During a reception Saturday evening at the new downtown Two Light apartment building, former KU Jayhawk Mario Chalmers was honored during a ceremony commemorating the new mural of his iconic shot that propelled KU to the 2008 NCAA title. By
Nine-year NBA veteran Mario Chalmers is giving international basketball a try at the age of 32.
Chalmers, a 6-foot-2 combo guard out of the University of Kansas, has played the past four weeks for Virtus Bologna of the Italian League in his first stint overseas.
Chalmers — he sat out the entire 2016-17 season while rehabbing a ruptured Achilles — in all played seven full seasons (and six games in 2015-16) for the Miami Heat and one full season (and 55 games in ’15-16) for the Memphis Grizzlies.