Jamaal Dane Magloire (born May 21, 1978 in Toronto,
Ontario) is a Canadian professional basketball
player in the National Basketball Association (NBA),
currently on the Dallas Mavericks. The 6 ft 11 in
(2.11 m), 265 lb (120 kg/18.9 st) center was
selected out of the University of Kentucky by the
Charlotte Hornets with the 19th overall pick in the
2000 NBA Draft, after withdrawing his name from the
previous draft. He was voted into the NBA All-Star
Game once. He attended high school at Eastern
Commerce Collegiate Institute in Toronto, and has
previously played for the Charlotte/New Orleans
Hornets, Milwaukee Bucks, Portland Trail Blazers,
and New Jersey Nets.
In the early morning hours of June 23, 2001,
Magloire's half-brother, 19-year old Justin
Sheppard, was shot and killed on the footbridge that
spans the ravine around Rosedale Valley Road between
Bloor Street East and Glen Road near Sherbourne
station in Toronto. Like Magloire, Sheppard was a
promising basketball talent at Eastern Commerce, and
was supposed to begin a scholarship at a Maryland
prep school that fall. Magloire helped post a
$50,000 CAD reward, but to date, there have been no
arrests.
