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| Born | December 11, 1983 Fort Hood, Texas, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | American / Panamanian | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 204 lb (93 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| College | George Washington (2003–2006) | ||||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 2006: 2nd round, 58th overall pick | ||||||||||||||
| Drafted by | Dallas Mavericks | ||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2006–2017 | ||||||||||||||
| Position | Shooting guard | ||||||||||||||
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Danilo Agustin "J. R." Pinnock (born December 11, 1983) is an American-Panamanian former professional basketball player. His parents are natives of Panama.
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Born in Fort Hood, Texas, Pinnock attended Coastal Christian Academy in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and Eagle's Landing High School in McDonough, Georgia.
Pinnock went on to attend George Washington University, where he was the team's leading scorer in the 2005–06 season, and helped lead them to two consecutive NCAA tournaments.[ citation needed ] He is a native of McDonough, Georgia. After college, he played in Greece's top professional basketball league the Greek league with Colossus Rhodes BC.
Pinnock was an early entry candidate who was selected by the Dallas Mavericks in the second round of the 2006 NBA draft, 58th overall and then was later traded to the Los Angeles Lakers for whom he would appear in seven pre-season games. Pinnock was cut from the Lakers along with other Laker hopeful Von Wafer. He played some games in Germany for the Giessen 46ers, but was released by the club and returned to the United States, playing in the D-League, the NBA's minor league, for the Arkansas RimRockers. In September 2007, he was taken first overall in the D-League Expansion Draft by the Rio Grande Valley Vipers.
Pinnock played in BSN (Baloncesto Superior Nacional), Puerto Rico's professional basketball league, where he won his first professional championship with the Capitanes de Arecibo in 2010. Danilo Pinnock won the championship again in 2011 when Capitanes de Arecibo repeated as champions. Pinnock was released from Arecibo in March 2014.