Javale McGee

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Javale McGee
3x NBA World Champ and Gold Medal Olympian
July 13, 2023

When Flintstone Javale Mcgee won his first of three NBA World Championships one of his first acts was to bring the trophy home to Flint, the city in which he spent the first 13 years or so of his life growing up. With “Flint” tattooed on his torso this native son has proven his mettle as the most accomplished basketball player to ever hail from The Vehicle City.

He finished second place in the NBA Slam Dunk Contest, and was the first player to use three balls at one time in a dunk contest, which was later cited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the most basketballs dunked in a single jump.

A sturdy 7 footer, Mcgee was a first round pick in the 2008 NBA draft, and in addition to his 3 NBA titles, he also won a Gold Medal in the 2021 Olympics. With the medal, he and his mother Flint lady hoops legend Pamela Mcgee became the first mother and son duo to win gold medals in Olympic history.

That’s a lot of hoops history to pack in to a session in The Aquarium! But Javale and Fish pull it off and it’s another superb Chronicles-Worthy tale to tell on this episode of “Fish and The Flint Chronicles”.

Javale hefting his first NBA trophy under the Flint arches. Photo credit: Jake May, MLive.

Playing for Gold Medal USA Olympic Team in 2020. Photo credit: Getty Images.

Javale playing for his first World Champ team, Golden State Warriors 2017 & 2018. Photo credit: Andy Lyons, Getty Images.

Javale with World Champ team, The Lakers, 2020. Photo credit: Rich Pedroncelli, AP