Jelani Gardner

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Jelani Gardner
Personal information
Born (1975-12-26) December 26, 1975 (age 48)
Pasadena, California
NationalityAmerican / French
Listed height6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight205 lb (93 kg)
Career information
High school St. John Bosco
(Bellflower, California)
College California (1994–1996)
Pepperdine (1997–1999)
NBA draft 1999: undrafted
Playing career1999–2011
Position Shooting guard
Coaching career2012–present
Career history
As player:
1999 Maccabi Rishon
1999–2000 Fort Wayne Fury
2000 Grand Rapids Hoops
2000BCJ Hamburg
2000–2001 Roanoke Dazzle
2002–2003Roche-St Etienne
2003 Reims
2003–2004Etendard Brest
2004ESPE Basket Châlons-en-Champagne
2004–2006 GET Vosges
2006–2007 Townsville Crocodiles
2007 Hermine Nantes Basket
2007–2008 Universitet Yugra Surgut
2008 Trikala Aries B.C.
2010 London Lions
2011 ADA Blois
As coach:
2012–2013 La Salle College Prep
2015–2016 Bristol
2016–2017 Duarte HS
2017–2018 Blair HS
2018–2019 South Hills HS
Career highlights and awards

Jelani Akil Gardner (born December 26, 1975) is an American-French basketball coach and former professional player. He is 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) in height. He played mainly at the shooting guard position, but also at the point guard and small forward positions. He played with the Milton Keynes Lions Basketball Club until he was released in January 2011. [1]

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College career

After playing high school basketball at St. John Bosco High School in Bellflower, California, Gardner played college basketball at the University of California. However, when his parents became disenchanted with their son's lack of playing time, they revealed to the NCAA that Todd Bozeman, Cal's head coach, had paid them about $30,000 over a two-year period so his parents could attend Jelani's games. [2]

After the scandal broke, Gardner transferred to Pepperdine. [3] Bozeman was ultimately forced to resign and effectively white balled from the college ranks until 2005, and Cal was forced to forfeit every game in which Gardner played (the entire 1994–95 season and all but two games of the 1995–96 season).

Professional career

A blood test as part of a pre-NBA draft physical examination in 1995 revealed that Gardner had kidney disease, further hurting his NBA Draft stock.

Gardner played professionally with clubs such as Maccabi Rishon, the Grand Rapids Hoops, the Fort Wayne Fury, the Hamburg Tigers, the Roanoke Dazzle, Reims, Krka Novo Mesto, ESPE Basket Châlons-en-Champagne, AS Golbey-Epinal, Universitet Yugra Surgut, Trikala 2000 in his professional career. [4] [5]

Finally, in 2002, after playing with kidney disease for 7 years, Gardner reached the critical stage of his condition and received a kidney transplant from his mother that year. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "MK Lions - The Official Website for the Milton Keynes Lions". www.mklions.com. Archived from the original on 2010-08-21.
  2. ↑ "Scout.com: Misty and water-colored". california.scout.com. Archived from the original on 2006-05-13.
  3. 1 2 Gardner gets a second chance
  4. ↑ "Jelani Gardner Player Profile - Basketball Doudiz.com". Archived from the original on 2011-08-15. Retrieved 2011-05-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. ↑ "NBA Development League ROANOKE: Jelani Gardner". www.nba.com. Archived from the original on 2006-10-23.
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