John Amaechi

Manchester Magic star

I went to an American college called Penn State where I had a very successful junior season in 1993.

I led the scoring, rebounds, blocked shots and minutes played.

But I like to push myself off the court as well. In between the basketball I've earned a degree in Psychology.

I then got my big chance and I finally made it in the NBA with the Cleveland Cavaliers.

One famous Hall

I moved on to play in France, Greece, Italy and returned to Britain to play for Sheffield Sharks.

But I was delighted to get back to the NBA playing for Orlando Magic in 1999.

In my first season there I was joint-sixth for the NBA's Most Improved Player and went on to play in all of Orlando's 82 games in the following year.

I was also elected for the Hall of Fame after I scored the first basket in the millennium so that's a fantastic honour - especially considering I am still playing.

In July 2001 I moved on to Utah Jazz and then last year I headed south to Houston Rockets.

I've just recently returned to England to play with Manchester Magic.

Meech intro

Starting out

Coming to America

NBA low down

League of its own

Jazzy in Utah

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Meech is a professional speaker in his spare time, talking about motivational techniques and team building

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