Milt Palacio
Idaho Vandals | |
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Position | Director of player development |
League | Big Sky Conference |
Personal information | |
Born | Los Angeles, California | February 7, 1978
Nationality | Belizean / American |
Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
Listed weight | 210 lb (95 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Junípero Serra (Gardena, California) |
College |
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NBA draft | 1999: undrafted |
Playing career | 1999–2013 |
Position | Point guard |
Number | 5, 9, 10, 3 |
Career history | |
1999–2000 | Vancouver Grizzlies |
2000–2002 | Boston Celtics |
2002 | Phoenix Suns |
2002–2003 | Cleveland Cavaliers |
2003–2005 | Toronto Raptors |
2005–2006 | Utah Jazz |
2007–2008 | Partizan |
2008–2009 | Khimki |
2009 | Partizan |
2010 | Kavala |
2010 | Caja Laboral |
2010–2011 | Kavala |
2011 | Caja Laboral |
2011–2012 | Blu:sens Monbús |
2012 | Piratas de Quebradillas |
2012 | Bnei HaSharon |
2013 | Lietuvos rytas |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Milton Sigmund Palacio (born February 7, 1978) is a retired Belizean-American professional basketball player who is currently the director of player development at the University of Idaho.
Early life
Palacio, a Belizean citizen, was born and raised in Los Angeles, California, United States to Belizean parents.
College career
Palacio attended Junípero Serra High School in Gardena, California. He played college basketball at Midland College and Colorado State University, going undrafted in 1999. In his three years with the Rams, Palacio averaged 12.1 points, 4.8 assists and 4.2 rebounds per game.
Professional career
In a seven-year NBA career, from 1999 to 2006, Palacio played for the Vancouver Grizzlies, Boston Celtics, Phoenix Suns, Cleveland Cavaliers, Toronto Raptors and Utah Jazz, with a career scoring average of 4.8 points per game.
His most notable achievement was scoring a buzzer beater for the Celtics in their shocking victory over the New Jersey Nets on December 28, 2000. With the Nets leading 111–109 and inbounding the ball with less than 2 seconds remaining, Palacio stole a pass from Lucious Harris and threw up an off-balance shot with one hand from 30 feet away. Improbably, the shot was made, giving the Celtics a 112–111 victory.[1] Basketball writers dubbed Palacio with the nickname "Miracle Milt", as a recognition of this incredible incident.
Despite a solid season with the Jazz, Palacio was a free agent at the start of the 2006–07 preseason. He eventually caught on with the Seattle SuperSonics, but was waived before the regular season start, unable to unseat Mike Wilks as the third-string point guard behind Luke Ridnour and Earl Watson.
In the 2007–08 season, Palacio began an overseas adventure, signing for ex-European champions Partizan in Serbia.[2] While struggling mightily at times to begin the year, he learned the European game quickly, playing some great basketball in the second half of the season and being named Euroleague's MVP for the month of March 2008,[3][4] helping Partizan reach the last 8 of the competition for the first time in 10 years. In this season Palacio won triple crown with Partizan, winning the Basketball League of Serbia, Serbian Cup and ABA League.
During the 2008 summer transfer window, Palacio moved to the Russian team Khimki. After a year there, in September 2009, he rejoined Partizan,[5][6] but was released from his contract few weeks later, after he had not joined the team on time.[7] On January 5, 2010, Palacio signed a contract with the Greek League team Kavala.[8] In 16 games for Kavala, Palacio averaged 10.3 points, 2.6 assists and 2.6 rebounds per game, which has helped the club avoid relegation.
On May 4, 2010, Palacio moved to Spain and signed with Caja Laboral by the end of the 2009–10 season.[9] He helped the Basque team to win the national title for the third time in the club history, beating Barcelona 3–0 in the final series. He then returned to Kavala in August 2010, signing a one-year contract.[10] He averaged 15.7 points, 3.8 assists and 1.3 steals during the regular season, and thus led the team to the playoffs. After the team was eliminated by PAOK, Palacio again moved to Caja Laboral until the end of the 2010–11 season.
In August 2011, Palacio signed a one-year deal with Blu:sens Monbús,[11] where he averaged 6.4 points and 2.4 assists in the 2011–12 season. During the summer of 2012, Palacio played for Piratas de Quebradillas in Puerto Rico. He started the 2012–13 season with Bnei HaSharon in Israel, but finished with Lietuvos rytas in Lithuania.
Coaching career
In 2013, Palacio joined Don Verlin's staff at the University of Idaho as director of player development.[12]
Belizean national team
In his first international tournament, Palacio led Belize to a gold medal at the 1998 CARICOM Basketball Championship, which the country hosted.
Palacio was also a member of the team that won a silver medal at the 2009 FIBA COCABA Championship, held in Cancún, Mexico, losing in the finals of the hosts 106–103.[13]
NBA career statistics
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 |
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1999–00 | Vancouver | 53 | 0 | 7.4 | .439 | .000 | .595 | 1.0 | .9 | .4 | .0 | 2.0 |
2000–01 | Boston | 58 | 6 | 19.7 | .472 | .333 | .848 | 1.8 | 2.6 | .8 | .0 | 5.9 |
2001–02 | Boston Phoenix |
41 28 |
0 1 |
12.6 9.7 |
.385 .380 |
.353 .143 |
.706 .783 |
1.2 .8 |
1.3 1.0 |
.5 .3 |
.1 .0 |
3.7 2.8 |
2002–03 | Cleveland | 80 | 46 | 24.7 | .418 | .216 | .747 | 2.9 | 3.2 | .9 | .2 | 5.0 |
2003–04 | Toronto | 59 | 13 | 20.5 | .349 | .154 | .662 | 1.7 | 3.1 | .7 | .2 | 4.4 |
2004–05 | Toronto | 80 | 4 | 19.2 | .446 | .167 | .742 | 1.7 | 3.5 | .6 | .2 | 5.8 |
2005–06 | Utah | 71 | 18 | 19.4 | .424 | .063 | .653 | 1.9 | 2.7 | .7 | .2 | 6.2 |
Career | 470 | 88 | 17.9 | .419 | .235 | .719 | 1.8 | 2.5 | .6 | .1 | 4.8 |
References
- ^ "Celtics beat Nets on Palacio's miracle 3-pointer". sportsillustrated.cnn.com. December 29, 2000. Archived from the original on October 26, 2012. Retrieved December 26, 2012.
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suggested) (help) - ^ "Partizan inks Milt Palacio". euroleague.net. August 27, 2007. Retrieved December 26, 2012.
- ^ "Euroleague Basketball MVP for March: Milt Palacio, Partizan Igokea". euroleague.net. March 24, 2008. Retrieved December 26, 2012.
- ^ "March MVP interview: Milt Palacio, Partizan". euroleague.net. March 25, 2008. Retrieved December 26, 2012.
- ^ "Milt Palacio returns to Partizan". euroleague.net. September 16, 2009. Retrieved December 26, 2012.
- ^ "Palacio returns to Partizan". thehoop.blogspot.com. September 16, 2009. Retrieved December 26, 2012.
- ^ "Partizan, Palacio part ways". euroleague.net. October 6, 2009. Retrieved December 26, 2012.
- ^ "Kavala announced Milton Palacio, Sow to follow?". thehoop.blogspot.com. January 5, 2010. Retrieved December 26, 2012.
- ^ "Baskonia announced Milton Palacio". thehoop.blogspot.com. May 4, 2010. Retrieved December 26, 2012.
- ^ "Kavala renewed Milton Palacio". thehoop.blogspot.com. August 5, 2010. Retrieved December 26, 2012.
- ^ "Obradoiro CAB tabs experienced point guard Milt Palacio". sportando.net. August 22, 2011. Retrieved December 26, 2012.
- ^ "Milt Palacio". University of Idaho. Archived from the original on June 26, 2015. Retrieved June 24, 2015.
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External links
- Milt Palacio at NBA.com
- Milt Palacio at ACB.com
- Milt Palacio at Eurobasket.com
- Milt Palacio at Euroleague.net
- Milt Palacio at FIBA.com
- Milt Palacio at Basketball-Reference.com
- 1978 births
- Living people
- ABA League players
- American expatriate basketball people in Canada
- American expatriate basketball people in Greece
- American expatriate basketball people in Israel
- American expatriate basketball people in Lithuania
- American expatriate basketball people in Russia
- American expatriate basketball people in Serbia
- American expatriate basketball people in Spain
- American people of Belizean descent
- Baloncesto Superior Nacional players
- Basketball League of Serbia players
- Basketball players from California
- BC Khimki players
- BC Lietuvos rytas players
- Belizean expatriate basketball people in Serbia
- Belizean men's basketball players
- Bnei HaSharon players
- Boston Celtics players
- Cleveland Cavaliers players
- Colorado State Rams men's basketball players
- Greek Basket League players
- Israeli Basketball Super League players
- Midland Chaps basketball players
- Kavala B.C. players
- KK Partizan players
- Liga ACB players
- Obradoiro CAB players
- Phoenix Suns players
- Point guards
- Saski Baskonia players
- Sportspeople from Los Angeles
- Toronto Raptors players
- Undrafted National Basketball Association players
- Utah Jazz players
- Vancouver Grizzlies players