Almario Vernard "Mario" Chalmers was born on May 19,1986 and is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Zamboanga Valientes of the ASEAN Basketball League.
46 Facts About Mario Chalmers
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Mario Chalmers was selected as the 34th overall pick in the 2008 NBA draft by the Minnesota Timberwolves after playing three seasons of college basketball for the University of Kansas.
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Mario Chalmers is the only Alaskan to win a championship in the high school, college, and pro levels.
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Ronnie Mario Chalmers is a former head basketball coach at Bartlett High School and assistant coach at the University of Kansas.
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Almarie Mosley Mario Chalmers has coached many basketball camps and has written a book about raising a basketball family titled The Ball is in Your Court: Embracing Your Child's Dreams.
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Mario has an older sister named Roneka, who lives in Charlotte, North Carolina, where the Chalmers family lived for some time.
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Mario Chalmers is the cousin of former Los Angeles Clippers guard Lionel Chalmers, and former Minnesota Timberwolves guard Chris Smith.
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Mario Chalmers led his high school team to two state championships in 2002 and 2003, and a runner-up finish in 2004.
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Mario Chalmers considered Arizona, North Carolina, Wake Forest and Georgia Tech before finally committing to the University of Kansas on May 21,2004.
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Mario Chalmers began his college career on the bench behind guard Jeff Hawkins, but worked his way into the starting rotation in January 2006.
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Mario Chalmers finished the season starting 21 of the final 22 games.
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Mario Chalmers finished his freshman year averaging 11.5 points per game, which was second highest on the team.
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Mario Chalmers became the second freshman in Big 12 history to win Conference Player of the Week honors and was named National Freshman of the Week twice.
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Mario Chalmers set the KU and Big 12 Conference record for most steals in a season by a freshman with 89.
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Mario Chalmers was named to the Big 12 All-Rookie Team, Big 12 All-Defensive Team, All-Big 12 Honorable Mention, Third-Team All-Big-12, Big 12 All-Tournament Team and the Big 12 Tournament MVP after helping Kansas win the Big 12 tournament.
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Mario Chalmers earned third-team All-Big 12 and All-Big 12 Defensive Team honors.
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Mario Chalmers averaged 12.8 points per game during his junior year.
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Mario Chalmers scored 30 points in Kansas' win in the Big 12 Conference tournament title game against Texas.
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Mario Chalmers was again named to the Big 12 All-Defensive Team, and earned second-team All-Big 12 honors.
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Mario Chalmers helped his team win the 2008 NCAA Championship with a three-point shot with 2.1 seconds left in the final game.
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Mario Chalmers started all 82 regular season games his rookie year and finished the season averaging 10 points, 4.9 assists, 2.8 rebounds, 2 steals, and 32 minutes per game.
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On November 5,2008, in just his fourth NBA game, Mario Chalmers set a franchise record for steals in a game with nine.
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Mario Chalmers had 15 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, and 1 steal.
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On June 15,2011, the Heat extended a qualifying offer to Mario Chalmers, making him a restricted free agent in the offseason.
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On December 9,2011, Mario Chalmers re-signed with the Heat on a three-year, $12 million contract.
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On February 15,2012, Mario Chalmers was named a participant in the 2012 NBA All-Star Weekend Three-Point Shootout.
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Mario Chalmers was highly praised for his 25-point performance in Game 4 of the 2012 NBA Finals.
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Mario Chalmers scored 12 points in the fourth quarter to help the Heat win the game.
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In Game 5 of the NBA Finals, Mario Chalmers recorded 10 points, 7 assists, and 2 rebounds in 34 minutes of action as he helped the Heat win the 2012 NBA championship.
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On January 12,2013, Mario Chalmers scored a career-high 34 points against the Sacramento Kings, making 10 three-pointers.
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Mario Chalmers tied the Heat's record for most three-pointers in a game.
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Mario Chalmers finished the regular season with averages of 9.8 points and 4.9 assists in 73 games.
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The Heat faced the San Antonio Spurs again, but unlike past Finals series, Mario Chalmers struggled and was replaced in the starting lineup by Ray Allen in Game 5.
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On November 10,2015, Mario Chalmers was traded, along with James Ennis, to the Memphis Grizzlies in exchange for Jarnell Stokes and Beno Udrih.
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In November 2016, after recovering from the Achilles injury, Mario Chalmers was ready to make his comeback.
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Mario Chalmers won the 2019 FIBA Champions League title with Virtus.
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On November 4,2019, Mario Chalmers joined AEK Athens of the Greek Basket League, signing a two-month contract with an option to extend it for the rest of the season, which AEK exercised on January 16.
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On September 21,2020, Mario Chalmers signed a one-year contract with Aris Thessaloniki of the Greek Basket League.
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On September 27,2021, Mario Chalmers signed with Indios de Mayaguez of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional.
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On December 18,2021, Mario Chalmers signed with the Grand Rapids Gold of the NBA G League.
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On December 31,2021, Mario Chalmers returned to the Miami Heat on a 10-day contract via the hardship exemption after the team placed 5 players in the NBA health and safety protocols.
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On January 14,2022, Mario Chalmers was acquired by the Sioux Falls Skyforce.
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On January 2023, Mario Chalmers signed with Zamboanga Valientes in the ASEAN Basketball League.
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In 2013, Mario Chalmers established a travel team program for youth boys called Team Rio National.
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Chalmers offers his own annual basketball camp, the Mario Chalmers Miracle Shot Basketball Camp, to help kids learn and develop basketball skills.
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Mario Chalmers's camp is for beginners that want to learn the fundamentals and basic skills of basketball and has a section for the more advanced players.