Robert Archibald

Infobox Euroleague Player
name = Robert Archibald
nickname =


caption =
position = Power forward
Center
height_ft = 6
height_in = 11
weight_lb = 250
league = ACB
team = Unicaja Málaga
nationality = British
birth_date = birth date and age|1980|3|29
birth_place = Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK
college = Illinois
highschool = Queen Anne, Dunfermline, UK
Lafayette,
Wildwood, Missouri
draft = 2nd round, 31st overall
draft_year = 2002
draft_team = Memphis Grizzlies
career_start = 2002
former_teams = Memphis Grizzlies (2002–2003)
Phoenix Suns (2003–2004)
Orlando Magic (2004)
Toronto Raptors (2004)
Valencia (2004)
Scavolini Pesaro (2004–2005)
Joventut Badalona (2005–2007)
Azovmash Mariupol (2007–2008)
awards =

Robert Michael Archibald Jr. (born March 29 1980 in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK) is a Scottish professional basketball player. A 6'11" power forward/center from the University of Illinois, he was selected by the Memphis Grizzlies with the third pick of the second round (31st overall) of the 2002 NBA Draft.

Archibald played two NBA seasons, spending time with four teams: the Grizzlies, the Phoenix Suns, the Orlando Magic, and the Toronto Raptors. He holds NBA career averages of 1.2 points and 1.6 rebounds per game. He also played for Joventut Badalona in Spain having started his career as a junior with Dunfermline Reign of the Scottish League, where he won the Under 20 Cup title.He currently plays for Unicaja Málaga from the Spanish league.

He has represented Scotland at junior level and Great Britain at Student level and is currently a member of the GB senior squad.

ee also

*Scotland at the 2006 Commonwealth Games

Trivia

* Archibald graduated from Lafayette High School in 1998, the same class as MLB player Ryan Howard.

External links

* [http://www.nba.com/playerfile/robert_archibald/?nav=page NBA player profile] @ NBA.com
*basketball-reference|id=a/archiro01|name=Robert Archibald
* [http://www.acb.com/jugador.php?id=BA4 ACB Profile] es icon
* [http://www.theherald.co.uk/sport/headlines/display.var.1657868.0.0.php Herald, Archibald on familiar territory for key game]
* [http://sport.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1355962007 Scotland on Sunday, Archibald seeks new heights]