Chris Mihm

Chris Mihm

Free Agent
Center
Personal information
Date of birth	July 16, 1979 (1979-07-16) (age 32)
Place of birth	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Nationality	American
High school	Westlake (Austin, Texas)
Listed height	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)
Listed weight	265 lb (120 kg)
Career information
College	Texas
NBA Draft	2000 / Round: 1 / Pick: 7th overall
Selected by the Chicago Bulls
Pro career	2000–present
League	NBA
Career history
Cleveland Cavaliers (2000–2003) Boston Celtics (2003–2004) Los Angeles Lakers (2004–2009) Memphis Grizzlies (2009)
Career highlights and awards
NBA All-Rookie Second Team (2001)
Stats at NBA.com

Medal record
Men’s Basketball
Competitor for  United States
Summer Universiade
Gold	1999 Palma	Team competition

Christopher Steven Mihm (born July 16, 1979) is a 7 ft (2.13 m), 265 pound (120 kg) American professional basketball player currently a free agent. He was drafted with the 7th overall pick in the 2000 NBA Draft by the Chicago Bulls.

Early life

Mihm was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Gary and Nina Mihm. At the age of fourteen, he was ranked among Texas' top tennis players in his age group. Mihm attended Westlake High School in Austin, Texas where he became an all-state player by his senior year.

College career

Mihm played his college basketball in University of Texas at Austin and is currently their all-time leader in blocks (264) while ranking second in rebounds, second in double-doubles, and first in every blocked shot category. In his junior season, Mihm was a first-team All-American selection.^[1]

NBA career

Cleveland Cavaliers (2000–2003)

Mihm was picked 7th overall by the Chicago Bulls but was then traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers. In his first season, he was injured three times in that season which forced him to miss 26 games. In his second season with the Cavaliers, he started 60 of his 74 games but missed eight games with a right knee contusion. In his third season, he missed his first 27 games due to a strained left hamstring. In fourth and final season with the Cavaliers, he played 22 games for them. He was traded by the Cavaliers with Ricky Davis, Michael Stewart and a second-round draft choice to the Boston Celtics for Tony Battie, Kedrick Brown and Eric Williams.

Boston Celtics (2003–2004)

Mihm was a reserve center for Mark Blount. Mihm played in 54 games for the Celtics but missed a game due to a strained left hamstring. He was then in the off-season acquired by the Los Angeles Lakers along with Chucky Atkins and Jumaine Jones in exchange for Gary Payton, Rick Fox and a future first round draft pick.

Los Angeles Lakers (2004–2009)

In his first season with the Lakers, Mihm started as a center in all of his 75 games. He missed seven games due to injury with a gastrointestinal disorder and to a sprained right ankle. He also had his career-highs of 25 points, 11 field goals made, and 18 field goal attempts versus Orlando. In his second season with the Lakers, he started 56 times in 59 games, averaging a career-high 10.2 points on .501 shooting from the field. He missed six games due to a sprained right shoulder and missed 17 regular season games plus with playoffs due to a severely sprained right ankle. In the next season, he missed all the games because he was recovering from his right ankle surgeries.

Mihm then became a free-agent following the 2006–07 season. He was sought by the Chicago Bulls to help with their low-post scoring but the Bulls signed Joe Smith. Mihm eventually re-signed with the Los Angeles Lakers in the off-season as reported by NBA.com.^[2]

Memphis Grizzlies (2009)

Mihm was traded to the Grizzlies for a conditional 2013 second-round pick on February 18, 2009.^[3] However, Mihm did not play for the Grizzlies after undergoing right ankle surgery.

NBA career statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2000–01	Cleveland	59	43	19.8	.442	.000	.794	4.7	.3	.3	.9	7.6
2001–02	Cleveland	74	60	22.4	.420	.429	.693	5.3	.3	.2	1.2	7.7
2002–03	Cleveland	52	0	15.6	.404	.000	.724	4.4	.5	.3	.7	5.9
2003–04	Cleveland	22	1	17.8	.465	.000	.708	6.4	.5	.4	1.0	6.9
2003–04	Boston	54	16	17.4	.500	.000	.644	5.1	.2	.5	.8	6.1
2004–05	L.A. Lakers	75	75	24.9	.507	.000	.678	6.7	.7	.2	1.4	9.8
2005–06	L.A. Lakers	59	56	26.1	.501	.000	.716	6.3	1.0	.3	1.2	10.2
2007–08	L.A. Lakers	23	5	12.1	.337	.000	.667	3.3	.6	.2	.6	3.6
2008–09	L.A. Lakers	18	0	5.8	.375	.000	.857	1.9	.6	.1	.3	2.0
Career		436	256	20.1	.459	.231	.704	5.3	.5	.3	1.0	7.5

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2003–04	Boston	4	0	16.3	.318	.000	.600	4.5	.0	1.0	1.0	5.0
2007–08	L.A. Lakers	1	0	3.0	.000	.000	.000	.0	.0	.0	.0	.0
Career		5	0	13.6	.304	.000	.600	3.6	.0	.8	.8	4.0

Notes

1. ^ "NCAA College Basketball AP All-America Teams". Basketball-Reference.com. http://www.basketball-reference.com/awards/all_america.html. Retrieved 2011-08-29. 
2. ^ "NBA.com". NBA.com. http://www.nba.com/playerfile/chris_mihm/. Retrieved 2011-08-29. 
3. ^ "The Official Site Of The Los Angeles Lakers". Nba.com. http://www.nba.com/lakers/news/090218chrismihmtraded.html. Retrieved 2011-08-29. 

External links

• Chris Mihm at NBA.com
• Chris Mihm at Basketball-Reference.com

Persondata
Name	Mihm, Christopher Steven
Alternative names
Short description	Professional basketball player
Date of birth	July 16, 1979
Place of birth	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Date of death
Place of death