix Suns' summer league team during the summer of 2006, but he was not retained by the Suns. He also played for the Atlanta Hawks during the 2006 preseason. After the Hawks waived him before the regular season began, Chalmers signed with Dinamo Banco di Sardegna Sassari of the Italian second division in December 2006. In May 2007, he signed with the Spanish ACB club Basket CAI Zaragoza.
In July 2007, he moved to the Italian first division team Benetton Treviso. After spending a season in Italy, he signed with the Russian club Universitet Yugra Surgut. He had a successful season in Surgut, as he was the top scorer of the Russian Basketball Super League with 21.4 points per game. In the 2009-10 season he played with another Super League club, Enisey Krasnoyarsk.In July 2010 he signed with BC Lokomotiv Kuban. In 2012, he joined Aliağa Petkim of Turkey. In October 2013, he signed a one-year deal with Levski Sofia. With them he won the National Basketball League of Bulgaria.
In July 2014, he signed with Chalons-Reims of the French LNB Pro A. On January 9, 2015, he parted ways with them.
Personal
Lionel's cousin, Mario Chalmers, formerly of the Kansas Jayhawks, was picked in the second round of the 2008 NBA Draft by the Minnesota Timberwolves. He was later traded to the Miami Heat, with whom he won 2 consecutive NBA championships.