Dajuan Wagner is one of the most popular and richest American basketball player who was born on February 4, 1983 in Camden, New Jersey, United States. Dajuan Marquett (born on the 4th of February March 1983) is an American former professional basketball player. The son is the former University of Louisville and National Basketball Association (NBA) player Milt Wagner. He was dropped from the NBA due to serious health issues that plagued him early in his career. He was selected 6th in the overall order with the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2002 NBA draft.
On the 16th of January, 2001 He scored 100 points in a game against Camden County Tech. He scored 42 of his shots from the field (with 10-pointers) and made 6 free throws. He recorded 25 points during the initial quarter 21, 21 in the second, 26, in the third quarter, and 28 points in the final quarter. He was able to score more than 50 points four times in the course of the season. He scored an average of 42.5 points over the course of 29 games as an alumnus. He scored 3,462 point in high school (the highest of any player in New Jersey high school history and broke the record of former high school star John Somogyi’s record with 3,451 points the time Somogyi was playing it was not a 3-point shoot) He also scored 25 points during his participation in the McDonald’s All-American Game. Wagner is believed in the eyes of many as being the most outstanding basketball player from high school throughout New Jersey history.
Wagner was hampered by injuries and health problems thereafter. He averaged a career-low 4.0 points in 11 games played during the 2004-05 season, and was hospitalized for ulcerative colitis. The Cavaliers did not exercise their option on his contract for the 2005-06 season and subsequently Wagner was out of the league.
His colitis condition was not amenable to medication and, after consulting with New York Knicks head coach Larry Brown, who referred him to a New York medical expert, Wagner underwent surgery to remove half his colon on October 25, 2005, at Mount Sinai Hospital.
Wagner has considered his options from Connecticut, Kentucky, Louisville, Memphis and Miami (FL) Then he was signed by Memphis in June 2000. He played one season of basketball in college in Memphis, the University of Memphis. He scored 32 points in the season opener during the game with Old Dominion on November 14 2001, in his second game for Memphis and matched his season-high on the 26th of March 2002 when he played Temple in the NIT semi-final. He scored sixteen points during the final contest with South Carolina and at the conclusion of the season, he was awarded a number of NIT and conference accolades and awards, including MVP from in 2002’s NIT. He also set a record for the most points scored in one season for Memphis with 762 points.
