Myron Gardner

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Myron Gardner
No. 15–Osceola Magic
Position Shooting guard
League NBA G League
Personal information
Born (2001-05-21) May 21, 2001 (age 23)
Detroit, Michigan, U.S. [1]
Listed height6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High school
College
NBA draft 2023: undrafted
Playing career2023–present
Career history
2023–present Osceola Magic
Career highlights and awards
  • Second-team All-OVC (2023)

Myron Gardner (born May 21, 2001) [2] is an American professional basketball player for the Osceola Magic of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Georgetown Hoyas, the South Plains Texans and the Little Rock Trojans.

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High school career

Gardner initially attended Loyola High at Detroit, Michigan, before transferring to SPIRE Academy in Geneva, Ohio, where he averaged 18 points, finishing third on the team and was ranked 283rd nationally by 247Sports.com. [3]

College career

Gardner began his college career at Georgetown, where he played in eight of the first nine games of the 2019–20 season, averaging 3.1 points per game and after being accused in a civil complaint by a Georgetown student of assault and burglary, he transferred to South Plains [3] where he averaged 13.8 points and 7.1 rebounds per game. [4] He ended up settling the case off-court. [3]

After one year at South Plains, Gardner transferred to Little Rock, where he averaged 13.2 points, 9.1, rebounds, 3.6 assists and 1.2 steals in 30.8 minutes as a senior. He was the team's leader in rebounds and steals while being second in points, assists and minutes and third in both three point (35.6%) and free throw percentage (75.5%). He also was second team All-Ohio Valley Conference after leading the OVC with 15 double-doubles, tied for the second-most in a year in program history and was tied for eighth nationally while ending the regular season ranked 16th in the nation in defensive rebounds per game with 6.97, being 24th in total rebounds with 274 and 31st in rebounds per game, ranking second in the OVC in each category. [5]

Professional career

Osceola Magic (2023–present)

After going undrafted in the 2023 NBA draft, Gardner joined the Osceola Magic on November 2, 2023, [6] wher he played in 47 games and averaged 5.4 points, 4.4 rebounds, and 1.1 assists in 15.4 minutes. [7]

In July 2024, Gardner joined the Orlando Magic for the 2024 NBA Summer League [8] and on September 11, 2024, he signed with the team. [9] [7] However, he was waived on September 19 [10] and eight days later, he joined the Osceola Magic. [11]

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References

  1. ↑ "Myron Gardner – Proballers". ProBallers.com. Retrieved September 14, 2024.
  2. ↑ "Myron Gardner – College Stats". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved September 14, 2024.
  3. 1 2 3 "Myron Gardner – MEN'S BASKETBALL". HoyaBasketball.com. Retrieved September 14, 2024.
  4. ↑ "Myron Gardner – MEN'S BASKETBALL". LRTrojans.com. Retrieved September 14, 2024.
  5. ↑ "Gardner, Gordon Named Second Team All-OVC Honorees". LRTrojans.com. February 28, 2023. Retrieved September 14, 2024.
  6. ↑ "Training Camp Roster Just Dropped". NBA.com. November 2, 2023. Retrieved September 14, 2024.
  7. 1 2 Adams, Luke (September 11, 2024). "Magic Sign Myron Gardner To Exhibit 10 Contract". HoopsRumors.com. Retrieved September 14, 2024.
  8. ↑ Marrero, Nathaniel (July 7, 2024). "Tristan da Silva, Anthony Black & Jett Howard Headline Magic's Summer League Roster". SI.com. Retrieved September 14, 2024.
  9. ↑ Orlando Magic PR [@Magic_PR] (September 11, 2024). "PRESS RELEASE: @OrlandoMagic sign free agents Jarrett Culver, Myron Gardner, Jalen Slawson and Tre Scott #MakeItMagic" (Tweet). Retrieved September 14, 2024– via Twitter.
  10. ↑ "Orlando Magic Sign Free Agents Mac McClung, Javonte Smart and Ethan Thompson". NBA.com. September 19, 2024. Retrieved September 20, 2024.
  11. ↑ "Osceola Magic Announce Training Camp Roster". OurSportsCentral.com. October 27, 2024. Retrieved October 27, 2024.
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