Ira Newble (born January 20,
1975, in Detroit,
Michigan
) is an
American
professional
basketball player currently
playing for Keravnos Strovolos in
Cyprus. He has
previously played in the
NBA with the
San Antonio Spurs, the
Atlanta Hawks, the
Cleveland Cavaliers, the
Seattle SuperSonics, and the
Los Angeles Lakers.
He attended and
graduated from Southfield High
School, in Southfield, Michigan
in
1993. He went to Miami University
in Oxford
, Ohio
where he
studied sports marketing.
College career
Newble
went to Mississippi Gulf Coast Junior
College
before attending Miami University. As a senior in Miami University, he
averaged 11.3 points, 7.5 rebounds, and 1.2 assists per game while
earning Honorable Mention All-Mid American Conference honors.
NBA career
After an uneventful first season with the Spurs and one and-a-half
consistent ones with the Hawks, the Cavaliers signed Newble as a
free agent on July 2003. Injuries hampered Newble in the
2005-06 NBA season. He missed 21 games
with a right foot strain and missed 14 games with a facial abscess.
On December, 2007, it was revealed that the Cavaliers fined Newble
and
Damon Jones an undisclosed amount of
money, for refusing to come off the bench during the final minute
of their Christmas Day win over the
Miami
Heat. On February 21, 2008 he was traded to the
Seattle SuperSonics in a multi-player
deal including
Ben Wallace,
Joe Smith,
Wally
Szczerbiak,
Delonte West,
Drew Gooden,
Larry
Hughes,
Donyell Marshall, and
more . He was then waived by the Sonics one week later. On March,
2008, it was confirmed that Newble signed a ten-day contract with
the Los Angeles Lakers. Nine days later, the Lakers signed Newble
for the remainder of the
2007-2008
Season.
European career
Newble started his professional career overseas in the
Cypriot League playing for
Keravnos Strovolos. In March 2009, he
signed with
Bnei HaSharon from the
Israeli
BSL for the
remainder of the season. He joined the
Greek
League club
Aris Thessaloniki in August
2009. However, he had to leave them before he played any games with
them due to legal matters.
Darfur Campaign
Ira Newble
leads a campaign to help bring awareness to China's involvement in
the Darfur
crisis. He was collecting signatures around the league for a
letter that then was presented to the Chinese Government and the
President of the
Olympic Committee
for the
2008 Summer Olympic
Games.
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