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Adonal Foyle
Adonal Foyle in 2008
Personal information
Born (1975-03-09) March 9, 1975 (age 49)
Canouan, Saint Vincent, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
NationalityVincentian / American
Listed height6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Listed weight270 lb (122 kg)
Career information
High schoolHamilton Central School
CollegeColgate
NBA draft1997: 1st round, 8th overall pick
Selected by the Golden State Warriors
Playing career1997–2010
PositionCenter
Number31, 30
Stats Edit this at Wikidata at NBA.com
Stats Edit this at Wikidata at Basketball-Reference.com

Adonal David Foyle (born March 9, 1975 in Canouan, St. Vincent and the Grenadines) is a retired Vincentian-American professional basketball player who last played for the Orlando Magic of the NBA. He was selected by the Golden State Warriors with the 8th overall selection of the 1997 NBA Draft. He played ten seasons with the team until the team bought out his contract on August 13, 2007. At the time, he had been the Warriors' longest-tenured player.[1]

Early life and college career

At the age of 15, Foyle was adopted by Joan and Jay Mandle, professors at Colgate University.[2] He attended High School at Hamilton Central School Hamilton, New York), where he helped the HCS Emerald Knights gain their first two state championships.[3]

He played collegiately for the Colgate University Raiders, where he was the school's all-time leading rebounder and 2nd all-time leading scorer. He left as the NCAA's all-time leader in blocked shots with 492, despite playing only three college seasons (his record was broken by Wojciech Myrda in 2002[4]). He now ranks third all-time, behind Myrda and Jarvis Varnado.[5]

Foyle graduated from Colgate magna cum laude with a history degree. Politically motivated, he founded the organization Democracy Matters, which tries to curb the effects of money on politics.

NBA career

Through his NBA career, Foyle has averaged 4.1 points and 1.6 blocks per game. He has finished amongst the 10 highest players in blocks per game three times during his career.

In July 2004, during the offseason, the Golden State Warriors re-signed Foyle to a six-year, $42 million contract.[1] Foyle played very sparingly during the 2006–07 season under new coach Don Nelson, and was waived by the Warriors on August 13, 2007, with three years and $29.2 million remaining on his contract.

On August 23, 2007, Foyle signed with the Orlando Magic for the veteran minimum of $1.3 million.[6] On August 2, 2008, he re-signed with the Magic for another year, also at the veteran minimum.[7]

He was traded to the Memphis Grizzlies on February 19, 2009.[8]

On March 1, 2009 the Grizzlies waived Foyle.[9] Foyle signed with the Orlando Magic on March 23, 2009 for the rest of the season.[10] Later that year, in August, Foyle re-signed with the Magic.[11] However, he underwent arthroscopic knee surgery before the season began, and did not play that season.[12] On August 17, 2010, Foyle announced his retirement.[12] On September 7, 2010, the Magic named Foyle the team's director of player development.

Off the court

In his spare time, Foyle writes poems, is a political activist, and reviews books for HOOP Magazine.[citation needed]

In 2001, he founded Democracy Matters,[13] a non-partisan student organization, as an effort to counteract political apathy on college campuses. The organization's signature issue is campaign finance reform, particularly Clean Elections. Active on over 50 college campuses, Democracy Matters involves hundreds of students and faculty nationwide through teach-ins, letter writing and petition campaigns, educational seminars, and voter registration drives.

In 2005, Foyle founded the Kerosene Lamp Foundation, which serves children in St. Vincent & the Grenadines.KLF website

He played a cameo role of "detective" in the movie The Darwin Awards.

Foyle became an American citizen on March 13, 2007, after being in the U.S. for almost 18 years.[2][14] He also became a member of the National Basketball Players Association Executive Committee.[15]

On September 24, 2009, Foyle was inducted into the World Sports Humanitarian Hall of Fame. Only eight other NBA players have been inducted into the World Sports Humanitarian Hall of Fame. (Nate “Tiny” Archibald, Vlade Divac, Julius Erving, AC Green, Kevin Johnson, Dikembe Mutombo, David Robinson and Steve Smith).

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
1997–98 Golden State 55 1 11.9 .406 .000 .435 3.3 .3 .2 .9 3.0
1998–99 Golden State 44 0 14.0 .430 .000 .490 4.4 .4 .3 1.0 2.9
1999–00 Golden State 76 59 21.8 .508 .000 .378 5.6 .6 .3 1.8 5.5
2000–01 Golden State 58 37 25.1 .416 .000 .441 7.0 .8 .5 2.7 5.9
2001–02 Golden State 79 36 18.8 .444 .000 .398 4.9 .5 .5 2.1 4.8
2002–03 Golden State 82 0 21.8 .536 .000 .673 6.0 .5 .5 2.5 5.4
2003–04 Golden State 44 8 13.0 .454 .000 .543 3.8 .4 .1 1.0 3.1
2004–05 Golden State 78 50 21.8 .502 .000 .556 5.5 .7 .3 2.0 4.5
2005–06 Golden State 77 72 23.7 .507 .000 .612 5.5 .4 .6 1.6 4.5
2006–07 Golden State 48 6 9.9 .565 .000 .440 2.6 .4 .2 1.0 2.2
2007–08 Orlando 82 0 9.4 .458 .000 .471 2.5 .2 .2 .6 1.9
2008–09 Memphis/Orlando 10 0 6.2 .636 .000 .500 2.6 .1 .0 .8 1.7
Career 733 269 17.8 .476 .000 .499 4.7 .5 .4 1.6 4.1

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2006–07 Golden State 3 0 2.0 1.000 .000 .000 .7 .0 .0 .0 .7
2007–08 Orlando 3 0 3.7 .333 .000 .000 1.0 .0 .0 .0 .7
2008–09 Orlando 2 0 2.0 .000 .000 .000 .5 .0 .0 .0 .0
Career 8 0 2.5 .400 .000 .000 .8 .0 .0 .0 .5

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Warriors place Foyle on waivers; Center eyes Magic, updated August 13, 2007
  2. ^ a b Citizen Foyle: a New Status for Center, March 12, 2007.
  3. ^ "Bio".
  4. ^ Template:PDFlink; retrieved April 12, 2007
  5. ^ MSU happy to welcome back Varnado
  6. ^ Source: Orlando Magic, Adonal Foyle agree to terms - OrlandoSentinel.com
  7. ^ Veteran Center Foyle Re-Signs With Magic | AHN | August 10, 2008
  8. ^ "Grizzlies acquire 2009 first round pick from Magic". NBA.com. 2009-02-19. Retrieved 2009-02-20.
  9. ^ "Grizzlies waive center Adonal Foyle". NBA.com. 2009-03-01. Retrieved 2009-08-29.
  10. ^ "Magic Re-Sign Adonal Foyle". NBA.com. 2009-03-23. Retrieved 2009-08-29.
  11. ^ "Magic Re-Sign Adonal Foyle". NBA.com. 2009-08-27. Retrieved 2009-08-29.
  12. ^ a b "Adonal Foyle calls it quits". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. 17 August 2010. Retrieved 17 August 2010.
  13. ^ "Bio • College". AdonalFoyle.com.
  14. ^ WARRIORS: Adonal Foyle Becomes U.S. Citizen
  15. ^ Adonal Foyle retiring from NBA

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