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Kelenna Azubuike

Retired • Retired after 2012 season • SG/SF • 6 years of NBA experience

Height6'5

Weight215 lbs

Born16th December 1983 (age 42)

Nationality🇳🇬Nigeria/🇺🇸USA

NBA DraftUndrafted, 20052005 Early Entry: Stayed in

Pre-draft teamKentucky

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Agentn/a

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Representative Teams

NBA Summer League - Las Vegas 2012 roster

Cleveland Cavaliers

NBA Summer League - Las Vegas 2007 roster

Golden State Warriors

NBA Summer League - Las Vegas 2006 roster

Denver Nuggets

NBA Summer League - Las Vegas 2005 roster

Cleveland Cavaliers

Stats

Year	League	Team	G	MPG	PTS/G	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
2005-06	D League	Fort Worth Flyers	41	25.6	12.6	4.7	9.3	50.8%	0.7	1.9	36.7%	2.5	3.1	78.3%	1.0	3.0	4.0	1.5	0.7	0.3	1.6	1.9
2006-07	D League	Fort Worth Flyers	12	41.9	26.0	9.4	18.3	51.4%	2.7	5.5	48.5%	4.5	5.7	79.4%	0.8	4.3	5.0	3.2	1.2	0.6	2.7	2.2
2006-07	NBA	Golden State Warriors	41	16.3	7.1	2.4	5.4	44.5%	0.8	1.9	43.0%	1.5	1.9	78.2%	0.6	1.7	2.3	0.7	0.5	0.2	1.0	1.2
2007-08	NBA	Golden State Warriors	81	21.4	8.5	3.2	7.2	44.5%	0.9	2.4	36.4%	1.2	1.7	71.7%	1.3	2.7	4.0	0.9	0.6	0.4	0.7	2.0
2008-09	NBA	Golden State Warriors	74	32.1	14.4	5.3	11.4	46.4%	1.3	2.8	44.8%	2.5	3.1	80.8%	1.5	3.5	5.0	1.6	0.8	0.7	1.3	2.5
2009-10	NBA	Golden State Warriors	9	25.7	13.9	5.3	9.8	54.5%	1.1	3.0	37.0%	2.1	3.1	67.9%	1.3	3.2	4.6	1.1	0.6	1.0	0.8	1.8
2011-12	D League	Texas Legends	7	12.7	6.4	2.4	5.4	44.7%	0.6	0.9	66.7%	1.0	1.6	63.6%	1.4	2.0	3.4	0.7	0.3	0.0	1.1	1.6
2011-12	NBA	Dallas Mavericks	3	6.0	2.3	1.0	2.7	37.5%	0.3	1.0	33.3%	0.0	0.0	–	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	1.3	0.3

Teams

Date	Team
2002 - 2005	Kentucky (NCAA)
July 2005	Cleveland Cavaliers (Summer League)
October 2005	Cleveland Cavaliers (NBA)
December 2005 - June 2006	Fort Worth Flyers (D League)
July 2006	Denver Nuggets (Summer League)
July 2006 - October 2006	Houston Rockets (NBA)
November 2006 - January 2007	Fort Worth Flyers (D League)
January 2007 - July 2010	Golden State Warriors (NBA)
July 2010 - February 2011	New York Knicks (NBA)
March 2012 - June 2012	Dallas Mavericks (NBA)
June 2012 - October 2012	Cleveland Cavaliers (NBA)

Transactions

Date	League	Transaction
3rd October 2005	NBA	Signed a partially guaranteed two-year minimum salary contract with Cleveland Cavaliers.
31st October 2005	NBA	Waived by Cleveland Cavaliers.
6th December 2005	D League	Acquired by Fort Worth Flyers.
28th July 2006	NBA	Signed a partially guaranteed two-year minimum salary contract with Houston Rockets.
24th October 2006	NBA	Waived by Houston Rockets.
1st November 2006	D League	Designated as a returning player by Fort Worth Flyers.
2nd January 2007	NBA	Signed an unguaranteed minimum salary contract for the remainder of the season with Golden State Warriors.
17th July 2007	NBA	Re-signed by Golden State Warriors to a guaranteed two-year minimum salary contract. Included player option for 2008/09.
12th June 2008	NBA	Declined 2008/09 player option.
17th July 2008	NBA	Signed a three-year, $9.3 million offer sheet with L.A. Clippers. Included player option for 2010/11.
24th July 2008	NBA	Golden State Warriors matched L.A. Clippers' offer sheet.
4th May 2010	NBA	Exercised 2010/11 player option.
9th July 2010	NBA	Traded by Golden State Warriors, along with Anthony Randolph, Ronny Turiaf, a 2012 second-round pick (#38, Quincy Miller) and a 2013 second-round pick (#51, Romero Osby) to New York Knicks in exchange for a signed-and-traded David Lee.
28th February 2011	NBA	Waived by New York Knicks.
23rd March 2012	NBA	Signed a guaranteed minimum salary contract for the remainder of the season and through 2013 with Dallas Mavericks. Immediately assigned to Texas Legends of the D League.
9th April 2012	D League	Recalled by Dallas from Texas Legends of the D League.
2012 NBA Draft	NBA	Traded by Dallas Mavericks, along with the draft rights to Tyler Zeller (#17), to Cleveland Cavaliers in exchange for the draft rights to Bernard James (#33), Jared Cunningham (#24) and Jae Crowder (#34).
13th October 2012	NBA	Waived by Cleveland Cavaliers.

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Looking for an unsigned forward? These guys are available

13th December 2013

Kelenna Azubuike - Initially injured in November 2009, Azubuike did not play again until March 2012, when the Mavericks signed him to a guaranteed deal through 2014 and assigned him to the Texas Legends. There, Azubuike showed some signs, scoring 45 points in 87 minutes, but also looked highly rusty and nothing like the player who once led the D-League in scoring. Dallas then traded him to Cleveland in the Tyler Zeller deal, where the Cavaliers waived him despite his guaranteed deal, and Azubuike has not played since. He is pursuing business interests, yet has never proclaimed retirement - still only 29, Azubuike surely still has a chance of a comeback. And if he should be fit enough to do so, he was sufficiently good pre-injury that the NBA will certainly let him try.

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Ben Gordon finally commits to Great Britain national team

8th May 2010

[...] The difference in talent between Ben Gordon and those incumbents is roughly equal to the difference between the eruption of Krakatoa and a termite farting. By putting together a lineup of Gordon/anyone/Deng/Pops/Archibald, with Freeland and Bryan-Amaning off the bench, Britain are now able to compete with any team; it matters not who the 'anyone' at two guard is. (It would be nice if it was Kelenna Azubuike, who was born in London; however, he is not eligible for a British passport. His parents were not in the country legally at the time of his birth, and Azubuike's passport application was turned down in 2007. It's a shame, because he's the missing piece.)