Rawle Marshall

Rawle Marshall
	Marshall in 2006 with the Indiana Pacers.
Personal information
Born	February 20, 1982 (age 42); Georgetown, Guyana
Nationality	Guyanese / American
Listed height	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight	190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High school	Mackenzie (Detroit, Michigan)
College	Ball State (2000–2001); Oakland (2002–2005);
NBA draft	2005: undrafted
Playing career	2005–2017
Position	Small forward
Number	1, 2
Career history
2005–2006	Dallas Mavericks
2005–2006	→Fort Worth Flyers
2006–2007	Indiana Pacers
2007–2008	Hemofarm
2008	Cibona Zagreb
2009	Lokomotiv Rostov
2009	Valencia
2009–2010	ASVEL Basket
2010–2011	PAOK
2011–2013	Astana
2013–2014	CSU Asesoft Ploiești
2014–2015	Koroivos Amaliadas
2015	Maratonistas de Coamo
2016	Champville SC
2016	Shahrdari Arak
2016	Huracanes del Atlántico
2016–2017	Shahrdari Gorgan
Career highlights and awards
	2× KBC champion (2012, 2013); 2× Kazakh Cup winner (2012, 2013); VTB United League Top Scorer (2012); All-Greek League First Team (2011); Greek League Top Scorer (2011); French Leaders Cup winner (2010); MCC Defensive Player of the Year (2003); MCC Newcomer of the Year (2003); 2× First-team All-MCC (2003, 2005); MCC tournament MVP (2005);
	Stats at NBA.com
	Stats at Basketball Reference

Rawle Junior Kalomo Marshall (born February 20, 1982)^[1] is a Guyanese-American professional basketball player who last played for Shahrdari Gorgan of the Iranian Super League.

Early life

Marshall is a 2000 graduate of Detroit's Mackenzie High School, where he was salutatorian of his senior class.

Marshall's favorite basketball player as a youth was Penny Hardaway.^[2]

College career

Marshall spent his college freshman season at Ball State University, but then moved to Oakland University for his final three collegiate seasons. He was named Mid-Continent Conference's Newcomer of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year during his sophomore season in 2002–03. During his senior season in 2004–05, he helped Oakland win its first Mid-Continent Conference title. Marshall was named Most Valuable Player of the tournament. His stats during his three years with Oakland were 18.6 points per game, 6.3 rebounds per game, 2.2 steals per game and 1.1 blocks per game. He also became Oakland University's all-time leader in blocked shots in 90 games played.

Professional career

NBA

Not selected during the 2005 NBA draft, Marshall has participated in several NBA Summer Leagues (Southern California Summer Pro League with the Memphis Grizzlies, Rocky Mountain Revue with the Dallas Mavericks). His performances (18.6 points per game, 3.0 rebounds per game and 1.4 assists per game in 27.4 minutes per game in the Rocky Mountain Revue) helped him to earn a one-year contract with the Dallas Mavericks on August 5, 2005.

Marshall did not find the court much early in his rookie season with the Mavericks. Instead, Marshall was sent to the NBA D-League team the Fort Worth Flyers, where he averaged 17.4 points per game. He then returned to the Dallas Mavericks, where he started multiple games due to injuries to Josh Howard, Adrian Griffin, and Devin Harris. While his minutes still were limited, he surpassed the expectations that surrounded an average undrafted rookie. However, he did not make the Mavericks' playoffs roster in 2006. On July 23, 2006, Marshall was traded to the Indiana Pacers, along with Darrell Armstrong and Josh Powell, for Anthony Johnson. He spent the 2006–07 season with the Pacers.

Europe and Asia

Marshall played with the Serbian club KK Hemofarm during the 2007–08 season. He also played with Hemofarm in that season's EuroCup (the 2nd tier European-wide competition) and the regional Adriatic League. He averaged 17.3 points per game in the EuroCup and 15.7 points per game in the Adriatic League. With his team Hemofarm he reached last 16 in EuroCup, where they lost to later finalist Akasvayu Girona. He was also finalist in Adriatic league and Basketball League of Serbia, where in both cases Hemofarm was defeated by KK Partizan.

He then moved to the Croatian League club KK Cibona for the 2008–09 season, a club also of the regional Adriatic League and also of the top European-wide competition the EuroLeague. He was honored as the EuroLeague Round 7 MVP during the 2008–09 season. He joined the LNB Pro A club ASVEL in 2009.^[3] In August 2010 he joined PAOK.^[4]

In July 2011, he signed with BC Astana in Kazakhstan.^[5] In October 2013, he signed with CSU Asesoft Ploiești.^[6]

On December 7, 2014, Marshall signed with Koroivos Amaliadas of Greece.^[7]

References

^ Rawle Marshall 2004 Draft profile
^ NBDL Interview: Rawle Marshall
^ R. Marshall signe à l'ASVEL Archived 2010-03-16 at the Wayback Machine
^ Busy PAOK pens deal with Marshall
^ BC Astana bring in Rawle Marshall
^ "CSU ASESOFT tabs Marshall". Eurocupbasketball.com. October 28, 2013. Archived from the original on November 4, 2014. Retrieved January 28, 2014.
^ "Rawle Marshall (ex Ploiesti) is a newcomer at Koroivos". Eurobasket.com. December 7, 2014. Retrieved December 9, 2014.

External links

ACB League Profile Archived 2015-05-26 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
FIBA.com Profile
Euroleague.net Profile
Eurobasket.net Profile

[1] Rawle Marshall 2004 Draft profile

[2] NBDL Interview: Rawle Marshall

[3] R. Marshall signe à l'ASVEL Archived 2010-03-16 at the Wayback Machine

[4] Busy PAOK pens deal with Marshall

[5] BC Astana bring in Rawle Marshall

[6] "CSU ASESOFT tabs Marshall". Eurocupbasketball.com. October 28, 2013. Archived from the original on November 4, 2014. Retrieved January 28, 2014.

[7] "Rawle Marshall (ex Ploiesti) is a newcomer at Koroivos". Eurobasket.com. December 7, 2014. Retrieved December 9, 2014.

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