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Sean May
No. -- – Sacramento Kings
Position	Power forward
League	NBA
Personal information
Born	April 4, 1984 (age 40); Chicago, Illinois
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight	266 lb (121 kg)
Career information
High school	Bloomington North
College	North Carolina
NBA draft	2005: 13th overall
	Selected by the Charlotte Bobcats
Playing career	2005–present
	Stats at NBA.com
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

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Sean Gregory May (born April 4, 1984) is an American professional basketball player. A 6' 9" power forward, he is currently a member of the Sacramento Kings.

May was born in Chicago, Illinois and grew up in Bloomington, Indiana. He was a three-time all-state selection at Bloomington High School North, and was at one time a teammate of current NBA player Jared Jeffries. May was named to the 2002 McDonald's High School All-American team. He played in the 2002 McDonald's game with Raymond Felton and Rashad McCants, who would later team with May to win an NCAA Championship.

College career

When the heavily-recruited May chose to attend the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, it was a major surprise to most basketball recruiting observers; it had been thought that he would stay in his hometown and attend Indiana. He had strong family connections to IU; his father Scott was a forward on the school's undefeated 1976 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament championship team and won the Naismith Award the same year, and his brother Scott Jr. played for the IU team that made the NCAA title game in 2002.

At North Carolina, May made his mark as the starting center for the Tar Heels basketball team from 2003 to 2005. As a junior, he was named Most Outstanding Player of the 2005 NCAA tournament after leading North Carolina to its fourth national championship. The Tar Heels defeated the University of Illinois by a score of 75-70 to win the title, with May scoring 24 points on 10-11 shooting and grabbing 10 rebounds.^[1]

Professional career

In April 2005, May declared that he would forgo his senior year at UNC to enter the NBA Draft. He was selected 13th overall by the Charlotte Bobcats, becoming one of a record four Tar Heels to be lottery picks in the 2005 NBA Draft. He started his professional career strongly by being named MVP of the Rocky Mountain Revue summer league. An injury in December, however, cut his rookie season short. On October 5, 2007, May announced that he had decided to have micro fracture surgery on his right knee and would likely miss the entire 2007-08 NBA season,^[2] which is what occurred.^[3] The effects of the surgery affected him the following season (2008-09), as he experienced conditioning problems,^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8] tiredness,^[9] and tendinitis.^[10] On December 30, 2008, May was deemed physically unfit to play, making Bobcats coach Larry Brown place him on the inactive list for the foreseeable future.^[3] On June 23, 2009, ESPN News reported that the Charlotte Bobcats declined to make a qualifying offer for the 4 year of his rookie contract, making him an unrestricted free agent.

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
2005–06	Charlotte	23	1	17.3	.409	.000	.766	4.7	1.0	.7	.5	8.2
2006–07	Charlotte	35	8	23.9	.500	.667	.768	6.7	1.9	.5	.7	11.9
2008–09	Charlotte	24	12	12.5	.398	1.000	.700	2.9	.4	.2	.2	3.9
Career		82	21	18.7	.457	.333	.760	5.0	1.2	.5	.4	8.5

Notes

^ Tar Heels win first national title since 1993
^ Bobcats F Sean May will undergo micro fracture surgery on right knee, miss season, October 5, 2007
^ ^a ^b Brown holding oft-injured May out until he's in better shape
^ Jazz-Bobcats Preview, "Sean May was active Tuesday for the first time since the season opener after Brown criticized his conditioning following knee surgery"
^ Paul's fifth-straight 20-10 game to start season not enough for Hornets "Sean May was inactive for the fourth straight game as he works on his conditioning. When asked if May is getting closer, Brown said "a little bit.""
^ Bosh's double-double helps Raptors edge past Bobcats "Charlotte kept Sean May on the inactive list for a fifth straight game for what Brown had previously said were "conditioning issues.""
^ Turkoglu scores 20 as Howard struggles in Magic win, "Brown said that May -- who missed the 2007-08 season after having surgery on his right knee, and was held out of five straight games this season for "conditioning issues" -- wasn't at the level he needs to be yet. "He's not ready to play like he's capable of playing," Brown said"
^ Bobcats closing in on Juwan Howard to help frontcourt "Sean May has been starting at power forward despite coach Larry Brown's concerns about his conditioning following knee surgery last year."
^ Okafor has 25 points, 13 rebounds in Cats' win over Thunder "Sean May was tired -- again. Only this time, May had finally been effective for the Bobcats after months of slogging up the court in poor shape following knee surgery"
^ Bobcats without Wallace vs. Heat "Sean May is expected to play against the Heat despite being slowed by tendinitis in his surgically repaired right knee"

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Preceded by Chris Thomas	Indiana Mr. Basketball award 2002	Succeeded by Justin Cage
Preceded by Emeka Okafor	NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player (men's) 2005	Succeeded by Joakim Noah

[1] Tar Heels win first national title since 1993

[2] Bobcats F Sean May will undergo micro fracture surgery on right knee, miss season, October 5, 2007

[inactive-3] Brown holding oft-injured May out until he's in better shape

[4] Jazz-Bobcats Preview, "Sean May was active Tuesday for the first time since the season opener after Brown criticized his conditioning following knee surgery"

[5] Paul's fifth-straight 20-10 game to start season not enough for Hornets "Sean May was inactive for the fourth straight game as he works on his conditioning. When asked if May is getting closer, Brown said "a little bit.""

[6] Bosh's double-double helps Raptors edge past Bobcats "Charlotte kept Sean May on the inactive list for a fifth straight game for what Brown had previously said were "conditioning issues.""

[7] Turkoglu scores 20 as Howard struggles in Magic win, "Brown said that May -- who missed the 2007-08 season after having surgery on his right knee, and was held out of five straight games this season for "conditioning issues" -- wasn't at the level he needs to be yet. "He's not ready to play like he's capable of playing," Brown said"

[8] Bobcats closing in on Juwan Howard to help frontcourt "Sean May has been starting at power forward despite coach Larry Brown's concerns about his conditioning following knee surgery last year."

[9] Okafor has 25 points, 13 rebounds in Cats' win over Thunder "Sean May was tired -- again. Only this time, May had finally been effective for the Bobcats after months of slogging up the court in poor shape following knee surgery"

[10] Bobcats without Wallace vs. Heat "Sean May is expected to play against the Heat despite being slowed by tendinitis in his surgically repaired right knee"

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