Mark Blount

Blount in 2007
Personal information
Born	(1975-11-30) November 30, 1975 (age 48) Yonkers, New York, U.S.
Nationality	American
Listed height	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)
Listed weight	250 lb (113 kg)
Career information
High school	Summerville (Summerville, South Carolina) Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, Virginia) Dobbs Ferry (Dobbs Ferry, New York)
College	Pittsburgh (1995–1997)
NBA draft	1997: 2nd round, 54th overall pick
Selected by the Seattle SuperSonics
Playing career	1997–2010
Position	Center
Number	30, 15
Career history
1997	Yakima Sun Kings
1997–1998	Paris Basket Racing
1998	Atlantic City Seagulls
1998	La Crosse Bobcats
1999–2000	Baltimore Bayrunners
2000	New Jersey Shorecats
2000–2002	Boston Celtics
2002–2003	Denver Nuggets
2003–2006	Boston Celtics
2006–2007	Minnesota Timberwolves
2007–2009	Miami Heat
Career highlights and awards
Third-team Parade All-American (1995) Fourth-team Parade All-American (1994)
Career NBA statistics
Points	4,941 (8.2 ppg)
Rebounds	2,784 (4.6 rpg)
Blocks	508 (0.8 bpg)
Stats  at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Mark D. Blount (/ˈblʌnt/ BLUNT; born November 30, 1975) is an American retired professional basketball center with four teams in the National Basketball Association between 2000 and 2009.

Career

Blount spent his freshman year of high school in Summerville, South Carolina, playing for Summerville High School. He then transferred to Oak Hill Academy in Virginia. He then went to Dobbs Ferry High School in Dobbs Ferry for his senior year and was named Mr. Basketball for Westchester County. He played his collegiate basketball at the University of Pittsburgh before being drafted 54th overall in the 1997 NBA draft by the Seattle SuperSonics, and spent three seasons in the minor American leagues.

He was first signed by the Boston Celtics as a free agent on August 1, 2000 and led the team with 76 blocks that season, the most by a Celtics rookie since Kevin McHale in 1980–81.

During the 2003–04 NBA season, Blount put up 10.3 points, 7.2 rebounds, and 1.29 blocks per game in 29.3 minutes per game. He had a 28-point, 21-rebound game vs. the Orlando Magic on March 1, 2004. Following the season, Blount signed a six-year, $41 million contract with the Celtics.^[1]

Off the court

When his career ended in 2010, Blount purchased investment properties in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida as well as opening Auntie Anne's franchises in the area. As of 2018, he lived in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and continued to invest in real estate.^[2][3] He is the author of the book My First Triple Double.^[4]

Transactions

• August 1, 2000 – Signed with the Boston Celtics as a free agent.
• August 8, 2002 – Signed with the Denver Nuggets as a free agent.
• February 20, 2003 – Traded to the Boston Celtics alongside Mark Bryant for Shammond Williams and cash and draft considerations.
• On January 26, 2006, Blount, along with Ricky Davis, Marcus Banks, Justin Reed, and two conditional second-round draft picks, were traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves for Wally Szczerbiak, Michael Olowokandi, Dwayne Jones and a conditional first-round draft pick.^[5]
• On October 24, 2007, Blount was traded to the Miami Heat along with teammate Ricky Davis in exchange for the Heat's Antoine Walker, Michael Doleac, Wayne Simien and a first-round draft pick.^[6]
• On August 13, 2009, he was traded back to the Minnesota Timberwolves for Quentin Richardson.^[7]
• On March 1, 2010, Blount was waived by the Timberwolves.^[8]

NBA career statistics

Regular season

Playoffs