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Mike Bibby

Some of the talents have in born abilities while some have inherited their skills from the ancestors.

Mike Bibby is also an example of such a case whose belongings are rooted from the athletes. Mike Bibby has been a Basketball point guard. His father Henry Bibby was a former basketball player of National Basketball Association (NBA). Mike Bibby is an American professional basketball point guard with swift moves and sharp reflexes.

Bibby has many of his family members into sports. His Uncle Jim Bibby was a former baseball player of Major League Baseball. His brother-in-law; Eddie House has also played in NBA 2004-05 season with Sacramento Kings.

His cousins are also in sports, out of them one is playing for NFL (National Football League). Bibby is a married man and his wife’s name is Darcy. Bibby and Darcy have four children with the names Michael, Janea, Mia and Nylah.

Mike Bibby was born on May 13, 1978 on Cherry Hill in New Jersey. His father’s name is Henry Bibby and mother’s name is Virginia Bibby. Mike Bibby is playing with Atlanta Hawks in National Basketball Association (NBA) during these days. He received his high school education from Shadow Mountain High School. This school is situated in Phoenix at Arizona.

Mike Bobby has maintained his career in Basketball from the times of college. In the same year, Bibby has played Basketball being a freshman at Arizona University. Bibby has scored 20 points in a game while playing against University of Kentucky.In 1998, Mike Bibby was drafted by National Basketball Association (NBA) in 1998 NBA Draft.

Mike Bibby was selected by Vancouver Grizzlies. Thus, in his first season with the Grizzlies, initially Bibby has averaged 13.2 points, 6.5 assists and 2.7 rebounds per game. From this performance, Bibby has received NBA All-Rookie title. He has improved his performance further by averaging 14.5 and 15.9 points per game. Bibby has stayed with the Vancouver Grizzlies till 2001. Then, Bibby has chosen Sacramento Kings to represent them and he has improved his game further and has got more good points in his basketball career.

Bibby’s performance has earned him a contract of 7 years with Sacramento Kings worth $18 million. Then, in 2002-03 season, Mike Bibby has got injuries and he was unable to continue playing Basketball further. Still then, he has averaged 15.9 points per game. In 2003-04 season, Mike Bibby 1506 points by maintaining the average of 18.4 points per game. At this point, Sacramento Kings became capable of playing playoffs.
In the year 2008, Mike Bibby was selected by the Atlanta Hawks in 2008 Second round draft pick. Bibby has helped the Atlanta Hawks to reach the playoff in almost ten years. It was July 7, 2009 when Bibby signed the contract of three years to represent Atlanta Hawks worth $18 million. Bibby has a shining career in the field of basketball.

In the year 1996-97, he was announced as the Freshman of the Year. In the year 1997-98, he was announced to be First Team All-American. In the same year, Bibby was titled as the Pac-10 Player of the Year. From 1997-98, Bibby was also All-Pac-10.The year 1998-99 has rewarded Mike Bibby with the NBA All-Rookie First Team.

 

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