Wally Szczerbiak

Walter Robert "Wally" Szczerbiak (born March 5, 1977 in Madrid, Spain) is a Ukrainian-American http://www.ukrweekly.com/Archive/1999/339925.shtml basketball player for the Minnesota Timberwolves. He was born in Spain while his father Walter (a former ABA player) was playing for the Real Madrid basketball team, and spent much of his childhood in Europe during his father's playing career. When Walter retired, he moved his family back to his native Long Island, where Wally attended high school in Cold Spring Harbor, New York.

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March 5 - 1977 - Madrid - Spain - Ukrainian - Basketball - Minnesota Timberwolves - ABA - Long Island - Cold Spring Harbor, New York

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In college, Szczerbiak played for Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. He tied a then-Timberwolves franchise record of 44 points on April 13, 2003, since broken by Kevin Garnett.

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Miami University - Oxford, Ohio - Kevin Garnett

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In the offseason, Szczerbiak can be found working out at New York Sports Club in Huntington, New York.

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New York Sports Club - Huntington, New York

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His aunt is a substitute teacher in the Plainview-Old Bethpage school district.

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