KEITH VAN HORN

'Keith Adam Van Horn' (born October 23 1975, in Fullerton, California) is an American basketball player who last played for the Dallas Mavericks. Van Horn graduated from Diamond Bar High School and played for the University of Utah. He was drafted by the Philadelphia 76ers with the second pick in the 1997 NBA Draft.
Van Horn has played for the New Jersey Nets, the Philadelphia 76ers, the New York Knicks, the Milwaukee Bucks and the Dallas Mavericks. His best season as a pro came in his 2nd year in the league, when he put up a career high 21.8 scoring average as well as 8.5 rebounds per game. In his career, he has been a part of several playoff runs including 2 finals appearances for the Nets and Mavericks. Following his most recent finals run with the Mavs he decided to take the 06-07 season off in order to spend time with his family. As of August 2007 he has yet to sign with a team for the upcoming season.
Among Van Horn's accomplishments is being the first player in the Western Athletic Conference to be named Player of the Year three times (1995, '96, '97), being the second player in WAC history to make first-team all-WAC four years, and being the leading career scorer in Utah and WAC history with 2,542 points.

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Trivia

★ He has been a literacy spokesman for the Nets and the NBA.[1]

★ Traded for Tim Thomas at two separate times (1997 - Sixers/Nets, 2004 - Bucks/Knicks).

External links

★ NBA.com Profile - Keith Van Horn

★ Keith Van Horn: An NBA Rarity

★ BasketballReference.com page