Jared Jordan

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Jared Jordan
Nickname The Magician
Position Point guard
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight 187 lb (85 kg)
League NBA
Team BC Lietuvos Rytas
Born October 14, 1984 (1984-10-14) (age 23)
Flag of Connecticut Hartford, Connecticut
Nationality USA
High school Kingswood-Oxford School (2003)
College Marist College (2003–2007)
Draft 2nd round, 45th overall, 2007
Los Angeles Clippers
Pro career 2007–present
Former teams New York Knicks
Awards Haggerty Award

Jared Ahern Jordan (born October 14, 1984) is an American professional basketball player.

Jordan, who graduated from Kingswood-Oxford School in West Hartford, Connecticut in 2003,[1] became the point guard for the Marist College basketball team until his graduation in 2007. Wearing #25, and nicknamed "The Magician"[2], he led the nation for two years in a row in assists, the only NCAA Division I player to do so since Avery Johnson, the current coach of the Dallas Mavericks. He racked up 286 assists, an average of 8.7 per game.

He won the 74th Haggerty Award as the 2006-07 All-Met Division I men's college basketball player of the year.[3]

On June 28, 2007, Jordan was selected 45th in the 2007 NBA Draft by the Los Angeles Clippers, then played in the 2007 NBA Summer League.

On September 30, the Clippers traded him to the New York Knicks for cash.[4] Jordan played a total of eight minutes in three preseason games for the Knicks, who waived him on October 25.

On December 3, Jordan signed a contract with BC Lietuvos Rytas, a pro basketball team in Lithuania.[5]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Player Bio: Jared Jordan. Retrieved on 2007-06-04.
  2. ^ "The Bonus: The legend of Jared Jordan" . Retrieved on 2007-07-07
  3. ^ "Jordan To Appear Twice On ESPNU At NBA's Predraft Camp" . Retrieved on 2007-06-04
  4. ^ "Knicks acquire former Marist point guard Jordan" . Retrieved on 2007-09-30
  5. ^ http://admin.euroleague.net/news/i/19704/180/item, retrieved 5 December 2007.

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