Jimmy Hal King (born August 9, 1973) is an American former professional

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player. King played in the

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and other leagues. He is most famous for his time spent on the famed

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Wolverines Fab Five along with Ray Jackson, Juwan Howard,

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, and

Jalen Rose Jalen Anthony Rose (born January 30, 1973) is an American sports analyst and former professional basketball player. In college, he was a member of the University of Michigan Michigan Wolverines, Wolverines' "Fab Five (University of Michigan), Fa ...

, who reached the

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games as freshmen and sophomores. He played all four years at Michigan and averaged 15 points per game as a senior in 1995.

College career

He was part of the

Wolverines Fab Five, along with Ray Jackson and future NBA players Juwan Howard,

and

, that reached the

and

games as freshmen and sophomores. He was a starter for teams that reached the tournament four times. Before this, he was a high school All-American basketball player at Plano East Senior High School in Plano, a city north of

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. Although the Fab Five final four appearances have been forfeited, he was not among the players called before the

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( Robert Traylor, Webber, Rose,

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, and

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) in the

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and was not found to have received large amounts of money.

Professional career

King was selected by the

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in the second round (35th overall) of the

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and played 62 games for them during the 1995–96 season, averaging 4.5 points, 1.8 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game. On July 24, 1996, before the start of the 1996–97 season, he was traded to the

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in exchange for Ronald "Popeye" Jones, but King was eventually waived. After playing most of the 1996–97 season with the Quad City Thunder of the CBA, he signed with the

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on a 10-day contract, but participated in only two games for them, tallying six points, two rebounds, two assists and three steals. King also played a few seasons in Europe and with the

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(CBA) where he was the 1998 league MVP with the Quad City Thunder. He played for the US national team in the

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, winning the bronze medal. He also played for the Asheville Altitude in the NBDL. King's last chance to return to the NBA came before the

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where King was the final player cut on the defending Eastern Conference champion

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. In a phone interview on the Jim Rome Show on November 30, 2006, King stated he was working as a financial advisor for

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. During the 2008–09 Michigan Wolverines season King served as a radio

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. Currently, King is the Vice President a
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'' documentary '' The Fab Five'' sparked national outrage that led to a series of media exchanges between members of the press,

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players, including King, and

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players in forums such as ''

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''. In August 2011, King was detained by police for failure to pay $17,000 in back child support for his 17-year-old son. He was incarcerated at Michigan's Oakland County Jail along with Jalen Rose, who was serving time for a DUI arrest. On January 27, 2012, the case against King was dismissed after he paid the $17,000 in full.http://www.thenewsherald.com/articles/2012/01/27/news/doc4f233bc0eaaf6404217689.txt In 2016, King began his coaching career as he became the head coach of the Ecorse Community High School men's basketball team in Ecorse, Michigan.

References

External links

Jimmy King player profile
at NBA.com (includes career highs)

of Jimmy King at NBA.com *
University of Michigan Basketball Statistical Archive
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