Marcus Camby

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Marcus Camby is a retired American professional basketball center known for his elite shot-blocking and rebounding during a lengthy NBA career.

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Marcus Camby canonical 2
Camby 1
Marcus Dion Camby 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf National Basketball Association player
basketball player
human
awardReceived Associated Press College Basketball Player of the Year
surface form: AP College Basketball Player of the Year

John R. Wooden Award
NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award
Naismith College Player of the Year
USBWA College Player of the Year
collegeAttended University of Massachusetts Amherst
collegeTeam UMass Minutemen and Minutewomen
surface form: UMass Minutemen basketball
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1974-03-22
draftedBy Toronto Raptors
draftLeague National Basketball Association
surface form: NBA
draftPickNumber 2
draftPosition second overall pick
draftRound 1
draftYear 1996
era 1990s
2000s
2010s
ethnicGroup Black Americans
surface form: African American
familyName Marcus Camby self-linksurface differs
surface form: Camby
fullName Marcus Camby self-linksurface differs
surface form: Marcus Dion Camby
gender male
givenName Marcus
handedness right-handed
height 6 ft 11 in
heightInMeters 2.11
highSchool Hartford Public Schools
surface form: Hartford Public High School
knownFor rebounding
shot blocking
leagueLeaderIn blocks per game
memberOfSportsTeam Denver Nuggets
Houston Rockets
Los Angeles Clippers
New York Knicks
Portland Trail Blazers
Toronto Raptors
NBAAllDefensiveTeamSelection multiple times
NBADefensivePlayerOfTheYear 2006-2007
numberRetiredBy UMass Minutemen and Minutewomen
surface form: UMass Minutemen basketball
occupation basketball player
placeOfBirth Hartford, Connecticut, United States
playsInLeague National Basketball Association
positionPlayed center
power forward
retiredJerseyNumber 21
sport basketball
status retired

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Marcus Camby fullName Marcus Camby self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Marcus Dion Camby
Marcus Camby familyName Marcus Camby self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Camby