Mario Chalmers
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[edit] Biography
Almario Vernard "Mario" Chalmers (born May 19, 1986 in Anchorage, Alaska), nicknamed Super Mario, is a guard for the Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team.
In the 2007 Big 12 Coaches Awards, Mario Chalmers was named Co-Defensive Player of the Year with Marcus Dove of Oklahoma State. Chalmers was also voted on the All Big 12 Third Team, and the All Big 12 Defensive Team.
In the 2007-2008 season, Chalmers was named Big 12 All-Defensive First Team and All Big 12 Second Team.
Mario is the cousin of former Los Angeles Clipper guard and Xavier standout Lionel Chalmers.
[edit] High school
Chalmers attended Bartlett High School in Anchorage, Alaska. Chalmers was named 4A state player of the year three times in a row, joining Trajan Langdon as the only other player to do so. Chalmers also led his school to two state championships in 2002. 2003, and two runner up finishes in 2004, 2005. Chalmers' team was coached by Ronnie Chalmers, Mario's father.
[edit] College
Mario was rated the #1 overall point guard in the 2005 recruiting class. Chalmers' choices were narrowed to Arizona and Kansas, before finally committing to KU on May 20, 2005.
[edit] Freshman year
Chalmers began his college career on the bench behind guard Jeff Hawkins, but worked his way into the starting rotation in January 2006. He finished the season starting 21 of the final 22 games (missing only senior night). He finished his freshman year at 11.5 points per game, second on the team. His 15 points against Bradley in the NCAA tournament totaled four straight 15 point games. He became the second freshman in Big 12 History to win Conference Player of the Week's honors and National Freshman of the Week twice. He also set the KU and Big 12 record for most steals in a season by a freshman with 89. Chalmers won KU's Clyde Lovellette Most Improved Player Award (co- with Julian Wright), and the Dutch Lonborg Free Throw Percentage Award (78.8%).
[edit] Sophomore year
Chalmers was second in the team in scoring at 12.3 points per game, recording four 20 point games during the 06-07 season. In the Big 12 Coaches Awards, Mario Chalmers was named Co-Defensive Player of the Year with Marcus Dove of Oklahoma State. Chalmers was also voted on the All Big 12 Third Team, and the All Big 12 Defensive Team.
[edit] Junior year
Chalmers is currently averaging 12 points per game, 4.7 assists per game, and 2.4 steals per game for the #5 Kansas Jayhawks. During his Junior year, Chalmers has averaged .480 from the three-point area and .561 from the two point area of the court. He scored 30 points in Kansas' win in the Big 12 Conference tournament title game against Texas.
In the 2007-2008 season, Chalmers was named Big 12 All-Defensive First Team and All Big 12 Second Team.
Chalmers also made a 3-pointer with 2.1 seconds left in the National Title Game. The Jayhawks went on to win in overtime.
[edit] Transactions
- June 26, 2008: Drafted by the Minnesota Timberwolves in the 2nd round (34th overall) in 2008.
- Then traded to the Miami Heat for the rights to Darnell Jackson, a 2009 2nd round draft pick (Henk Norel) and a 2009 2nd round draft pick (Nick Calathes).
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Totals
| Season | Team | G | GS | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
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| 2009 | MIA | 82 | 82 | 2626 | 278 | 662 | .420 | 114 | 311 | .367 | 148 | 193 | .767 | 37 | 191 | 228 | 403 | 160 | 8 | 165 | 240 | 818 |
| 2010 | MIA | |||||||||||||||||||||
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[edit] Per Game
| Season | Team | G | GS | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
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| 2009 | MIA | 82 | 82 | 32.0 | 3.4 | 8.1 | .420 | 1.4 | 3.8 | .367 | 1.8 | 2.4 | .767 | 0.5 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 4.9 | 2.0 | 0.1 | 2.0 | 2.9 | 10.0 |
| 2010 | MIA | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Career |
