El-Amin will forever be remembered by University of Connecticut fans for being the starting point guard on their team that won the 1999 NCAA Championship game thriller over Duke. …. After his collegiate career, El-Amin was selected by the Chicago Bulls with the 34th pick overall in the 2000 NBA Draft. That year, he played in the Schick Rookie Challenge at All-Star weekend in Washington, DC and scored 18 points. He also played in the NBA briefly with the Miami Heat. …. Last year, he averaged 20.4 points a game with Besiktas Istanbul and was a member of the World Team at the 2005 All-Star Game. Other European stops have included Ironi Ramat Gan in Israel and Strasbourg in France. …. Through 12 games this year, El-Amin scored 20 points or more seven times and is fifth in EuroCup scoring at 19.8 ppg.