Curtis Alan Borchardt (born September 13, 1980) is an American former
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player. He is a 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) tall
center
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.
Amateur career
Borchardt played high school basketball in
Sammamish, Washington
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(then
Redmond), for
Eastlake High School. He then attended
Stanford University
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, where he was an honorable mention
All-American as a junior in 2002.
Pro career
Borchardt was selected 18th overall in the first round by the
Orlando Magic
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in the
2002 NBA Draft but was traded to the
Utah Jazz
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. Injury-prone in college, this continued as he sat out his rookie season. He made his Jazz debut in the
2003–04 campaign. He was dealt to the
Boston Celtics
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as part of the largest trade in NBA history – a 13-player, 5-team deal on August 2, 2005. He was not included on Boston's roster in
2005–06 but played with them in the preseason, scoring seven points in seven games.
Borchardt's final NBA game was on April 12th, 2005 in a 85 - 94 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers where he recorded 2 points and 2 rebounds. Borchardt played a total of 83 NBA career games from 2003 - 2005 and averaged 3.1 points and 3.3 rebounds.
He moved to the
Spanish League club
Granada
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in December 2005. In 2009, he joined the
French League club
ASVEL
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.
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In 2012, Borchardt signed with Blancos de Rueda Valladolid of Liga ACB.
Awards and achievements:
* 2008–09 ACB league leader in rebounding.
* 2006–07 ACB league leader in rebounding and valuation (Player Efficiency).
* 13-time Spanish ACB Player of the Week and 5-time Player of the Month designations 2005–12.
* All Rocky Mountain Review NBA Summer League 1st Team 2004.
* Selected 18th overall in the 1st round of the 2002 NBA draft by the Orlando Magic then traded to the Utah Jazz.
* 2001–02 1st Team All-Pac-10 and AP Honorable Mention All American
* 2001–02 Stanford's Hank Luisetti Team Most Valuable Player and Best Defensive Player
* Set Stanford Men's Basketball Single Season Record for Blocks (85) during the 2001–02 season and currently ranks 2nd in the school's Career Blocks list at (145).
* 2-time Pac-10 Men's Basketball conference champion at Stanford during the 1999–2000 and 2000–01 seasons.
Personal life
His wife, Susan King Borchardt
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She was born in Richfield, Minnesota and grew up in a family of collegiate basketball players. Her father, Gary King, played at the Uni ...
, also played college basketball
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at Stanford University
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and later played professionally for the Minnesota Lynx in the WNBA.
Notes
External links
NBA Profile
Basketpedya.com Profile
espn.com stats
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1980 births
Living people
American expatriate basketball people in France
American expatriate basketball people in Spain
American men's basketball players
ASVEL Basket players
Basketball players from Buffalo, New York
CB Granada players
CB Valladolid players
Centers (basketball)
Liga ACB players
Orlando Magic draft picks
People from Sammamish, Washington
Power forwards (basketball)
Sportspeople from King County, Washington
Stanford Cardinal men's basketball players
Utah Jazz players