Nationality British Pro career 2002–2012 Weight 115 kg Name Robert Archibald Parents Bobbie Archibald | Listed weight 250 lb (113 kg) Role Basketball player Position Center, Power forward Height 2.12 m | |
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NBA draft 2002 / Round: 2 / Pick: 32nd overall Similar People Joel Freeland, Cezary Trybanski, Luol Deng Profiles | ||
Listed height 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) | ||
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Robert Michael Archibald (born 29 March 1980) is a Scottish former professional basketball player. A 6'11" power forward-center from the University of Illinois, he was selected by the NBA club the Memphis Grizzlies with the third pick of the second round (32nd overall) of the 2002 NBA Draft.
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- NBA
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- Personal
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NBA
After drafting him in the second round, Memphis Grizzlies signed Archibald to a 2-year contract. After one season with the team, in which he played only 12 games, Archibald was traded alongside Brevin Knight and Cezary Trybański to the Phoenix Suns in exchange for Bo Outlaw and Jake Tsakalidis.
On December 26, 2003, Robert was traded again, this time to the Orlando Magic. A week later he was traded, for the third time that season, to the Toronto Raptors in exchange for Mengke Bateer and Remon van de Hare. He played 30 games with the Raptors.
He holds NBA career averages of 1.2 points and 1.6 rebounds per game.
Europe
Archibald has played four seasons in the Euroleague with Scavolini Pesaro, Joventut Badalona and two seasons with Unicaja Málaga.
In July 2011 he signed a one-year contract with CAI Zaragoza.
Archibald retired after the 2012 Summer Olympics in which he represented Great Britain.
Great Britain national team
He has represented the Scottish national basketball team at junior level. He joined the Great Britain national team as it formed in 2007. He represented Great Britain in Eurobasket 2011 and at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Personal
Archibald graduated from Lafayette High School in 1998, along with MLB player Ryan Howard. Archibald's father Bobbie was a player for Murray BC in Scotland and was capped several times for Scotland and Great Britain's national teams. Robert is also a founding member of #CbH and the commissioner and founder of the ArchulPotts fantasy golf league. Arch, as his friends and enemies call him, has a doodle-dog named Brownsters and is the world-record holder for longest owned and continuously driven Lincoln Navigator.