Kirk Snyder
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| Position | Shooting guard Small forward |
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| Height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) |
| Weight | 225 lb (102 kg) |
| Team | Free agent |
| Born | June 5, 1983 Los Angeles, California |
| Nationality | American |
| High school | Upland (Upland, California) |
| College | Nevada |
| Draft | 16th overall, 2004 Utah Jazz |
| Pro career | 2004–present |
| Career history | Utah Jazz (2004–05) New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets (2005–06) Houston Rockets (2006–08) Minnesota Timberwolves (2008) Zhejiang Horses (2008–09) Halifax Rainmen (2011) BC Nizhny Novgorod (2011) Reales de La Vega (2011) |
Kirk Patrick Snyder (born June 5, 1983 in Los Angeles, California) is an American professional basketball player.
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[edit] College
Having grown up in Upland, California, Snyder spent his college career at University of Nevada. In 2004, he led the Wolf Pack to its first Sweet 16 in the NCAA tournament. During that trip, they beat No. 2 seed Gonzaga and No. 7 seed Michigan State, but lost in the third round to eventual national runner-up and No. 3 Georgia Tech.
[edit] Professional career
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Snyder was drafted in the first round (16th overall) of the 2004 NBA Draft by the Utah Jazz. After one season, he was traded to the New Orleans Hornets as part one of the largest trades in NBA history (13 players, 5 teams involved).
In New Orleans, Snyder became a starter midway through his only season. He scored a career-high 28 points against the Minnesota Timberwolves, and averaged nearly 20 minutes per game in 68 contests. After that, he was traded to the Houston Rockets for a 2008 second-round draft pick and cash considerations.[1]
On February 21, 2008, as he was often the last man from the Rockets' bench, Snyder was traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves along with a 2010 second-round draft pick and cash considerations for Gerald Green.[2]
During the 2008 off-season, Snyder signed with the Chinese Basketball Association's Zhejiang Horses.[3]
Snyder later joined the Halifax Rainmen of the Premier Basketball League (PBL). After playing three games for Halifax in late January, 2011, they waived him.
In March 2011 he signed with BC Nizhny Novgorod in Russia until the end of the season[4], but left the team in April for personal reasons.[5]
[edit] Personal
Snyder married his college sweetheart Haley Dahl, and has two children. Haley is the cousin of NFL offensive line guard Harvey Dahl, who also attended Nevada, and played Wolf Pack football there.
Snyder was arrested on March 30, 2009 after he allegedly broke into a Warren County, Ohio home and assaulted a man, sheriff deputies said.[6][7] He was charged with aggravated burglary; he pleaded not guilty at a March 31, 2009 hearing and was held on $500,000 bail.[8]
He was subsequently convicted and sentenced to three years in jail and fined $5,550 in restitution. He was released early and signed with the Halifax Rainmen in Canada. Andre Levingston, the owner of the team, said, "Everybody makes mistakes, but I don't think they should be crucified for the rest of their life. You pay your debt to society and you humble yourself and you learn from your mistakes. So everybody deserves a second chance, maybe a third chance."[9]
[edit] NBA career statistics
| Legend | |||||
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| 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 |
[edit] Regular season
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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| 2004–05 | Utah | 68 | 7 | 13.3 | .372 | .353 | .667 | 1.8 | .5 | .4 | .3 | 5.0 |
| 2005–06 | NO/Oklahoma City | 68 | 45 | 19.3 | .453 | .357 | .735 | 2.4 | 1.5 | .4 | .3 | 8.0 |
| 2006–07 | Houston | 39 | 1 | 14.4 | .452 | .250 | .653 | 2.1 | 1.0 | .3 | .3 | 4.9 |
| 2007–08 | Houston | 9 | 0 | 9.0 | .464 | .222 | .545 | 1.3 | .9 | .1 | .1 | 3.8 |
| 2007–08 | Minnesota | 27 | 18 | 25.2 | .516 | .214 | .753 | 4.2 | 2.1 | .7 | .5 | 8.4 |
| Career | 211 | 71 | 16.8 | .438 | .327 | .699 | 2.3 | 1.1 | .4 | .3 | 6.3 |
[edit] Playoffs
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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| 2006–07 | Houston | 3 | 0 | 3.0 | .333 | .000 | .000 | .3 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .7 |
| Career | 3 | 0 | 3.0 | .333 | .000 | .000 | .3 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .7 |
[edit] References
- ^ Kirk Snyder acquired from Hornets
- ^ Timberwolves trade Gerald Green to Rockets for Kirk Snyder
- ^ Bonzi Wells joins CBA with Shanxi Zhongyu
- ^ "Нижний Новгород" подписал американского форварда Снайдера (Russian)
- ^ Снайдер покинул "Нижний Новгород" (Russian)
- ^ http://www.daytondailynews.com/hp/content/oh/story/news/local/2009/03/30/pjm033009nbaarrest.html
- ^ http://warren.miamivalleyjails.org/JAILBOOKING.ASPX?CJIS_OR_PARTY_ID=C10554847&JAILBOOKING_ID=5256491
- ^ Former NBA Player Charged with Burglary Yahoo Sports, March 31, 2009
- ^ Nevada basketball notes: Out of jail, Snyder joins Canadian league basketball team
[edit] External links
Media related to Kirk Snyder at Wikimedia Commons- Kirk Snyder at NBA.com
- Kirk Snyder at Basketball-Reference.com
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- Living people
- African American basketball players
- American basketball players
- American expatriate basketball people in China
- People from Los Angeles, California
- Shooting guards
- Small forwards
- Nevada Wolf Pack men's basketball players
- Utah Jazz draft picks
- Utah Jazz players
- New Orleans Hornets players
- Houston Rockets players
- Minnesota Timberwolves players
- Basketball players from California
