Khalid El-Amin was born on April 25,1979 and is a retired American professional basketball player.
18 Facts About Khalid El-Amin
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Khalid El-Amin was a member of the 1999 University of Connecticut men's basketball team that won the NCAA championship.
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Khalid El-Amin is originally from Minnesota, where he played for North High School in Minneapolis.
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Khalid El-Amin later played professionally in several countries, mainly in Europe.
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In 2000 Khalid El-Amin led the Huskies in scoring, assists and steals and was named to the All-Big East first team.
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Khalid El-Amin was one of 15 finalists for the Naismith Award and set a Big East record by making 93.4 percent of his FTs in league games.
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Khalid El-Amin left UConn as fourth all-time at the school in FT percentage at 82.2, sixth all-time in assists and fifth in steals.
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Khalid El-Amin helped the US to a gold medal performance in the '98 Goodwill Games in New York City.
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Khalid El-Amin was drafted by the Chicago Bulls in the 2nd round with the 5th pick of the 2000 NBA draft.
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Khalid El-Amin only played 1 season in the NBA, playing 50 games and had a per-game average of 6.3 points, 2.9 assists, 1.6 rebounds, 1 steal, and 1.1 turnovers.
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Khalid El-Amin then joined Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan in November 2002.
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Khalid El-Amin joined Besiktas Istanbul of the Turkish league in August 2003.
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Khalid El-Amin was named MVP of the Turkish League All-Star Game in 2005 and was a member of the World Team at the 2005 FIBA Europe All-Star Game.
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Azovmash won the 2006 Ukrainian Championship, and Khalid El-Amin was named the MVP of both the regular season and playoffs.
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In December 2011, Khalid El-Amin signed a one-month deal with Cibona Zagreb of Croatia.
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Khalid El-Amin later extend his contract for the rest of the season, and helped his team to win the Croatian A-1 Liga.
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Khalid El-Amin left Le Mans in February 2013, and signed with the Turkish club Trabzonspor.
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Khalid El-Amin joined CBS Sports Network as a college basketball analyst.