Khalid El-Amin

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Khalid El-Amin

| image =

| caption =

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 10

| weight_lbs= 200

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|4|25}}

| birth_place = Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.

| high_school = Minneapolis North
(Minneapolis, Minnesota)

| college = UConn (1997–2000)

| draft_year = 2000

| draft_round = 2

| draft_pick = 34

| draft_team = Chicago Bulls

| career_start = 2000

| career_end = 2017

| career_number = 2

| career_position = Point guard

| years1 = {{nbay|2000|full=y}} | team1 = Chicago Bulls

| years2 = 2001–2002 | team2 = Dakota Wizards

| years3 = 2002 | team3 = Gary Steelheads

| years4 = 2002 | team4 = Strasbourg IG

| years5 = 2002–2003 | team5 = Ironi Ramat Gan

| years6 = 2003–2005 | team6 = Beşiktaş Cola Turka

| years7 = 2005–2007 | team7 = Azovmash Mariupol

| years8 = 2007–2008 | team8 = Türk Telekom

| years9 = 2008–2009 | team9 = Azovmash Mariupol

| years10 = 2009 | team10 = Türk Telekom

| years11 = 2009–2010 | team11 = Budivelnyk Kyiv

| years12 = 2010–2011 | team12 = Lietuvos Rytas

| years13 = 2011–2012 | team13 = Cibona Zagreb

| years14 = 2012–2013 | team14 = Le Mans

| years15 = 2013 | team15 = Trabzonspor

| years16 = 2014–2015 | team16 = BG Göttingen

| years17 = 2015 | team17 = Sigal Prishtina

| years18 = 2015–2016 | team18 = BG Göttingen

| years19 = 2017 | team19 = Marinos de Anzoátegui

| highlights =

All-BBL Second Team (2015)
EuroCup Top Scorer (2009)
All-EuroCup Second Team (2009)
LKL All-Star (2011)
2× Ukrainian League champion (2006, 2007)
A-1 Liga champion (2012)
Ukrainian Cup MVP (2009)
2× Ukrainian Cup winner (2006, 2009)
Turkish Cup winner (2008)
Turkish Cup Final MVP (2008)
2× BSL All-Star (2005, 2008)
BSL All-Star Game MVP (2005)
3× FIBA EuroCup All-Star (2005–2007)
NCAA champion (1999)
First-team All-Big East (2000)
McDonald's All-American (1997)
Third-team Parade All-American (1997)

| bbr = elamikh01

| medal_templates =

{{MedalCountry|{{USA}}}}

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Khalid El-Amin (born April 25, 1979) is a retired American professional basketball player. He was a member of the 1999 University of Connecticut men's basketball team that won the NCAA championship.

He is originally from Minnesota, where he played for North High School in Minneapolis. In 2000, he was selected in the 2nd round by the Chicago Bulls of the NBA draft and played 50 games for them, averaging 6.3 points and 2.9 assists per game. He later played professionally in several countries, mainly in Europe.

Since retiring as a player, he has coached high school basketball in Minnesota, with last stint at St. Thomas Academy in Mendota Heights lasting 3 years. In 2023, He was named the head coach of the men's basketball team at Anoka-Ramsey Community College in Minnesota. In his first coaching year at Anoka Ramsey, He brought the team to the NJCAA playoffs, where they lost in the first round to Central Lakes College at the overtime.

College career

After leading Minneapolis North HS to three straight state titles and being named a McDonald's All-American, the three-time Minnesota State Player of the Year and 1997 Minnesota Mr. Basketball{{cite news|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PD&s_site=twincities&p_multi=SP&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB5E194D69B922C&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=El-Amin Chooses UConn|work=St. Paul Pioneer Press|publisher=NewsBank|date=April 26, 1997|access-date=August 18, 2010}} was named Big East Conference Rookie of the Year while being second in the team in scoring (16.0) and setting the UConn single-season scoring record for a freshman.

As a sophomore, El-Amin was the starting point guard on their team that won the 1999 NCAA Championship game over Duke. In the final game he scored the Huskies' final 4 points in their 77–74 victory.

In 2000 El-Amin led the Huskies in scoring (16.0), assists (4.4) and steals (1.7) and was named to the All-Big East first team. He was also one of 15 finalists for the Naismith Award and set a Big East record by making 93.4 percent of his FTs in league games. El-Amin scored a collegiate career-high 34 points in a 75–70 loss to the University of Notre Dame on January 5, 2000, which ended the UConn Huskies' 10-game winning streak.{{cite news|title=ND catches No. 2 UConn by surprise |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4155/is_20000106/ai_n9599546 |work=Chicago Sun-Times |date=January 6, 2007 |access-date=2007-05-31 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071203231234/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4155/is_20000106/ai_n9599546 |archive-date=December 3, 2007 }}

He left UConn as fourth all-time at the school in FT percentage at 82.2, sixth all-time in assists and fifth in steals. His averages per game in his final season are 31.9 minutes, 16.0 points, 3.1 rebounds, 5.2 assists, 2.7 turnovers, 1.7 steals, makes 2.9 of 5.5 field goals (41.1%) and 4.1 of 4.6 free throws (89.2%). He finished his college career with averages of 30.1 minutes, 15.3 points on 41.6% shooting and 82.2% free throws, 3.0 rebounds, 4.4 assists, 2.7 turnovers and 1.7 steals.

El-Amin also helped the U.S. to a gold medal performance in the '98 Goodwill Games in New York City.

NBA career

El-Amin was drafted by the Chicago Bulls in the 2nd round with the 5th pick (34th overall) of the 2000 NBA draft.{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/draft/NBA_2000.html|title=2000 NBA Draft|work=Basketball-reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=August 18, 2010}} That year, he played in the Schick Rookie Challenge at All-Star weekend in Washington, DC and scored 18 points. El-Amin only played 1 season in the NBA, playing 50 games (14 starts) and had a per-game average of 6.3 points, 2.9 assists, 1.6 rebounds, 1 steal, and 1.1 turnovers. His final NBA game was played on February 26, 2001, in a 78 - 84 loss to the Golden State Warriors where he played for 13 minutes and recorded 2 assists.

European career

El-Amin signed with Strasbourg (France) in January 2002. He then joined Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan (Israel) in November 2002.

He joined Besiktas Istanbul of the Turkish league in August 2003. Dominating the league for two seasons, El-Amin was second in scoring (20.9) and third in assists (5.2) in his first season. In 2005, he led the league in assists and averaged 20.4 points a game. He was named MVP of the Turkish League All-Star Game in 2005 and was a member of the World Team at the 2005 FIBA Europe All-Star Game.

In June 2005, he started his first season with Azovmash Mariupol of the Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague. Azovmash won the 2006 Ukrainian Championship, and El-Amin was named the MVP of both the regular season and playoffs.{{cite news|last1=Jones|first1=Bomani|title=Cautionary tales for underclassmen|url=https://www.espn.com/espn/page2/story?page=joneslist/070504|access-date=August 18, 2014|work=ESPN|publisher=ESPN|date=May 4, 2007}}

In June 2007, he signed with Türk Telekom B.K. of the Turkish Basketball Super League for the 2007–08 season.{{cite news|title=EL-AMIN KHALID |url=http://www.beobasket.net/page/playerMarket/en.html?view=player&id=418 |access-date=August 18, 2014 |work=Beobasket.net |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229010154/http://www.beobasket.net/page/playerMarket/en.html?view=player&id=418 |archive-date=February 29, 2012 }}

In June 2008, he returned to Azovmash and signed a two-year contract. In March 2009, he returned to Türk Telekom for the remainder of the season.{{cite news|last1=Carchia|first1=Emiliano|title=Khalid El-Amin-signs for Turk Telekom|url=http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/turkey/75674/khalid-el-amin-signs-for-turk-telekom.html|access-date=August 18, 2014|work=Sportando.com|date=March 21, 2009}} He was named to the All-EuroCup Second Team for the 2008–09 Eurocup season.{{cite news|title=2008–09 All-Eurocup first, second teams announced|url=http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/news/i/46896/3735/2008-09-all-eurocup-first-second-teams-announced|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015004659/http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/news/i/46896/3735/2008-09-all-eurocup-first-second-teams-announced|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 15, 2012|access-date=August 18, 2014|work=Eurocupbasketball.com|date=March 27, 2009}}

In August 2009, he signed with Budivelnyk Kyiv. He left Budivelnyk after one season.{{cite news|last1=Carchia|first1=Emiliano|title=Khalid El Amin leaves BC Budivelnik|url=http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/ukraine/82411/khalid-el-amin-leaves-bc-budivelnik.html|access-date=August 18, 2014|work=Sportando.com|date=June 25, 2010}}

In October 2010, he signed a one-year contract with BC Lietuvos Rytas of the Lithuanian Basketball League and EuroLeague.{{cite news|title=L. Rytas puts El-Amin at point|url=http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/77074/180/l-rytas-puts-el-amin-at-point|access-date=August 18, 2014|work=Euroleague.net|date=October 20, 2010}} In March 2011, he suffered a torn quadriceps ending his season and tenure with Lietuvos Rytas.{{cite news|title=Lietuvos Rytas, El-Amin done for season|url=http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/lithuania/85753/lietuvos-rytas-el-amin-done-for-season.html|access-date=August 18, 2014|work=Sportando.com|date=March 5, 2011}}

In December 2011, El-Amin signed a one-month deal with Cibona Zagreb of Croatia.{{cite news|last1=Manna|first1=Matteo|title=KK Cibona tabs Khalid El-Amin|url=http://www.sportando.com/en/cups/adriatic-league/89460/kk-cibona-tabs-khalid-el-amin.html|access-date=August 18, 2014|work=Sportando.com|date=December 23, 2011}} He later extend his contract for the rest of the season, and helped his team to win the Croatian A-1 Liga.{{cite news|title=Cibona wins the championship title|url=https://www.eurobasket.com/Croatia/basketball.aspx?NewsID=273697|access-date=August 18, 2014|work=Eurobasket.com|date=Jun 5, 2012}}

In July 2012, he signed a one-year deal with Le Mans Sarthe Basket of France.{{cite news|title=Le Mans lands veteran playmaker El-Amin|url=http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/98960/180/le-mans-lands-veteran-playmaker-el-amin|access-date=August 18, 2014|work=Euroleague.net|date=July 26, 2012}} He left Le Mans in February 2013, and signed with the Turkish club Trabzonspor.{{cite news|last1=Carchia|first1=Emiliano|title=Khalid El-Amin signs in Turkey with Trabzonspor|url=http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/turkey/99278/khalid-el-amin-signs-in-turkey-with-trabzonspor.html|access-date=August 18, 2014|work=Sportando.com|date=February 18, 2013}} In October 2013, during the Turkish Cup game with Pinar Karsiyaka, he got injured and later missed whole 2013–14 season.{{cite news|title=Khalid El-Amin sidelined for 6 months|url=http://www.court-side.com/news/blog/khalid-el-amin-sidelined-6-months/|access-date=August 18, 2014|work=Court-side.com|date=October 11, 2013}}

In August 2014, he signed with BG Göttingen of the German Basketball Bundesliga for the 2014–15 season.{{cite news|title=Khalid El-Amin signs with BG Goettingen|url=http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/germany/131786/khalid-el-amin-signs-with-bg-goettingen.html|access-date=August 18, 2014|work=Sportando.com|date=August 17, 2014}}

On August 11, 2015, he signed with Sigal Prishtina of Kosovo for the 2015–16 season.{{cite news|title=Sigal Prishtina announces Khalid El-Amin|url=http://www.sportando.com/en/cups/eurochallenge/172427/sigal-prishtina-announces-khalid-el-amin.html|access-date=August 11, 2015|work=Sportando.com|date=August 11, 2015}} On December 7, 2016, he left Prishtina and returned to BG Göttingen for the rest of the 2015–16 season.{{cite news|title=Sensationelle Rückkehr: Veilchen holen Khalid El-Amin |url=http://www.bggoettingen.de/news-posts/sensationelle-rueckkehr-veilchen-holen-khalid-el-amin/ |access-date=December 7, 2015 |work=bggoettingen.de |date=December 7, 2015 |language=de |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208115547/http://www.bggoettingen.de/news-posts/sensationelle-rueckkehr-veilchen-holen-khalid-el-amin/ |archive-date=December 8, 2015 }} In May 2016, he underwent back surgery.{{Cite web|url=http://www.goettinger-tageblatt.de/Sportbuzzer/BG-Goettingen/BG-Goettingen-Star-Khalid-El-Amin-nach-OP-zurueck-in-den-USA|title=Khalid El-Amin zurück in den USA|website=GT – Göttinger Tageblatt|language=de-DE|access-date=2018-11-04|archive-date=2018-11-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181105012133/http://www.goettinger-tageblatt.de/Sportbuzzer/BG-Goettingen/BG-Goettingen-Star-Khalid-El-Amin-nach-OP-zurueck-in-den-USA|url-status=dead}} In spring 2017, he had a short stint with the Marinos de Anzoategui of Venezuela.

He joined CBS Sports Network as a college basketball analyst.

After retiring from professional basketball, El-Amin became an assistant coach for the boys' basketball team at Minneapolis North High School.{{Cite news|url=https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2018/01/12/khalid-el-amin-north-high/|title=Minneapolis Basketball Legend Khalid El-Amin Back Home At North High|date=2018-01-12|access-date=2018-11-04|language=en}}

References

External links

{{Basketballstats |nba= 2064 |bbr= e/elamikh01 }}
[http://www.euroleague.net/competition/players/showplayer?pcode=000317 Euroleague.net Profile]
[http://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Khalid_El-Amin/Germany/Goettingen/4024 Eurobasket.com Profile]
[https://www.espn.com/premium/espninc/magazine/s/vol2no24out.html ESPN Magazine interview]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20110507054848/http://www.citypages.com/2011-05-04/news/khalid-el-amin-won-t-quit/ Khalid El-Amin won't quit] @ citypages.com
[https://www.tblstat.net/player/383 TBLStat.net Profile]

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