1. Aaron Fitzgerald McKie was born on October 2,1972 and is an American basketball coach and former professional basketball player who played 14 seasons in the National Basketball Association.
17 Facts About Aaron McKie
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Aaron McKie is currently the special advisor for athletics at his alma mater Temple University.
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Aaron McKie attended Philadelphia's Simon Gratz High School, where he was a letterman in basketball.
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Aaron McKie played on the same team as future NBA player Rasheed Wallace.
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Aaron McKie teamed up with eventual All-Star Eddie Jones at Temple, and was named first-team All-Atlantic 10 and he was named to the A-10 all-tournament team as a senior.
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Aaron McKie was selected in the first round of the 1994 NBA draft by the Portland Trail Blazers.
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Aaron McKie has since played for the Detroit Pistons, the Philadelphia 76ers, and the Los Angeles Lakers.
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Aaron McKie played an important role in the NBA Finals-bound team, serving as backup to Eric Snow and Allen Iverson and occasionally played as a starter.
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Aaron McKie signed with the Lakers on August 22,2005, and played 14 regular-season games for them.
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In October 2007, Aaron McKie rejoined the 76ers as an assistant coach.
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On February 1,2008, Aaron McKie, who was a Sixers assistant coach at the time, was traded by the Lakers to the Memphis Grizzlies, along with Kwame Brown, Javaris Crittenton, rights to Marc Gasol, and the 2008 and 2010 first-round draft picks, for Pau Gasol.
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The Lakers' acquisition of Pau Gasol was only approved by the league office when the Lakers called Aaron McKie to inform him that they wanted to sign him and throw him in for salary cap reasons.
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Aaron McKie was released from the Grizzlies on May 9,2008.
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Aaron McKie left the Sixers staff to join the Temple men's basketball staff under Fran Dunphy.
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On March 13,2023, Temple announced that Aaron McKie stepped down as the men's basketball coach and would take on a new role as the as a special advisor to the athletics department.
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Aaron McKie is a third cousin of Jason McKie of the NFL.
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Allen Iverson once said in an interview that Aaron McKie was his most influential teammate.