Mario Trevon Austin (born February 26, 1982) is an American former professional basketball player.
Austin declared for the 2003 NBA draft at the season, choosing not to return to Mississippi State for his senior year.
who got sponsored by billionaire Arkadi Gaydamak shortly before, he quickly became one of the dominant players in the team and led it to the Uleb Cup semi-finals and to the Israeli League Finals In the summer of 2007, he joined the Bulls for the 2007 NBA Summer League[2] and later, he signed with Benetton Treviso.
[5] On April 10, 2010, Austin was signed by the Atléticos de San Germán of the Puerto Rican league but was waived the next month.
[7] On April 2, 2011, the Bulls traded his draft rights to the Utah Jazz as part of the Carlos Boozer sign-and-trade.