Robert Archibald

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Robert Michael Archibald (29 March 1980 – 23 January 2020) was a Scottish professional basketball player. A Script error: No such module "convert".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". power forward / center from the University of Illinois, he was selected by the Memphis Grizzlies in the 2002 NBA draft[1] with the third pick of the second round (32nd overall).

Career

Archibald graduated from Lafayette High School in 1998, along with MLB player Ryan Howard. Archibald's father Bobby was a player for Murray BC in Scotland and was capped several times for Scotland and Great Britain's national teams.[2]

NBA

After drafting him in the second round, the Memphis Grizzlies signed Archibald to a 2-year contract. After one season with the team, in which he played only 12 games, Archibald was traded with Brevin Knight and Cezary Trybański to the Phoenix Suns in exchange for Bo Outlaw and Jake Tsakalidis.[3] On 26 December 2003 Archibald was traded again, this time to the Orlando Magic.[4] A week later he was traded, for the third time that season, to the Toronto Raptors in exchange for Mengke Bateer and Remon van de Hare.[5] He played 30 games with the Raptors.

Archibald's final NBA game was on April 9, 2004, in a 66–74 loss to the Detroit Pistons where he recorded four rebounds but no points.

Archibald holds NBA career averages of 1.2 points and 1.6 rebounds per game. He is the only Scotsman to play in the NBA.[6]

Europe

Archibald played four seasons in the Euroleague with Scavolini Pesaro, Joventut Badalona and two seasons with Unicaja Málaga.[7] In July 2011 he signed a one-year contract with CAI Zaragoza.[8] Archibald retired after the 2012 Summer Olympics in which he represented Great Britain.[9]

International

Archibald represented the Scottish national basketball team at junior level. He joined the Great Britain national team as it formed in 2007. He represented Great Britain 46 times[10] including EuroBasket 2009, EuroBasket 2011, and at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[11]

Death

Archibald died aged 39 in Barrington, Illinois.[12][13]

Career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

NBA

Regular season

Source[14]

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Template:Nbay Memphis 12 0 6.0 .300 – .389 1.4 0.3 0.0 0.3 1.6
Template:Nbay Phoenix 1 0 6.0 .000 – .500 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 1.0
Template:Nbay Orlando 1 0 4.0 .500 – .000 1.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 2.0
Template:Nbay Toronto 30 3 8.2 .267 – .481 1.7 0.4 0.4 0.1 1.0
Career 44 3 7.5 .283 – .429 1.6 0.4 0.3 0.1 1.2

References

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External links

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