Michael Curtis "Yogi" Stewart (born April 24, 1975) is a French-born American former basketball player who last played for the Atlanta Hawks of the NBA.
Early life
Stewart, son of former Santa Clara standout and European pro Mike Stewart, was born in Cucq, Pas-de-Calais, France and starred at Kennedy High School in Sacramento, California, leading the Cougars to back-to-back city section titles in 1990 and 1991.
Stewart earned his nickname "Yogi" from his older brother for his childhood love of Yogi Bear cartoons.
College career
Stewart played four seasons at the University of California, Berkeley. He averaged 4.3 ppg and 4.7 rpg in 117 games and finished as the Bears' all-time leading shot-blocker (207). Stewart set a school record by blocking 59 shots as a freshman in 1993–94 and holds the four best single-season totals for blocks in school history. He never missed a game, playing in all 117 games during his collegiate career and shooting .510 from the field.
At the 1994 U.S. Olympic Festival, Stewart was a member of the bronze medal-winning West team.
NBA career
Stewart went undrafted in the 1997 NBA draft, but was signed to a one-year contract by the Sacramento Kings on September 11, 1997. This was a dream come true for Stewart, as he had served as a ball boy for the Kings in his youth.
In 2003, Stewart, Chris Mihm, Ricky Davis and a 2005 second-round draft pick were traded to the Boston Celtics for Kedrick Brown, Eric Williams, and Tony Battie. Stewart played sparingly for the Celtics, appearing in seventeen games before being traded at the 2005 trade deadline alongside Tom Gugliotta, Gary Payton and a 2006 first-round draft pick to the Atlanta Hawks for Antoine Walker. Stewart retired after the season.
Career statistics
NBA
Source
Regular season
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| style="text-align:left;"|
| style="text-align:left;"| Sacramento
| 81||37||21.7||.480||–||.458||6.6||.8||.4||2.4||4.6
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|
| style="text-align:left;"| Toronto
| 42||2||9.4||.415||–||.680||2.4||.1||.1||.7||1.5
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|
| style="text-align:left;"| Toronto
| 42||1||9.3||.377||–||.563||2.2||.1||.1||.5||1.4
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|
| style="text-align:left;"| Toronto
| 26||0||4.7||.324||–||.611||1.1||.1||.2||.1||1.3
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|
| style="text-align:left;"| Toronto
| 11||0||8.5||.348||.–||.545||2.3||.3||.4||.3||2.0
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|
| style="text-align:left;"| Cleveland
| 47||0||5.3||.378||–||.667||1.2||.1||.0||.3||.8
|-
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"|
| style="text-align:left;"| Cleveland
| 8||2||9.5||.429||–||1.000||2.3||.0||.1||1.0||1.0
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| Boston
| 17||0||4.2||.400||–||.500||.6||.0||.1||.1||.3
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|
| style="text-align:left;"| Atlanta
| 12||1||12.1||.524||–||.429||3.3||.4||.5||.4||2.1
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career
| 286 || 43 || 11.5 || .442 || – || .522 || 3.2 || .3 || .2 || 1.0 || 2.2
Playoffs
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2001
| style="text-align:left;"| Toronto
| 2||0||2.0||.000||–||–||.5||.0||.0||.0||.0
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2002
| style="text-align:left;"| Toronto
| 1||0||8.0||1.000||–||–||3.0||.0||.0||1.0||4.0
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2004
| style="text-align:left;"| Boston
| 1||0||2.0||–||–||–||.0||.0||.0||.0||.0
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career
| 4||0||3.5||.667||–||–||1.0||.0||.0||.3||1.0