Early life and college

Ivey was born in Harlem in the Manhattan borough of New York City and started on the basketball team of Benjamin N. Cardozo High School. He transferred to Blair Academy.

Ivey played college basketball at the University of Texas at Austin, in which he finished as the school's all-time career leader in games started (126).

Professional career

Ivey was selected with the 37th overall pick in the 2004 NBA draft by the Atlanta Hawks.

On September 18, 2007, Ivey signed a one-year contract with the Bucks.

On July 24, 2008, Ivey agreed to terms with the Philadelphia 76ers.

On June 15, 2009, Philadelphia announced that Ivey declined the player option on his contract for the 2009-10 season, making him an unrestricted free agent. However, he re-signed with the 76ers in August 2009.

On February 18, 2010, Ivey was traded to the Milwaukee Bucks along with Primoz Brezec in exchange for Jodie Meeks and Francisco Elson.

On July 21, 2010, Ivey signed with the Oklahoma City Thunder. He reached the NBA Finals with the Thunder in 2012, but the team lost to the Miami Heat.

On July 27, 2012, Ivey returned to the 76ers.

On September 30, 2013, he signed with the Atlanta Hawks. However, he was waived on October 25.

On January 16, 2014, he signed a 10-day contract with the Oklahoma City Thunder. On January 26, 2014, his 10-day contract expired and the Thunder chose not to offer him a second 10-day contract.

On January 29, 2014, he signed with the Guangdong Southern Tigers of China for rest of the 2013-14 season.

Coaching career

On September 29, 2014, Ivey was named an assistant coach of the Oklahoma City Blue for the 2014-15 season, effectively ending his 10-year playing career.

Off the court

During the 2011 NBA lockout, Ivey returned to the University of Texas to finish his degree in applied learning and development.

NBA career statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field goal percentage	3P%	3-point field goal percentage	FT%	Free throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2004-05	Atlanta	62	5	13.0	.429	.333	.701	1.4	1.7	.6	.1	3.5
2005-06	Atlanta	73	66	13.4	.439	.400	.727	1.3	1.0	.3	.1	3.6
2006-07	Atlanta	53	18	10.2	.448	.313	.686	1.0	.8	.5	.1	3.0
2007-08	Milwaukee	75	20	19.2	.394	.327	.726	1.6	2.1	.6	.1	5.6
2008-09	Philadelphia	71	0	12.1	.332	.342	.791	1.1	.6	.5	.1	3.0
2009-10	Philadelphia	26	0	9.1	.473	.500	.857	1.0	.7	.4	.1	2.7
2009-10	Milwaukee	18	0	5.0	.321	.182	.600	.4	.6	.5	.0	1.3
2010-11	Oklahoma City	25	0	6.2	.421	.438	1.000	.6	.3	.2	.0	1.6
2011-12	Oklahoma City	34	0	10.4	.356	.340	.125	.7	.3	.4	.0	2.1
2012-13	Philadelphia	53	5	13.2	.431	.420	.563	1.1	.6	.4	.1	3.2
2013-14	Oklahoma City	2	0	2.5	.000	.000	.000	.5	.0	.0	.0	.0
Career		492	114	12.5	.406	.361	.706	1.1	1.0	.5	.1	3.3

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2009	Philadelphia	6	0	7.5	.273	.286	.750	.7	.0	.5	.0	1.8
2010	Milwaukee	3	0	3.7	.333	.000	.000	.0	.7	.0	.3	1.3
2011	Oklahoma City	2	0	3.0	1.000	1.000	.000	.5	.5	.0	.0	3.0
2012	Oklahoma City	5	0	4.2	.364	.400	.500	.6	.2	.4	.0	2.2
Career		16	0	5.1	.367	.375	.667	.5	.3	.3	.1	2.0

[ Source: Wikipedia ]