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Guard · 2004–06

Keith McLeod

The 2002 MAC Player of the Year at Bowling Green went undrafted, so McLeod took the long way — USBL, CBA, Italy — before earning real NBA minutes with the Jazz in 2004–06. Utah packaged him with Devin Brown and Andre Owens in the July 2006 trade that brought Derek Fisher to Salt Lake City.

A Canton, Ohio native with a computer science degree, he kept playing from Albuquerque to Estonia, where he hit a buzzer-beater in his first VTB League game, then came home to coach — today he leads the varsity boys at East Canton High School.

HOW HE CAME & WENTUndrafted out of Bowling Green, he worked through the USBL and CBA and signed with Utah on September 30, 2004, starting 79 of his 119 games. On July 12, 2006 he went to Golden State in the Derek Fisher trade.

Utah Jazz tenure
2004–06
Position
Guard
Born
1979, Pittsburgh
Height
6′2″ (188 cm)
Weight
187 lb (85 kg)
College
Bowling Green
Drafted
undrafted
Signature in the archive 2005-06 Topps #101 Card PSA Slabbed Jazz

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With the Jazz

KEITH MCLEOD · 2004–06 · PER GAME
SEASONTEAMGMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFG%3P%FT%
2004–05UTA5326.17.82.14.51.20.2.350.250.767
2005–06UTA6618.75.61.22.30.60.1.353.293.797
JAZZ TOTAL2 SEASONS11922.06.61.63.30.90.2.352.273.781

Season by season, regular season, with this franchise only. More info: Basketball-Reference ↗  ·  Wikipedia ↗

Did you know

KEITH MCLEOD · 3 NOTES
  • He left Bowling Green as the second-leading scorer in school history with 1,895 points.
  • Six months later he was part of an eight-player blockbuster between Golden State and Indiana.
  • In December 2011, five years after the trade that sent him away, he and Jamaal Tinsley both turned up with the Jazz looking for a fresh start.