Advertisement
  • Aaron McKie
  • #8
  • Guard
E-mail photo|Buy photos

2007-08 Statistics

PPG
0.0
RPG
0.00
APG
0.0
EFF
?
Born: Oct 2, 1972
Height: 6-5 /  1,96
Weight: 209  lbs. / 94,8  kg.
College: Temple
Years Pro: 13

FANTASY IMPACT

Reserve  |  Fantasy Depth Charts

COMPARE PLAYERS




WATCH VIDEO

Background

2003-04:
Tenth NBA season (Philadelphia)…averaged 9.2 points, 3.4 rebounds and 2.6 assists in 75 games (41 starts)…set career-highs in threepoint field goals (75), three-point field goals attempted (172) and three-point field goal percentage (.436)…ranked fifth in the NBA in three-point field goal percentage…also ranked among the NBA leaders in steals per turnover (19th, 0.83) and steals per game (48th, 1.13)…missed seven games (3-4) due to injury (left hamstring strain)…scored 20 points or more seven times (5-2) – six times without Allen Iverson in the lineup…had five games with four steals or more (3-2)…scored 17 points with a season-high seven assists in the season finale at Orlando (4/14)…posted a team-high 22 points with a season-high eight rebounds at Memphis (3/16)…scored 22 points against New York (3/12)…had 21 points and five assists at Chicago (3/9)…had nine points in 27 minutes vs. New Orleans (1/30), including the game-winning shot with 7.1 seconds remaining…in first start since missing seven-straight games, tied then season-highs in rebounds (7) and assists (6) at Dallas (1/14)…finished with a season-high 24 points at Boston (12/21) on 10-of-19 shooting, including four three-pointers (4-7)…scored 20 points vs. Miami (12/17) with six assists… scored 21 points at Detroit (12/9)…scored 21 points at Toronto (11/19) with five rebounds and tied a career-high with seven free throws (7-7 FT)…connected on a career-best five three-pointers (5-7) at Golden State (11/1) and finished with 19 points, six assists, four rebounds and four steals off the bench.

2002-03:
Ninth NBA season (Philadelphia)...averaged 9.0 points per game with a career-high 4.4 rebounds and a second-best 1.64 steals per game (tied 16th in NBA)...started the first 20 games and 40 of his 80...shot 42.9 percent from the field overall and was second on the team with .836 at the free throw line...was 37-112 (.330) from three-point range...missed two games due to injury...after missing the game at New Jersey (2/16) with a left shoulder sprain sustained versus Orlando (2/14), returned to action at Chicago (2/19)...left the Seattle game (12/11) in the second quarter with an illness and did not return...did not play versus Phoenix, but returned to the starting line up at Indiana (12/15)...passed for a season-high 11 assists against Orlando (1/12)...had one of his best games of the season against New York (1/10) with 16 points on 8-10 field goals...connected on a season-high three three-pointers at Phoenix (1/2)...scored all 12 points and had all of his season-high tying five steals in the third quarter at Cleveland (11/29)...tied a season-high with five steals versus New Orleans (11/25)...grabbed a career-high 13 rebounds and 11 defensive rebounds versus New York (11/1)...finished the game with a double-double, his only one of the year, scoring a season-high 22 points...underwent arthroscopic surgery on his right shoulder on June 18, 2002, to repair a small detachment of the glenoid labrum near the biceps tendon attachment.; began full contact practice in training camp on Oct. 3... 2003 PLAYOFFS...in 12 games as a reserve, averaged 7.8 points and 3.6 rebounds...scored in double-digits five times in the 2003 Playoffs (3-2), including three games with a 2003 Playoff-best 12 points.

2001-02:
Eighth NBA season (Philadelphia)...played in 48 games, starting 16 times...averaged a career best 12.2 points (third team) with 4.0 rebounds and 3.7 assists in 30.6 minutes...first on the team at .398 (51-128) from three-point range...as a starter averaged 11.4 ppg, 4.6 rpg and 5.3 apg in 36.6 min. and as a reserve in 32 games, averaging 12.6 points, 3.7 rebounds and 3.0 assists in 27.7 minutes...missed 34 games due to injury: first four games of the season due to rehab from right shoulder surgery (10/30 to 11/6), one game with a right foot sprain (11/14), two games with atrial fibrillation (12/2 to 12/4), one game with low back strain (12/8), 23 games with left ankle sprain (1/27 to 2/14; 2/18 to 2/20 and 3/1 to 3/22) and three with a right corneal abrasion (4/12 to 4/15)...after returning from the left ankle sprain, led the Sixers bench in eight of the nine games as a reserve...in the 10 games after the ankle injury, averaged 14.4 points per game...had five games with 20 or more points: recorded a season-high 24 points at Washington (4/10), one short of his career-high; scored 22 points off the bench vs. Phoenix (4/3), including eight of the Sixers 14 points in overtime; 22 points at Charlotte (1/17), a team-high 23 points at Toronto (11/25) and 20 points versus Atlanta (11/16)...left the Boston game (1/25) in the second quarter with a left ankle and Achilles tendon strain and would miss 23 of the next 26 games...at Washington (1/22), tied a career-high with four made three-pointers (4-5) to finish with 18 points; scored 11 straight Sixers points in the second quarter, including three three-pointers, in a two minute stretch...at Charlotte (1/17), made the go-ahead basket with 1:24 to play and then had a big steal with 35.4 seconds left to help preserve the win; finished with 22 points on 8-12 shooting...underwent a procedure to restore normal heart rhythm on Dec. 2...after playing 18 minutes in the first-half at Chicago (12/1), did not return to the game after feeling lightheaded... recorded his only double-double of the season with a game-high 12 assists and 14 points at New Jersey (11/17)...played in his 500th career game at Dallas (11/10)...returned to action at Houston (11/8) for the first time since Game 5 of the NBA Finals to score eight points and dish out a game-high 10 assists in 42 minutes...missed the entire preseason after surgery on Sept. 25, 2001 to repair a tear in his glenoid labrum...2002 PLAYOFFS...averaged 10.6 points in five playoff games versus Boston...tops on team with 37.5 percent from beyond the arc (6-16)...grabbed his series-high of six rebounds in Games 4 and 5...in Game 4, had a playoff career-high five steals...scored 16 points off the bench in Game 2, including 10 of the Sixers points in a 12-2 run in the fourth quarter to help the Sixers take the lead, 75-71...led the Sixers bench with 11 points and 27 minutes in Game 1 at Boston (4/21).

2000-01:
Seventh NBA season (Philadelphia)...named the 2001 NBA Sixth Man of the Year on May 8...played in 76 games, starting 33 of them...team was 20-13 when he started... averaged career bests of 4.1 rebounds, 5.0 assists, 1.4 steals and a then high of 11.6 points...at 31.2 percent, he was the team's second best three-pointer shooter (53-170)...missed six games due to injury: strained back muscle (11/8) and right MCL sprain (3/30 to 4/6)...named NBA Player of the Week (12/31)...recorded back-to-back triple doubles versus Sacramento on Dec. 30 (19 points, 10 rebounds and 14 assists) and against Atlanta on Jan. 3 (11 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists)....scored in double figures 48 times...had his 138-game playing streak halted on Nov. 8 with a back muscle strain; it was the 18th longest streak among active players...in Eric Snow's absence (12/8 to 2/7), led the team in assists in 19 of 26 games, including nine straight...tied his career-high with four made three-pointers against Portland (1/10)...turned in his second straight 24-point game in the win at Golden State (12/27) after scoring a game and season-high 24 points against Utah (12/26)...went 4-4 from the free throw line in the final 8.7 seconds in overtime to help the Sixers top Houston (1/24) while fighting off the flu to play 39 minutes, grab six rebounds and score 10 points... hit a three pointer at the end of regulation against Toronto (1/21) to help send the game into overtime and led the team with seven assists and 15 points...recorded five-straight 20-point plus games (3/17 to 3/26)...started four of those five games for the injured Allen Iverson and averaged 21.5 points in that stretch: recorded 20 points at Phoenix (3/23), a team-high 22 points and seven rebounds at the LA Clippers (3/20), 21 points at Seattle (3/19), and scored a game-high 23 points, including nine straight to end the second quarter, and passed for 10 assists in the loss to Milwaukee (3/17)...left the Orlando game on March 28 with 4:41 to play in the third quarter with a right knee MCL sprain missing five games...2001 PLAYOFFS...in 23 games, startingthe final 16 contests, averaged 14.6 points, 5.2 rebounds and 5.3 assists per game in 38.8 min...scored in double figures 18 times, leading the team in four contests...had four straight 20-plus point games (5/20 to 5/26), including a playoff season-high 23 points in Game 1 (5/22) versus Milwaukee...struggled from the field in the NBA Finals, shooting 15-48 (.313) and 4-9 from three point range...passed for a playoff career-high 13 assists in Game 7 (6/3) versus Milwaukee...passed for seven or more assists seven times, leading the team in assists in 12 games...started the first game of the postseason in Game 4 at Toronto (5/13); responded with 18 points on 8-13 shooting with five rebounds and five assists...scored 22 points off the bench in Game 3 at Indiana (4/28), one less than the entire Pacer's bench...in Game 2 versus Indiana (4/24) made a playoff career-high four three pointers (4-5), finishing with 19 points.

1999-2000:
Sixth NBA season (Philadelphia)...played in 82 games, starting 14...one of only two Sixers to play in every game (Eric Snow)...averaged 8.0 points, 3.0 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 1.32 steals in 23.8 minutes per game...team was 8-6 in games he started...scored in double figures 27 times, including five games with 20 or more; Sixers were 17-10 in those games...led team in scoring six times, including five times while Allen Iverson was on the injured list with a broken thumb...scored in double figures eight times during that 10-game period when Iverson was out, averaging 14.6 points, 3.7 assists, 3.9 rebounds, and 1.5 steals...team leader in free throw percentage (.829)...14th in the NBA in steals-to-turnover ratio...led team in steals 16 times and blocks eight times...scored a career-high 25 points at Cleveland (12/3) on 10-17 shooting from the field...hit the game-winner as time expired in overtime in that game and also had six rebounds, seven assists and two steals...converted a season-high 4-5 from three-point range at Washington (3/2), tying a personal best in made treys...tied a career-high with seven steals at Boston (4/7)...at the 1:16 mark of the third quarter at Charlotte (3/20), called for the first technical foul of his career...had played in 405-straight games without a technical foul, the longest active games played streak in the NBA without a "T"...saw a career-high 48 minutes of action at Cleveland (12/3)...hit a jump shot with no time left on the clock in the first overtime against Boston (3/24) to tie the game at 107 and send it into a second overtime...2000 PLAYOFFS...appeared in all 10 games, starting six, while averaging 33.1 minutes, 13.8 points, 4.6 assists and 3.6 rebounds...second on the team in scoring and assists...filling in for the injured Eric Snow at point guard, hit an amazing four-straight three pointers in just 2:44 minutes on his way to 13-consecutive points in the Sixers come from behind victory over Charlotte in Game 4 on May 1...set playoff career-highs in the Game 4 victory over Charlotte in points (25) and assists (11), becoming only the fifth player in NBA history to register 25 plus points, 10 plus assists and 0 turnovers in a playoff game...only Sixer to post double figures in points, assists and rebounds in at least one playoff game...boasted a 2.88:1 assist-to-turnover ratio during the postseason.

1998-99:
Fifth NBA season (Philadelphia)...averaged 4.8 points, 2.8 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 1.26 steals and 19.2 minutes while playing all 50 games (four starts)...led the team in steals-to-turnover ratio (1.11:1)...ranked second on the team in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.75:1) and third in assists (100)...was among the NBA leaders in steals-to-turnover ratio (10th) and steals (tied-43rd)...scored in double figures six times...led the team in assists four times and steals eight times...had three or more steals in a game 11 times...averaged 10.8 points, 6.5 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 37.5 minutes in his four starts...was the Sixers' top scorer off the bench six times...1999 PLAYOFFS...played in six playoff games, averaging 3.3 points, 2.5 rebounds and 1.8 assists.

1997-98:
Fourth NBA season (Detroit/Philadelphia)...appeared in 81 games (57 as a 76er) and started 32 times (31 times as a 76er)...averaged 22.4 minutes, 4.1 points and 2.9 rebounds overall...traded to the Sixers on Dec. 18, 1997 with Theo Ratliff and a conditional first-round draft choice for Jerry Stackhouse and Eric Montross...as a Sixer, averaged 19.2 minutes, 4.8 points and 2.8 rebounds per game...scored in double figures on 12 occasions (eight times as a 76er)...the 76ers were 7-1 when he scored in double figures...had 101 steals that were a personal single-season high at the time...compiled a 2.30:1 assist-to-turnover ratio and had a 2.64:1 assist-to-turnover ratio after being acquired by the Sixers...had a 1.33:1 steal-to-turnover ratio for the season (ranking third in the NBA) and a 1.50:1 steal-to-turnover ratio after the trade...made his first start as a 76er on Feb. 17 against Cleveland...made his Sixers debut against Miami on Dec. 19.

1996-97:
Third NBA season (Portland/Detroit)...played 83 regular season games averaging 5.2 ppg, 2.7 rpg and 1.9 apg ...played 41 contests with Portland and 42 with Detroit, starting 11 total...acquired by the Pistons from the Trail Blazers on Jan. 24, 1997 with Randolph Childress and Reggie Jordan in exchange for Stacey Augmon...averaged 20.2 minutes, 6.3 points and 3.0 rebounds in 1996-97 as a Piston, and 18.9 minutes, 4.1 points and 2.3 rebounds as a Trailblazer...overall had 13 double figure scoring games and one double-double...1997 PLAYOFFS...played in five games for Detroit while averaging 3.0 points, 2.0 rebounds and assists.

1995-96:
Second NBA season (Portland)...played in 81 games, starting 73, and was the Blazers' fourth-leading scorer...averaged 10.7 points, 3.8 rebounds, 2.5 assists over 27.9 minutes...scored in double figures 44 times with one double-double...1996 PLAYOFFS...in five Playoff games, played 134 minutes, and averaged 6.2 points, 3.6 rebounds and 1.8 assists.

1994-95:
Rookie NBA season (Portland)...played 45 games, started 20, and averaged 6.5 points per game...scored in double figures 14 times and had one double-double...played in Portland's final 37 games after missing 28 due to injury, including 17 games with a sprained left thumb (12/4 to 1/7) and 11 games with a sprained right shoulder (1/19 to 2/8)...selected by Portland in the first round (17th pick overall) of the 1994 NBA Draft...1995 PLAYOFFS...in three Playoff contests, played 34 minutes while averaging 5.7 points.

COLLEGE:
Finished his three-year career at Temple University tied for sixth on the school's all-time scoring list with 1,650 points, averaging 17.9 points per game while starting all 92 games...named Associated Press Honorable Mention All-America...named first-team All-Atlantic 10 and to the A-10 all-tournament team as a senior...1993 Atlantic 10 Conference Player of the Year as a junior, averaging 20.6 ppg...represented the United States in the summer of 1993 as part of Team USA, a select group of college players that toured Europe.


Personal

  • Full name is Aaron Fitzgerald McKie
  • Has one daughter, Erin
  • Was an all-scholastic and all-Southern Pennsylvania selection after averaging 18.9 ppg, 9.9 rpg and 7.2 apg as a senior at Simon Gratz High School
  • Led Gratz to a 26-4 record and its first Public League championship since 1939 in his final year
  • Enjoys playing cards, pool, and video games
  • Lists Scarface as his favorite movie
  • Lists chicken as his favorite food
  • Lists Mary J. Blige as his favorite musician
  • As a result for his dedication to Philadelphia Community, McKie and teammate Marc Jackson received the NBA Community Assist Award for the month of November 2003