Jamaal Magloire
Canadian basketball player (born 1978)
Jamaal Dane Magloire (pronounced ; born May 21, 1978) is a Canadian former professional basketball player who currently serves as basketball development consultant and community ambassador for the Toronto Raptors. He played 12 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Charlotte Hornets, New Orleans Hornets, Milwaukee Bucks, Portland Trail Blazers, New Jersey Nets, Dallas Mavericks, Miami Heat, and Toronto Raptors. The 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m), 265 lb (120 kg; 18.9 st) center was selected out of the University of Kentucky by the Charlotte Hornets, with the 19th overall pick in the 2000 NBA draft, after withdrawing his name from the previous draft. He was voted into the NBA All-Star Game in 2004, becoming the second Canadian All-Star in NBA history. In June 2026, Complex Canada placed Magloire ninth in their ranking of The 20 Best Canadian Basketball Players of All Time.
Early life
Magloire was born in Toronto, Ontario, to Trinidadian immigrant parents, Garth, a welder, and Marion, an insurance worker. He was raised in the city's Scarborough district and attended high school at Eastern Commerce Collegiate Institute, where he led the school's grade 12 boys basketball team to back-to-back Ontario provincial championships in 1995 and 1996.
College career
In 1996, Magloire enrolled at the University of Kentucky. He was named to the SEC All-Freshman team in 1997. Magloire started 12 games as a sophomore for the Kentucky Wildcats team that won the national championship in 1998.
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