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#33 / Brendan Haywood
Position: Center
Height: 7' 0"
Weight: 263 lbs.
Born : 11/27/79, New York, NY
College: North Carolina
NBA Experience: 5 years
How Acquired: Via trade from Orlando for Laron Profit and a first round pick on August 1, 2001.
Drafted: Selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the first round (20th pick overall) of the 2001 NBA Draft.
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Wiz Facts:
Has averaged 9.3 points, 5.9 rebounds and 1.94 blocks in 16 career playoff games
Holds a share of the Verizon Center record with seven blocks in a single game (12/19/01 vs. Atlanta)
Appeared in two Final Fours at the University of North Carolina
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Personal: Played four seasons at the University of North Carolina and appeared in two Final Fours…Was a college teammate of current Wizards forward Antawn Jamison…Recorded the first triple-double in school history with 18 points, 14 rebounds and 10 blocks (UNC record) vs. Miami on December 4, 2000…Served as a television analyst for Washington Mystics games in 2003, 2004 and 2005…Majored in communications at UNC…Joined Wizards Chairman Abe Pollin, President of Basketball Operations Ernie Grunfeld, coaches and teammates in delivering Holiday gifts to five families in Washington, D.C…Joined teammates to give away turkeys and food baskets to families for Thanksgiving…Also collaborated to host a Thanksgiving luncheon for Washington, DC area senior citizens…Participated in the Wizards Benefit Lunch in which players, coaches and staff raised money for the Wizards Hurricane Katrina Relief Fund by serving lunch to fans at Verizon Center…Hosted “Haywood’s All-Star Teachers” and rewarded 10 winning teachers from the Washington, DC area with $1,000…Hosted the Wizards annual “Our House, Our Rules” anti-violence luncheon…Held a youth basketball camp at T.C. Williams High School in Alexandria, VA…Resides in Arlington, VA.
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