However, he was soon plagued by several injuries to both ankles, which greatly affected his performance, namely his shooting and jumping ability. In the 2006-07 season, Szczerbiak played well early on, including a 35-point performance against the Charlotte Bobcats early in the season. Szczerbiak underwent knee surgery in the 2006 off-season to fix a knee which had been somewhat injured for many months. On January 26, 2006, Szczerbiak, along with Michael Olowokandi, Dwayne Jones and a conditional first-round draft pick, was traded to the Boston Celtics for Ricky Davis, Mark Blount, Marcus Banks, Justin Reed, and two second-round draft picks. In the 2005-06 season, the former All-Star returned to the starting role. He was uncomfortable with the role and wanted to be a starter. Szczerbiak was coming off the bench for the 2004-05 NBA season. Later he tied a Timberwolves franchise record of 44 points on April 13, 2003, since broken by Kevin Garnett. His best year as a pro was in 2002 when he was a coaches' selection to the Western Conference All-Star team. The Minnesota Timberwolves selected Szczerbiak 6th overall in the 1999 NBA Draft. He finished his career at Miami University as the university's second all-time leading scorer with 1847 points. In the same year, he was named MAC Player of the Year. He was named a First Team All-American, and Second Team All-American in 1998-99. He followed that up by with a 24 point performance in the second round against #2 seed Utah, leading the Redhawks to the Sweet 16, where they would eventually lose to Kentucky 58-43, despite Szczerbiak's 23-point performance. Szczerbiak scored a career high 43 points in a first round win over #7 seed University of Washington. At Miami he led his team to the Sweet 16 in the 1999 NCAA Tournament as a #10 seed. Farmer School of Business at Miami University where he studied Marketing. This post originally appeared on Celtics Wire.In college, Szczerbiak played for Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. He played just 27 games for the Celtics that season, averaging 7.1 points and 1.4 assists per game. It is also the birthday of Thomas Edward Kelly, a former Boston guard who played one season for the Celtics in 1948-49.īorn in New York, New York in 1924, Kelly played for New York University collegiately before he would be drafted by Boston in the 1948 Basketball Association of America (BAA - a precursor league of the NBA) draft. He averaged 16.3 points, 3.5 rebounds, and 2.4 assists per game as a Celtic. Szczerbiak would play 64 games over parts of two seasons hampered by ankle injuries before being dealt to the (then) Seattle SuperSonics (now, Oklahoma City Thunder) with Delonte West and Jeff Green for Ray Allen and Glen Davis. The Madrid native would be dealt to the Celtics early in 2006 with Michael Olowokandi, Dwayne Jones for Ricky Davis, Mark Blount, Marcus Banks, and Justin Reed.ĭetroit Pistons’ Chauncey Billups, left, looks for a teammate while being guarded by Boston Celtics’ Wally Szczerbiak, during the first half of their NBA basketball game, Tuesday, Feb. The future Celtic played his college ball with the Miami (of Ohio) University Redhawks and was picked up with the sixth overall pick of the 1999 NBA draft by the Minnesota Timberwolves. The son of Walter Szczerbiak, who played the same sport his son did in the (now merged with the NBA) American Basketball Association as well as overseas, Szczerbiak the younger was born overseas while his father played for Spanish team Real Madrid at the time. On this day in Boston Celtics history, former Boston Celtic small forward Walter “Wally” Robert Szczerbiak was born in Madrid, Spain back in 1977.
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