Aaron Trahair (born 3 February 1976) is an Australian former professional

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player.

Career

Before beginning his career in the NBL, Trahair attended the Australian Institute of Sport in 1992 and 1993. He began his NBL career with the

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in 1994, and was named runner-up to

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in the Rookie of the Year award for that season. The following year, Trahair was a member of the Australian under 19's team that won silver at the Junior World Championships, and won his only NBL championship with the Wildcats. In doing so, he was a member of the Wildcats squad that travelled to the McDonald's Championship in

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that competed against the NBA's Houston Rockets and

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's Real Madrid. In 1997, Trahair headed east to play with the Sydney Kings where he remained until the conclusion of the 1999–2000 season. Over the next several years, Trahair played a series of short stints with numerous fledgling NBL clubs including the

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, and the

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. Prior to the commencement of the 2007–08 season, the unsigned Trahair trained and appeared in several pre-season matches with the Wildcats while in Perth visiting family. Despite early reports that the Wildcats would not sign Trahair (as they held out for the possibility that American

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would become an Australian citizen), the guard was officially signed up shortly before the first match of the season against his previous club, the Singapore Slingers. However, after appearing in just eight games with limited minutes for the Wildcats, Trahair was released by the club in December 2007 to allow him to sign with the

Wollongong Hawks The Illawarra Hawks (formerly the Wollongong Hawks and The Hawks) is an Australian professional basketball team based in Wollongong, New South Wales. The Illawarra Hawks compete in the National Basketball League (Australia), National Basketball ...

for the remainder of the season. In 2007 and 2008, Trahair played in the State Basketball League (SBL) for the

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, then between 2009 and 2013, he played for the

Mandurah Magic Mandurah Magic is an NBL1 West club based in Mandurah, Western Australia. The club fields a team in both the Men's and Women's NBL1 West. The club is a division of Mandurah Basketball Association (MBA), the major administrative basketball organi ...

. In 2015, Trahair served as an assistant coach for the Rockingham Flames men's team. In

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, he served as head coach of the Geraldton Buccaneers. Between

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and

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, he served as head coach of the Mandurah Magic men's team.ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING: AARON TRAHAIR
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Trahair, Aaron 1976 births Living people Australian men's basketball players Australian Institute of Sport basketball players Cairns Taipans players Hunter Pirates players Perth Wildcats players Shooting guards Singapore Slingers players Small forwards Basketball players from Melbourne Sydney Kings players West Sydney Razorbacks players Wollongong Hawks players