About Keith Van Horn
Keith Adam Van Horn (born October 23, 1975) is an American former professional basketball player. A forward, Van Horn played for five teams in a National Basketball Association (NBA) career that spanned from 1997 to 2006. As a college basketball player, Van Horn played for the Utah Utes for four seasons. The Utes won the WAC Tournament twice and reached the NCAA Tournament three times during Van Horn's collegiate career. Van Horn was a consensus second-team All-American in 1996 and a consensus first-team All-American in 1997. As a senior in 1997, he was named ESPN Men's College Basketball Player of the Year. Van Horn finished his college basketball career with the Utes as the all-time leading scorer in the history of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC). Van Horn was selected by the Philadelphia 76ers with the second pick in the 1997 NBA draft and was traded to the New Jersey Nets on draft night. He was named to the 1998 NBA All-Rookie Team. Van Horn played for the Nets from 1997 to 2002, leading the team in scoring in the 1997–98 and 1998–99 seasons and finishing fifth in the NBA in scoring with 21.8 points per game in the 1998–99 season. He was a member of the 2001–02 Nets team that made the NBA Finals. Van Horn would also go on to play for the 76ers, the New York Knicks, the Milwaukee Bucks, and the Dallas Mavericks. He averaged 16 points and nearly seven rebounds per game during his NBA career. Van Horn's father died on January 24, 1994, during his first year at Utah. Nevertheless, Van Horn averaged a Utah-freshman record 18.3 points per game that season, along with 8.3 rebounds per game.
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