College career

After graduating from Southfield High School in 1993, Newble went to Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College before attending Miami University in Ohio, where he studied sports marketing. As a senior at Miami, he averaged 11.3 points, 7.5 rebounds, and 1.2 assists per game while earning Honorable Mention All-Mid-American Conference honors.

Professional career

Early career

Newble played for three seasons in the International Basketball Association (IBA) and later the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) before playing in 2000 overseas. He also played stints in the CBA in 2001 and the United States Basketball League (USBL) in 2002.

NBA career

Newble signed as a free agent with the NBA's San Antonio Spurs and his NBA debut with in the 2000-2001 season, playing in 27 games, of which he started six. In just under seven minutes per game, he averaged 2.0 points per game (ppg) and 1.3 rebounds per game (rpg). He was waived by the Spurs after the season.

He then signed with the Atlanta Hawks for the 2001-2002 season, and his playing time and production greatly increased. Playing 42 games (starting 35), he played over 30 minutes per game, averaging 8.0 ppg and 5.3 rpg, which would both be career highs for Newble. On April 13, 2002 against the Cleveland Cavaliers, Newble set a then career single-game high with 17 points and a career-high 12 rebounds. The following season, 2002-03, he played in a 73 games (starting 45), averaging 7.7 ppg, 3.7 rpg, and a career-high 1.4 assists per game. On April 12, 2003, he set a career personal-best with 21 points against the Washington Wizards, then topped that two days later with 23 against the Orlando Magic.

The Cleveland Cavaliers signed Newble as a free agent in July 2003. In the 2003-04 season, in 64 games (25 as a starter) playing about 19 minutes per game, he averaged 4.0 ppg and 2.4 rpg. In 2004-05, he played a career-high 74 games (starting a career-high 69), averaging 5.9 ppg and 3.0 rpg.

Injuries hampered Newble in the 2005-06 NBA season. He missed 21 games with a right foot strain and missed 14 games with a facial abscess, limiting him to 36 games. In 2006-07, he was limited to only 15 games. In December 2007, the Cavaliers fined Newble and Damon Jones an undisclosed amount of money for refusing to come off the bench during the final minute of their Christmas Day win over the Miami Heat. In 2007-08, he bounces back, playing in 41 games for the Cavs before, on February 21, 2008 he was traded to the Seattle SuperSonics in a multi-player deal. He was waived by the Sonics one week later after playing just two games.

In March, 2008, Newble signed a 10-day contract with the Los Angeles Lakers. Nine days later, the Lakers signed Newble for the remainder of the 2007-2008 Season. He played six games for the Lakers, ending his eight-year NBA career with 1,930 points, 1,114 rebounds, 342 assists, 204 steals and 105 blocks in 380 games.

European career

Newble started his professional career overseas in the Cypriot League playing for Keravnos Strovolos. Keravnos won the Cyprus Basketball Division 1 championship in 2000. In March 2009, he signed with Bnei HaSharon from the Israeli BSL for the remainder of the season. He joined the Greek League club Aris Thessaloniki in August 2009. However, he had to leave them before he played any games with them due to legal matters. He signed for Cáceres 2016 Basket in December 2009. Cáceres released him a month later.

Coaching career

In 2011, Newble became an assistant coach of the Canton Charge, the new NBA Development League affiliate of Newble's former team Cleveland Cavaliers.

In 2012, Newble became an assistant coach for the Austin Toros of the NBA Development League. On October 31, 2015, he became an assistant coach for the Bakersfield Jam

Darfur Campaign

Ira Newble leads a campaign to help bring awareness to China's involvement in the Darfur crisis. Ira Newble saw a letter that Aid Still Required had written expressing concern about investments funding the crisis in Darfur. He collected signatures around the league for the letter that then was presented to the Chinese Government and the President of the Olympic Committee for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games.

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
2000-01	San Antonio	27	6	6.8	.382	.444	.500	1.3	.2	.1	.1	2.0
2001-02	Atlanta	42	35	30.3	.498	.143	.852	5.3	1.1	.9	.5	8.0
2002-03	Atlanta	73	45	26.5	.495	.381	.778	3.7	1.4	.7	.4	7.7
2003-04	Cleveland	64	25	19.5	.391	.105	.783	2.4	1.1	.4	.3	4.0
2004-05	Cleveland	74	69	24.8	.429	.358	.797	3.0	1.2	.7	.2	5.9
2005-06	Cleveland	36	3	9.8	.298	.231	.688	1.6	.3	.1	.3	1.3
2006-07	Cleveland	15	1	8.6	.432	.533	.600	2.0	.1	.4	.0	3.1
2007-08	Cleveland	41	13	15.9	.449	.333	.769	2.8	.3	.7	.2	4.3
2007-08	Seattle	2	0	8.5	.286	.000	.000	.0	.5	.0	.0	2.0
2007-08	L.A. Lakers	6	0	5.2	.333	.500	.000	1.8	.5	.2	.2	1.2
Career		380	197	20.1	.446	.341	.778	2.9	.9	.5	.3	5.1

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2006	Cleveland	5	0	2.2	1.000	1.000	.000	.4	.0	.2	.0	1.4
2007	Cleveland	6	0	1.7	.000	.000	.000	.2	.2	.0	.0	.0
2008	L.A. Lakers	1	0	1.0	.000	.000	.000	.0	.0	.0	.0	.0
Career		12	0	1.8	.600	.333	.000	.3	.1	.1	.0	.6

[ Source: Wikipedia ]