Walter Robert "Wally" Szczerbiak was born March 5, 1977.  He is a basketball player for the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers.  The Minnesota Timberwolves selected Szczerbiak 6th overall in the 1999 NBA Draft. His best year playing in the NBA was in 2002 when he was a coaches' selection to the Western Conference All-Star team.  He tied a Timberwolves franchise record of 44 points on April 13, 2003, since broken by Kevin Garnett. Szczerbiak did not want to sit on the bench for the 2004-2005 NBA season. He felt he should not be on the bench anymore and wanted to be a starter. In the 2005-2006 season, he returned to be a starter.