Mike Wilks (basketball)

Mike Wilks

Position	Point guard
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight	180 lb (82 kg)
Team	Free Agent
Born	May 7, 1979 (1979-05-07) Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Nationality	American
College	Rice
Draft	Undrafted, 2002
Pro career	2002–present
Career history	Atlanta Hawks (2002-03) Minnesota Timberwolves (2003) Houston Rockets (2003-04) San Antonio Spurs (2004-05) Cleveland Cavaliers (2005-06) Seattle SuperSonics (2006-07; 2008) Denver Nuggets (2007) Washington Wizards (2007) Orlando Magic (2008–2009) Memphis Grizzlies (2009) Oklahoma City Thunder (2009) Asseco Prokom Gdynia (2010-11)

Michael Sharod Wilks, Jr. (born May 7, 1979) is an American professional basketball player.

College career

After graduating from Rufus King High School in Milwaukee, Wilks played four years of college basketball at Rice University, where he majored in Economics. His senior year, he averaged 20.1 points, 4.9 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game, earning Western Athletic Conference Scholar Athlete honors.

Professional career

Wilks began his professional career as an undrafted free agent. He has since played for the Atlanta Hawks, Minnesota Timberwolves, Houston Rockets, Cleveland Cavaliers, San Antonio Spurs (with whom he won a title in 2005, averaging 1.8 points per game), Seattle SuperSonics, Denver Nuggets and Washington Wizards. After being waived by the Nuggets in October 2007, Wilks was re-signed four days later after Chucky Atkins suffered an injury. He was waived again later in November and signed by the Wizards in December 2007. On February 29, 2008 the Sonics signed Wilks to a 10-day contract. After the contract expired he would not be re-signed.

Wilks signed with the Orlando Magic on September 30, 2008. In the pre season game on October 26, 2008 he tore his ACL in his right knee and missed the whole regular season. He was traded to the Memphis Grizzlies on February 19, 2009. After leaving the Memphis Grizzlies, Wilks signed a contract with the Oklahoma City Thunder on November 26. He was waived by Oklahoma City on December 22, 2009, when the team acquired Eric Maynor. This was his second stint with the franchise.

Wilks has worn number 29 throughout his career (with the exception of his stint with the Spurs, in which he wore 11), as a tribute to Milwaukee's 29th Street playground where he grew up playing the game.

On August 25, 2010, he signed a deal with Polish league champion Asseco Prokom Gdynia but was waived in January 2011.

NBA 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

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2002–03	Atlanta	15	7	24.3	.358	.353	.724	2.7	2.8	1.1	.1	5.7
2002–03	Minnesota	31	0	10.5	.313	.222	.889	1.0	1.6	.3	.1	2.0
2003–04	Houston	26	0	5.6	.472	.600	.833	.6	.7	.1	.0	1.9
2004–05	San Antonio	48	0	5.8	.416	.313	.750	.5	.7	.3	.0	1.7
2005–06	Cleveland	37	0	6.6	.288	.143	.500	.7	.5	.2	.0	1.1
2005–06	Seattle	10	0	10.5	.387	.200	.655	1.2	1.4	.6	.0	4.4
2006–07	Seattle	47	4	11.4	.468	.333	.786	1.1	1.7	.3	.1	3.6
2007–08	Denver	8	0	15.3	.435	.400	1.000	1.5	.8	.6	.0	3.0
2007–08	Washington	4	0	11.0	.500	.500	.000	1.5	.8	.8	.0	1.3
2007–08	Seattle	3	0	7.3	.556	.000	1.000	.3	1.7	.3	.0	4.0
2009-10	Oklahoma City	4	0	14.8	.500	.667	.500	1.0	1.0	.0	.0	4.0
Career		233	11	9.6	.402	.321	.741	1.0	1.2	.4	.0	2.5

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2002–03	Minnesota	4	0	1.8	.500	1.000	.000	.0	.0	.0	.0	.8
2003–04	Houston	2	0	2.5	.000	.000	.000	.0	.5	.0	.0	.0
Career		6	0	2.0	.500	1.000	.000	.0	.2	.0	.0	.5

External links

• NBA.com profile - Mike Wilks
• Mike Wilks at Basketball-Reference.com