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2000-01: Averaged 6.5 points, 3.8 rebounds, 0.9 assists and 15.9 minutes in 68 games...Scored a season-high 21 points at Phoenix November 2 on 7-11 shooting in a season-high 30 minutes...Two night later in his return to Seattle, he scored 18 points while grabbing a season-high 14 rebounds and swiping a season-high 5 steals in 29 minutes to help the Blazers to victory...Had 15 games with 10 points or more...In his first start of the season, he scored 10 points, grabbed seven rebounds and had 4 steals in 27 minutes 1999-2000: Led Cleveland in scoring (17.8 ppg), rebounding (8.8 rpg) and blocked shots (1.17 bpg). Played in all 82 games for the Cavs. Scored a season-high 36 points at New Jersey on 12/15. 1998-99: Led the Cavs and ranked 12th in the NBA in scoring with a career-high 20.5 ppg. Became the eight player in Cavs history to average 20+ ppg. Also led the team in rebounding with 9.2 rpg. Led the Cavs in scoring in 31 games and scored in double-figures in all 42 games played. Scored his 12,000th career point against the Detroit Pistons on 3/16. 1997-98: Led the Cavs in scoring (18.0 ppg, 25th in NBA) and rebounding (9.3 rpg, 12th in NBA). Became the first All-Star Game starter in Cavaliers franchise history, registering 12 points and game-highs of 11 rebounds and 4 steals, in the 1998 NBA All-Star Game in New York. Pulled dwon a Gund Arena record-tying 20 rebounds against the Blazers on 1/20. 1996-97: Despite slumping after the All-Star break, Kemp was Seattle's leading rebounder at 10.0 rpg (tied for ninth in the NBA), second-leading scorer at 18.7 ppg and second-leading shotblocker at 1.00 bpg. He was averaging 21.3 ppg and 11.0 rpg at the break, when he participated in the All-Star Game for the fifth staight season. He also ranked 20th in the NBA in field goal percentage at .510, best on the Sonics. Kemp led the Sonics in scoring 27 times and in rebounding 61 times. He scored in double figures in 72 of 81 games played, including each of his first 27 games and 48 of his first 49. He scored a season-high 34 points at Washington on Nov. 20, tying Detlef Schrempf for the most points scored by a Sonic in 1996-97. He twice grabbed a season-high 18 rebounds, in a 106-98 win at Toronto on Nov. 19 and a 101-89 loss to Orlando on March 4. He had 11 consecutive double-doubles from Nov. 26 through Dec. 14 and 44 overall. Kemp was voted to a starting berth for the Western Conference in the All-Star Game and scored 10 points and grabbed four rebounds in 19 minutes. In Seattle's 12 playoff games, Kemp ranked second on the team in scoring (21.6 ppg) and first in both rebounding (12.3 rpg) and shotblocking (1.33 bpg). He scored 20 or more points in 10 of the 12 games, with a high of 28 points in Game 3 of the Conference Semifinals against Houston. 1995-96: Kemp had his best season as a pro in 1995-96, helping the Sonics advance to the NBA Finals against the Chicago Bulls. He averaged career-highs of 19.6 ppg and 11.4 rpg (fifth in the NBA), shooting a career-high .561 from the field (fifth in the NBA), and averaged 2.2 assists, 1.61 blocks (17th in the NBA) and 1.18 steals in a career-high 33.3 minutes per game. He played in 79 games, all but three as a starter. He sat out three games in early March due to a sprained left foot. Kemp was twice voted the NBA Player of the Week, on Nov. 26 after averaging 23.2 ppg and 12.8 rpg and on Feb. 25 after averaging 22.5 ppg and 13.0 rpg. Kemp scored a season-high 32 points against Golden State on Dec. 15, one of four games in which he scored 30 or more points. He scored in double figures in 75 of 79 games played. He grabbed a careerphigh 22 rebounds against Dallas on Dec. 12, and posted the third 20-20 game of his career with 23 points and 21 rebounds at Detroit on Nov. 15. After sitting out the Sonics' playoff opener due to an NBA suspension, Kemp started the remaining 20 postseason games and led Seattle with 20.9 points, 10.4 rebounds and 2.00 blocks per game. In the Finals against Chicago, he had team-highs of 23.3 ppg, 10.0 rpg and 2.00 bpg. The Sonics had a total of 16 blocked shots against the Bulls, and Kemp had 12 of them. Kemp was an All-Star for the fourth year in a row and was voted to a starting berth for the third consecutive season. He also was voted to the All-NBA Second Team for the third year in a row. 1994-95: Kemp continued to improve in his sixth NBA campaign, bettering his scoring and rebounding averages to 18.7 points (24th in the NBA) and 10.9 boards per game (sixth). He shot a career-best .547 from the field (eighth in the NBA) and swatted away an average of 1.49 blocks per game to rank 19th in the league. Kemp was a star on the world stage in 1994. He was a member of Dream Team II, averaging 9.4 points, 6.8 rebounds, and 1.1 blocks in only 15.9 minutes per game as the United States captured the gold medal at the World Championship of Basketball. Fans voted him to a starting position on the Western Conference All-Star Team in 1995. He also topped the Seattle franchise record for career blocks when he surpassed Jack Sikma on February 15. Kemp set a new single-game career high with 42 points against the Los Angeles Clippers on December 10. After having led the Sonics in scoring in each of the previous two seasons, Kemp ranked third on the team behind Gary Payton and Detlef Schrempf, both of whom joined him in the All-Star Game. The Sonics compiled a 57-25 record in the regular season but were unceremoniously bounced in the first round of playoffs by the Los Angeles Lakers. Kemp nevertheless had a stellar series, averaging 24.8 points, 12.0 rebounds, 2.0 steals, and 1.75 blocks and registering a .579 field-goal mark and an .821 free-throw percentage. 1993-94: By the end of his fifth NBA season, Kemp, only 24 years old, left little doubt that he was one of the best players in the game. In between highlight-reel dunks and spectacular blocks, Kemp was the leading scorer (18.1 ppg) and rebounder (10.8 rpg) for the NBA's best team. He led the Sonics to a 63-19 record, the best in the NBA and the best mark in franchise history. Unfortunately, Seattle's season came to a crashing halt when the Sonics were stunned by the eighth-seeded Denver Nuggets in the first round of the playoffs. Despite falling short in the postseason, Kemp had a banner year. He ranked 13th in the NBA in rebounding, fifth in field-goal percentage (.538), and 10th in blocked shots (2.10 per game). At midseason he was voted by fans to start in the NBA All-Star Game, his second straight appearance in the midseason classic and his first as a starter. He also finished runner-up to Isaiah Rider in the NBA Slam-Dunk Championship. On March 20 Kemp recorded his first career triple-double, victimizing the Charlotte Hornets for 15 points, 11 rebounds, and 12 assists. At season's end he was named to the All-NBA Second Team. In summer 1994 Kemp participated on Dream Team II, the United States squad that captured a gold medal at the World Championship of Basketball in Ontario, Canada. 1992-93: Kemp seemed to grow more confident with each season. He began the 1992-93 campaign with a strong statement: 29 points and 20 rebounds in an opening-night victory against the Houston Rockets. He continued to roll through the first half of the year, earning his first-ever NBA All-Star berth in February. Kemp was Seattle's first All-Star since Dale Ellis in 1989. Kemp improved in nearly every category for the fourth time in his four NBA seasons. He ranked second on the Sonics in scoring (17.8 ppg) while finishing 12th in the NBA in both rebounding (10.7 rpg) and blocked shots (1.87 per game). His rebounding average marked the best for a Seattle player since Jack Sikma's 11.1 in 1983-84. The Sonics came within a whisker of the NBA Finals, and Kemp again dazzled in the postseason. Seattle pushed the Phoenix Suns to seven games in the Western Conference Finals before losing, 123-110, in the decisive Game 7. In 19 playoff games Kemp averaged 16.5 points, 10.0 rebounds, and 2.11 blocked shots. He scored a playoff career high of 33 points against Phoenix in Game 5 of the conference finals. 1991-92: Kemp battled injury problems for the first time in his career in 1991-92. He missed 18 games during the season, 12 with a sprained left foot and 6 with a lacerated right hand. Playing behind Michael Cage and Benoit Benjamin in the Sonics' frontcourt, Kemp came off the bench in 41 of his 64 appearances, averaging 15.5 points and 10.4 rebounds for the season. The third-year forward, who by season's end was still only 22 years old, staked his claim on NBA stardom during Seattle's final 18 games when he averaged 18.3 points and 12.9 rebounds during that stretch. He recorded the first 20-20 game of his career with 22 points and 21 rebounds against the Charlotte Hornets on January 31. Kemp led the Sonics in rebounding 39 times during the season and posted Seattle's highest rebounding average in seven years. He ranked 14th in the NBA in blocked shots with 1.94 per game. Kemp was even more impressive during the 1992 NBA Playoffs, helping Seattle to a first-round upset of the Golden State Warriors before the Sonics lost to the Utah Jazz in the conference semifinals. In the four-game series with the Warriors, Kemp averaged 22.0 points and 16.3 rebounds. He recorded the NBA's top two playoff rebounding performances in 1992 with 19 boards in Game 2 and 20 in Game 4. His 25 offensive rebounds ranked No. 2 on the NBA's all-time list for a four-game playoff series. 1990-91: Kemp began to blossom in his second NBA season after becoming the Sonics' starting power forward 15 games into the year. That's when Seattle traded Xavier McDaniel to the Phoenix Suns, opening up a spot for Kemp on the Sonics' front line. The 21-year-old prodigy responded with 15.0 points and 8.4 rebounds per game in 81 appearances. He shot .508 from the floor and ranked 18th in the NBA in blocked shots with 1.52 per game. In his second game as a starter, Kemp exploded for 31 points and 10 rebounds against the Bucks at Milwaukee on December 9. He then set a franchise record with 10 blocked shots against the Los Angeles Lakers on January 18. Kemp was invited back to the Slam-Dunk Championship at the NBA All-Star Weekend, and he put on a dazzling display, finishing runner-up to the Boston Celtics' Dee Brown. He saw the first postseason action of his career when the Sonics faced the Portland Trail Blazers in a first-round playoff series. Seattle lost in five games, with Kemp averaging 13.2 points and 7.2 rebounds. 1989-90: No moment in Shawn Kemp's rookie season exemplified his youthful exuberance and prodigious athletic ability better than an incident in an April 19 game against the Kings in Sacramento. In that contest Kemp hit his head on the rim and needed five stitches to close the cut. Only two months earlier he had finished fourth in the Slam-Dunk Championship at the NBA All-Star Weekend, and throughout his first NBA season he graced television highlight films with spectacular dunks-all at just 20 years old. Kemp took an unorthodox route to the NBA. After graduating from Concord High School in Elkhart, Indiana, Kemp enrolled briefly at the University of Kentucky. He left Kentucky, however, and later went to Trinity Valley Community College in Texas. He never played basketball at either school-one year out of high school he declared himself eligible for the 1989 NBA Draft. The Seattle SuperSonics took a gamble on the 19-year-old Kemp when they selected him with the 17th overall pick, but that gamble would pay dividends for years to come. Kemp played sparingly as a rookie, using the season to adjust himself to opponents who in some cases were 15 or 20 years older than he was. Coming off the bench in 80 of his 81 appearances, Kemp averaged 6.5 points and 4.3 rebounds in 13.8 minutes per game. He played a season-high 31 minutes against the Phoenix Suns on January 20, scoring 11 points and grabbing 6 rebounds. PRE-NBA: A standout at Concord High School in Elkhart, Ind. Kemp enrolled at Kentucky but left before the 1988-89 season and went to Trinity Valley Community College in Texas. After sitting out the season, he declared himself eligible for the 1989 NBA Draft. |
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