Clinton Renard "Mikki" (pronounced "MY-key")
Moore (born November 4, 1975 in
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) is an
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professional
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10 foot high hoop under organized rules...
player who is currently playing for the NBA's
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.
Moore went undrafted following a career at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where he left as the all-time leader in blocked shots. He is a
journeymanA journeyman or journeywoman is an athlete or professional sports player who is technically competent, but unable to excel.Alexandra Allred states that a journeywoman is "someone who has been counted out, told that she is wasting her time, told that she should cut her losses and move on to...
player, having played for eight different NBA teams (
Detroit PistonsThe Detroit Pistons is a team in the National Basketball Association based in the Detroit metropolitan area. The team's home arena is The Palace of Auburn Hills.-From Fort Wayne to Detroit:...
,
Atlanta HawksThe Atlanta Hawks are an American professional basketball team based in Atlanta, Georgia. They are part of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association . The Hawks are coached by Mike Woodson, who is in his fifth season at the helm.-The first years:The...
,
Boston CelticsThe Boston Celtics are a professional basketball club based in Boston, Massachusetts, playing in the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association . The team is owned by Wycliffe Grousbeck and coached by Doc Rivers, with Danny Ainge as the President of...
,
New Jersey NetsThe New Jersey Nets are a professional basketball team in the National Basketball Association that plays in the Eastern Conference's Atlantic Division. They are currently based in East Rutherford, New Jersey, and play their home games at the Izod Center...
,
Utah JazzThe Utah Jazz are a professional basketball team based in Salt Lake City, Utah. They are currently members of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association...
,
Los Angeles ClippersThe Los Angeles Clippers are a professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California. They play in the National Basketball Association and are members of the NBA Western Conference's Pacific Division. The club's home games are played at the Staples Center, which they share with the Los...
,
Seattle SuperSonicsThe Seattle SuperSonics were an American professional basketball team based in Seattle, Washington that played in the Pacific and Northwest Divisions of the National Basketball Association from 1967 until 2008. Following the 2007–08 season, the team relocated to Oklahoma City, and now plays as...
,
Sacramento KingsThe Sacramento Kings are a professional basketball team based in Sacramento, California, United States. The Kings are members of the National Basketball Association .-Rochester:...
) He has also had stints playing overseas as well as other professional leagues in the U.S.
Clinton Renard "Mikki" (pronounced "MY-key")
Moore (born November 4, 1975 in
Orangeburg, South CarolinaOrangeburg, also known as "The Garden City," is the principal city and county seat of Orangeburg County, South Carolina, United States. The city population was 12,765 at the 2000 census , within a Greater Orangeburg population of approximately 45,000...
) is an
AmericanThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
professional
basketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of 5 players try to score points against one another by placing a ball through a
10 foot high hoop under organized rules...
player who is currently playing for the NBA's
Golden State WarriorsThe Golden State Warriors are a professional basketball team based in Oakland, California. They are part of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association...
.
Professional career
Moore went undrafted following a career at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where he left as the all-time leader in blocked shots. He is a
journeymanA journeyman or journeywoman is an athlete or professional sports player who is technically competent, but unable to excel.Alexandra Allred states that a journeywoman is "someone who has been counted out, told that she is wasting her time, told that she should cut her losses and move on to...
player, having played for eight different NBA teams (
Detroit PistonsThe Detroit Pistons is a team in the National Basketball Association based in the Detroit metropolitan area. The team's home arena is The Palace of Auburn Hills.-From Fort Wayne to Detroit:...
,
Atlanta HawksThe Atlanta Hawks are an American professional basketball team based in Atlanta, Georgia. They are part of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association . The Hawks are coached by Mike Woodson, who is in his fifth season at the helm.-The first years:The...
,
Boston CelticsThe Boston Celtics are a professional basketball club based in Boston, Massachusetts, playing in the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association . The team is owned by Wycliffe Grousbeck and coached by Doc Rivers, with Danny Ainge as the President of...
,
New Jersey NetsThe New Jersey Nets are a professional basketball team in the National Basketball Association that plays in the Eastern Conference's Atlantic Division. They are currently based in East Rutherford, New Jersey, and play their home games at the Izod Center...
,
Utah JazzThe Utah Jazz are a professional basketball team based in Salt Lake City, Utah. They are currently members of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association...
,
Los Angeles ClippersThe Los Angeles Clippers are a professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California. They play in the National Basketball Association and are members of the NBA Western Conference's Pacific Division. The club's home games are played at the Staples Center, which they share with the Los...
,
Seattle SuperSonicsThe Seattle SuperSonics were an American professional basketball team based in Seattle, Washington that played in the Pacific and Northwest Divisions of the National Basketball Association from 1967 until 2008. Following the 2007–08 season, the team relocated to Oklahoma City, and now plays as...
,
Sacramento KingsThe Sacramento Kings are a professional basketball team based in Sacramento, California, United States. The Kings are members of the National Basketball Association .-Rochester:...
) He has also had stints playing overseas as well as other professional leagues in the U.S. such as the
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, and
NBDLThe NBA Development League, or NBA D-League, is the National Basketball Association's official minor league basketball organization. Known until summer 2005 as the National Basketball Development League , the NBA D-League started with eight teams in the fall of 2001...
, where he played for the
Roanoke DazzleThe Roanoke Dazzle were an NBA Development League team based in Roanoke, Virginia, U.S.A.. In operation from the inaugural D-League season of 2001-02 through the 2005-06 season, the Dazzle marked the return of professional basketball to Roanoke since the Virginia Squires called Roanoke home in the...
. He was drafted 1st overall by Roanoke Dazzle in in 2002
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Draft. Most notably, he enjoyed All-NBDL 1st Team and NBDL Defensive Player of the Year honors during the 2002-2003 season.
On June 27, 2006, Moore was traded by the Sonics to the Nets in exchange for a 2009 second-round draft pick. Following a season-ending ACL injury to center
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, Moore was called upon to play major minutes and had one of the best years of his NBA career, averaging career highs of 9.8 points per game and 5.1 rebounds per game, plus a league-leading .609 field goal percentage, becoming the first undrafted player ever to lead the NBA in field goal percentage, and only the third to finish in the top five since the
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.
On July 13, 2007, Moore agreed to a three-year $18 million contract with the
Sacramento KingsThe Sacramento Kings are a professional basketball team based in Sacramento, California, United States. The Kings are members of the National Basketball Association .-Rochester:...
. The final year was only partially guaranteed. He was waived on February 19, 2009. He was signed by the Boston Celtics on February 24.
In August 2009, Moore agreed to sign a one-year contract with the
Golden State WarriorsThe Golden State Warriors are a professional basketball team based in Oakland, California. They are part of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association...
for the veteran's minimum of $1.3 million.
College
Mikki Moore played at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He averaged 8.6 ppg (.553 FG%, .250 3pt%, .655 FT%), 5.8 rpg, and 2.10 bpg in 25.0 mpg in 114 games in four seasons at Nebraska (1993-94 – 1996-97). He ranks second in Cornhusker history in career blocked shots (236), trailing only Venson Hamilton (241), Also ranks seventh in school annals in career field goal percentage. Posted 11.7 ppg (.583 FG%, 1-2 3pt, .701 FT%), 7.4 rpg, 1.3 apg, and 2.67 bpg in 33 contests as a senior (1996-97), ranking second on the team in scoring and rebounding. He helped Nebraska to the school's first basketball championship of any kind as a junior in 1995-96, registering 11 points (4-9 FG, 3-5 FT), a game-high 13 rebounds, and one block in a 60-56 win vs. St. Joseph's in the 1996
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title game.
Regular season
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| align="left" | 1998–99
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DetroitThe Detroit Pistons is a team in the National Basketball Association based in the Detroit metropolitan area. The team's home arena is The Palace of Auburn Hills.-From Fort Wayne to Detroit:...
| 2 || 0 || 3.0 || 1.000 || .000 || 1.000 || .5 || .0 || .0 || .0 || 2.0
|-
| align="left" | 1999–00
| align="left" | Detroit
| 29 || 0 || 16.8 ||
.621 || .000 || .794 || 3.9 || .6 || .3 ||
1.1 || 7.9
|-
| align="left" | 2000–01
| align="left" | Detroit
| 81 || 2 || 14.2 || .493 || .000 || .731 || 3.9 || .4 || .3 || .8 || 4.4
|-
| align="left" | 2001–02
| align="left" | Detroit
| 30 || 0 || 7.2 || .475 ||
.500 || .769 || 1.8 || .4 || .2 || .3 || 2.6
|-
| align="left" | 2002–03
| align="left" |
BostonThe Boston Celtics are a professional basketball club based in Boston, Massachusetts, playing in the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association . The team is owned by Wycliffe Grousbeck and coached by Doc Rivers, with Danny Ainge as the President of...
| 3 || 0 || 4.0 || .000 || .000 || .000 || .3 || .0 || .0 || .7 || .0
|-
| align="left" | 2002–03
| align="left" |
AtlantaThe Atlanta Hawks are an American professional basketball team based in Atlanta, Georgia. They are part of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association . The Hawks are coached by Mike Woodson, who is in his fifth season at the helm.-The first years:The...
| 5 || 0 || 6.2 || .417 || .000 || .800 || 1.4 || .6 || .0 || .4 || 3.6
|-
| align="left" | 2003–04
| align="left" |
New JerseyThe New Jersey Nets are a professional basketball team in the National Basketball Association that plays in the Eastern Conference's Atlantic Division. They are currently based in East Rutherford, New Jersey, and play their home games at the Izod Center...
| 4 || 0 || 2.5 || .200 || .000 || .000 || .5 || .0 || .0 || .0 || .5
|-
| align="left" | 2003–04
| align="left" |
UtahThe Utah Jazz are a professional basketball team based in Salt Lake City, Utah. They are currently members of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association...
| 28 || 0 || 13.8 || .521 || .000 ||
.857 || 2.9 || .7 || .2 || .5 || 4.6
|-
| align="left" | 2004–05
| align="left" |
L.A. ClippersThe Los Angeles Clippers are a professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California. They play in the National Basketball Association and are members of the NBA Western Conference's Pacific Division. The club's home games are played at the Staples Center, which they share with the Los...
| 74 || 4 || 15.9 || .502 || .200 || .787 || 3.3 || .6 || .3 || .4 || 5.4
|-
| align="left" | 2005–06
| align="left" |
SeattleThe Seattle SuperSonics were an American professional basketball team based in Seattle, Washington that played in the Pacific and Northwest Divisions of the National Basketball Association from 1967 until 2008. Following the 2007–08 season, the team relocated to Oklahoma City, and now plays as...
| 47 || 1 || 12.4 || .435 || .000 || .742 || 2.8 || .6 || .2 || .3 || 3.3
|-
| align="left" | 2006–07
| align="left" | New Jersey
| 79 || 55 || 26.4 || .609 || .000 || .681 || 5.1 || .9 ||
.6 || .8 ||
9.8
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| align="left" | 2007–08
| align="left" |
SacramentoThe Sacramento Kings are a professional basketball team based in Sacramento, California, United States. The Kings are members of the National Basketball Association .-Rochester:...
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82 ||
79 ||
29.1 || .577 || .000 || .736 ||
6.0 ||
1.0 || .4 || .6 || 8.5
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| align="left" |
2008–09The 2008–09 NBA season was the 63rd season of the National Basketball Association . The 1,230-game regular season began on Tuesday, October 28, 2008, and ended on Wednesday, April 15, 2009...
| align="left" | Sacramento
| 46 || 20 || 16.2 || .521 || .000 || .810 || 3.3 || .6 || .3 || .3 || 3.5
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| align="left" | 2008–09
| align="left" | Boston
| 24 || 0 || 19.0 || .600 || .000 || .737 || 4.4 ||
1.0 || .2 || .2 || 4.8
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| align="left" | Career
| align="left" |
| 534 || 161 || 18.2 || .550 || .154 || .743 || 3.9 || .7 || .3 || .5 || 5.8
Playoffs
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1999–00The 2000 NBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1999–2000 season. The tournament concluded with the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers winning their first championship in twelve years by defeating the Eastern Conference champion Indiana...
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DetroitThe Detroit Pistons is a team in the National Basketball Association based in the Detroit metropolitan area. The team's home arena is The Palace of Auburn Hills.-From Fort Wayne to Detroit:...
| 3 || 0 || 14.0 || .417 || .000 ||
1.000 || 4.0 || 1.0 || .3 || .0 || 6.0
|-
| align="left" |
2006–07The 2007 NBA Playoffs was the postseason to the National Basketball Association's 2006–2007 season.There were four rounds of postseason action, all of them in a best-of-seven format, with teams seeded on a bracket. The team with the better record wasn't necessarily the basis of seeding teams in...
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New JerseyThe New Jersey Nets are a professional basketball team in the National Basketball Association that plays in the Eastern Conference's Atlantic Division. They are currently based in East Rutherford, New Jersey, and play their home games at the Izod Center...
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12 ||
12 ||
33.3 ||
.560 || .000 || .793 ||
5.6 ||
1.2 ||
.8 ||
.6 ||
11.3
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| align="left" |
2008–09The 2009 NBA Playoffs was the postseason for the National Basketball Association's 2008–09 season. The playoffs started on April 18, 2009 with ABC, ESPN, TNT, and NBA TV broadcasting the games in the United States...
| align="left" |
BostonThe Boston Celtics are a professional basketball club based in Boston, Massachusetts, playing in the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association . The team is owned by Wycliffe Grousbeck and coached by Doc Rivers, with Danny Ainge as the President of...
| 10 || 0 || 6.6 || .500 || .000 || .833 || 1.5 || .4 || .2 || .5 || 1.5
|-
| align="left" | Career
| align="left" |
| 25 || 12 || 20.3 || .541 || .000 || .837 || 3.8 || .8 || .5 || .5 || 6.7