Kenneth Lavon "Chucky" Atkins is a former American professional basketball player. After playing four years of college basketball at the University of South Florida, he was undrafted in the 1996 NBA Draft. In 1996–97, he played with the now-defunct LaCrosse Bobcats in the CBA before going overseas to play for the Cibona Zagreb club in Croatia from 1997–1999. Atkins began his NBA career in 1999 with the Orlando Magic, with immediate impact . He then played for the Detroit Pistons and Boston Celtics . In 2004, Atkins was traded in a multi-player deal which sent Gary Payton to... Boston and Atkins to the Los Angeles Lakers. During 2004–05, he registered career-highs in points and minutes , playing and starting in all 82 regular season contests. Atkins was traded along with Caron Butler to the Washington Wizards in exchange for Kwame Brown and Laron Profit in the 2005 offseason.
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