McIlvaine is married to Gwendolyn, a 6\'7" center of the North Carolina\'s 1994 championship women\'s basketball team. He currently works as a radio color analyst for Marquette men\'s basketball and also as part of the online support staffer for Optima Batteries in Milwaukee.\n', '

After playing at St. Catherine\'s High School in Racine (averaging 22.9 points, 11.1 rebounds and 8.1 blocked shots as a senior) and blocking a school-record 399 shots at Marquette University, McIlvaine was named NABC Defensive Player of the Year and was drafted with the fifth pick in the second round of the 1994 draft by the Washington Bullets (now Washington Wizards). He spent two years with the team, primarily in a backup role to Gheorghe Mureșan. In limited playing time, McIlvaine averaged fewer than 15 minutes a game during his second year. In 1996, Jim McIlvaine entered free agency.\n', '

In 1996, the Sonics offered a seven-year, $33.6 million free-agent contract to McIlvaine. Seattle fans were upset, and so was superstar forward Kemp, who had been asking for a contract increase after leading the team to a franchise-record 64 wins and its best postseason performance in 17 years, including the third Finals appearance in franchise history. But because Kemp signed a contract extension in 1994, the NBA\'s collective bargaining agreement (CBA) forbid any changes to that contract until October 1997.\n', "

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