Lionel Chalmers

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Lionel Chalmers
Chalons-Reims
2015Gediz Üniversitesi
As a coach:
2019–presentOrlando Magic (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
  • NBL champion (2014)
Stats at NBA.com 
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Lionel Chalmers Jr. (born November 10, 1980) is an American former professional basketball player who currently works as an assistant coach for the Orlando Magic of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) in height and played at the point guard position.

Amateur career

Chalmers played his first three years of high school basketball at Notre Dame-Bishop Gibbons in

Albany High School
for his senior year.

Chalmers attended Xavier University, where he played college basketball for four years as an undergraduate and later as a graduate student. As a senior, he led Xavier to the Elite Eight round of the NCAA Tournament. He was inducted into the Xavier University Athletic Hall of Fame in 2015.[1]

Professional career

Chalmers was drafted by the

Marko Jaric in exchange for Sam Cassell.[2] He played for the Timberwolves in the 2005–06 NBA preseason
, but he was released into free agency before the regular season commenced.

He played in the

AEK Athens BC from November 2005 to February 2006, when he then joined TAU Cerámica of the Spanish ACB.[3]

He played with the

Basket CAI Zaragoza.[6]

In July 2007, Chalmers moved to the

BC Lokomotiv Kuban.[7] In 2012, he joined Aliağa Petkim of Turkey.[8] In October 2013, he signed a one-year deal with Levski Sofia.[9] With them he won the National Basketball League
of Bulgaria.

In July 2014, he signed with

LNB Pro A.[10] On January 9, 2015, he parted ways with them.[11]

Coaching career

Chalmers began his coaching career in 2017 as a video coordinator of the Orlando Magic, becoming an associate coach/player development two years later. On August 8, 2021, he became one of the most important full time assistant coach with the Magic.[12]

Personal

Lionel's cousin, Mario Chalmers, formerly of the Kansas Jayhawks, was picked in the second round of the 2008 NBA draft by the Minnesota Timberwolves. He was later traded to the Miami Heat, with whom he won 2 consecutive NBA championships.[13] He also has a wife and 3 children.

Notes

  1. ^ "Xavier Athletics 2015-16 Hall of Fame Class Announced" Xavier Athletics. Retrieved 2016-01-03.
  2. ^ 'Sam I Am' to bring playoff experience to Clippers
  3. ^ HoopsHype - NBA Players - Lionel Chalmers.
  4. ^ Kerr takes shot today with Hill.
  5. ^ Tracy Graven (December 7, 2006). "In Development, December 4–7, 2006". Hoopsworld.com. Archived from the original on April 3, 2007. Retrieved April 27, 2007.
  6. ^ "Euro Basket - Spanish Basket". Eurobasket.net. Archived from the original on September 26, 2007. Retrieved June 11, 2007.
  7. ^ Lokomotiv Kuban signs Lionel Chalmers to a one-year contract
  8. ^ Lionel Chalmers. Eurobasket
  9. ^ "Lionel Chalmers signs with Levski Sofia". Sportando.net. Retrieved October 4, 2013.
  10. ^ "Lionel CHALMERS signe au CCRB" (in French). ccrbasket.com. Retrieved July 3, 2014.
  11. ^ Lionel Chalmers, Chalons-Reims part ways
  12. ^ Orlando Magic Name Assistant Coaches
  13. ^ HEAT Acquire Draft Rights To Mario Chalmers
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