Gerald wallace is a well-known basketball player of American origin, famous for his current participation with the Charlotte bobcats of the National Basketball Association.
Gerald Jermaine Wallace was born on July 23, 1982 in the city of Sylacauga, located within the state of Alabama, USA.
Inside the playing field his position is that of Small Forward and he usually wears shirt number 3. His maximum height is 2.01 meters and he weighs approximately 98 kilograms.
Despite being born in Sylacauga, his parents decided to move shortly after to the city where he spent much of his childhood: Childersburg, also in Alabama.
There he attended high school where his skill as a player stood out so much that in his final year he was chosen to play in the McDonald’s High School All American.
The latter is a summer championship where the best high school basketball players play a series of matches to decide who is the best.
After an excellent performance in this tournament, he received one of the most important awards for a high school student: the Naismith Prep Player of the Year.
Upon graduation from high school in the 2000, decided to enroll in the University of Alabama where he was received with open arms within the basketball team.
During his freshman year in college he scored a total of 9.8 points, 6.0 rebounds and 1.2 steals per game. One of his personal marks was an impressive total of 17 rebounds in a single game played with Wofford the December 7, 2001.
Once the season was over, he was named as one of the members of the All-Stars Eastern Conference Team, for its immense defensive capacity.
Perhaps this was what prompted him to leave the university that same year and include his name within the 2001 NBA draft. He was chosen by the Sacramento Kings in 25th position.
From that moment on, he became a replacement player for whom Kings they never gave much importance. They only used it in practically resolved matches, for its showy dunks and style.
In the 2004 Wallace entered the Expanded Draft where what Charlotte bobcats They decided that a player with his talent would really be of use to them.
He entered immediately as a starter, significantly improving his averages to 11.1 points, 5.5 rebounds obtained and 1.7 stolen balls per game.
His progress continued progressively throughout the season 2005-06 until in January 2006 suffered a severe injury to his left ankle.
Up to that point he had reached a very good table: 14.5 points, 7 rebounds obtained and 2.19 blocked balls per game. Only two other players in the entire history of the NBA have averaged more than 2 blocks per game: David robinson Y Hakeem Olajuwon.
Since then he has lost approximately 40 games to various injuries from his risky game. Luckily or unfortunately this is his best way to play, blasts of skill that leave other players completely shocked.
During the first months of the season 2006-07 He tried to improve his behavior so as not to receive so many injuries, which inevitably caused his statistics to drop a lot.
When it seemed that he had found a way to balance his game, he suffered a heavy blow in a match against the Indiana Pacers. The result: a dislocated shoulder that left him out for the rest of the season.
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