Grizzlies Select Hakim Warrick with the 19th Pick in the NBA Draft
Grizzlies 2005 Draft Pick Hakim Warrick and NBA Commissioner David Stern.
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Memphis, Tennessee, June 28, 2005 — The Memphis Grizzlies selected Hakim Warrick of Syracuse with the 19th pick in the 2005 NBA Draft.
“We are delighted to have such an excellent prospect and player in Hakim Warrick,” said Memphis Grizzlies President of Basketball Operations Jerry West. “He has played at the highest level of competition with Syracuse in the Big East and improved every year. He’s a player with a very large upside.”
“We got the highest recommendations that you could possibly get from (Head Coach) Jim Boeheim at Syracuse University, who this young man played for,” said Memphis Grizzlies Head Coach Mike Fratello. “He’s long, he’s an athlete, he gives us flexibility as far as where he’ll play – he’s a player. This is a quality young man that we drafted.”
Warrick, a 6-9 forward, played four seasons at Syracuse, and finished his career with averages of 15.4 points on 53.6% shooting, 7.6 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game. He finished second all-time at Syracuse in free throws made (529) and free throws attempted (803), third for consecutive double-figure scoring games (61) and fourth in points (2,073) and rebounds (1,025).
Last season as a senior, he averaged 21.4 points on 54.8% shooting, 8.6 rebounds and 1.5 assists. He was named the Big East Conference Player of the Year and Big East Tournament MVP. He was named First Team All-America by the Associated Press and Second Team by the Sporting News and USBWA. Warrick set a Syracuse record for free throws attempted with 211, and scored a career-high 36 points in his final regular season home game vs. Providence.
As a junior, he averaged 19.8 points on 51.2% shooting and 8.6 rebounds per game, and was named an All-Big East First Team selection and to the Associated Press All-America Third Team. Warrick scored in double figures in 30 of 31 games, topped 20 points 12 times and posted double-figure rebounds in 12 games.