Shareef Abdur-Rahim, American basketball player, coach, and manager
Julius Shareef Abdur-Rahim (born December 11, 1976) is an American former professional basketball player and current president of the NBA G League. He was also the director of player personnel for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the general manager of the Reno Bighorns, the Kings' minor-league affiliate. He last played in the NBA for the Kings. On the basketball court, he played both forward and center positions. He left the University of California, Berkeley after one year to enter the 1996 NBA draft.
During his early NBA career, Abdur-Rahim was the star of the Vancouver Grizzlies. He was traded by the Grizzlies in 2001 and then played for the Atlanta Hawks and Portland Trail Blazers before joining his last team, the Sacramento Kings. Nicknamed Reef, Abdur-Rahim was named an NBA All-Star in the 2001–02 season. He also played on the United States men's national basketball team that won the gold medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Until he joined the Kings, despite the fact that he achieved solid statistics throughout his career, Abdur-Rahim had played the second most amount of games in NBA history without making a playoff appearance (744); in 2006, he made the playoffs for first and only time. Following persistent injuries to his right knee, Abdur-Rahim announced his retirement from basketball on September 22, 2008.