Category: Basketball
Highlights: Mario Chalmers played in the NBA from 2008-2018 with the Miami Heat and Memphis Grizzlies. He won two NBA titles with the Heat along with an NCAA title at the University of Kansas in 2008.
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Mario Chalmers played in the NBA from 2008-2018 with the Miami Heat (2008-2015) and Memphis Grizzlies (2015-2016, 2017-2018). Chalmers won back-to-back NBA titles with the Heat in 2012 and 2013, averaging a combined 9.2 points per game in the two seasons. In his rookie season of 2008-2009, Chalmers averaged 10 points per game and earned NBA All-Rookie Second Team honors. After the NBA, Chalmers went on to player for AEK Athens in Greece and Virtus Bologna in Italy.
A standout at the University of Kansas playing under head coach Bill Self, Chalmers received Big 12 Conference’s Co-Defensive Player of the Year honors in 2007. In 2008, he led the Jayhawks to an NCAA Championship in one of the dramatic shots in Finals history. KU trailed the University of Memphis by 9 with 2:12 remaining. After pulling within three, Chalmers hit a three-pointer with 2.1 seconds left in regulation to tie the game at 63 apiece and send it to overtime, which the Jayhawks eventually won 75-68, For his efforts, Chalmers was named the NCAA Tournament’s Most Outstanding Player.
Born on May 19, 1986 in Anchorage, Alaska, Chalmers attended Bartlett high School where he led the school to two Alaska state titles and three times was named the 4A State Player of the Year. He received McDonald’s All-American and Parade All-American honors in 2005. Off the basketball court, Chalmers started the Mario V. Chalmers Foundation, which raises money for youth educational and athletic programs as well as funds research for breast cancer.
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