Adonis Jordan

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Adonis Adelecino Jordan (born August 21, 1970 ) is a retired American basketball player .

Life

Jordan first grew up in New York and played as a student at Theodore Roosevelt High School in Yonkers . Then he moved with his mother to Los Angeles , California and attended Grover Cleveland High School, where he also played basketball. He went to the University of Kansas to study . The 1.80-meter-long construction player was a member of the university team from 1989 to 1993 and played 137 games during that time. In 1991 and 1993 he came with Kansas in the NCAA finals among the top four teams. In July 1991 he won the gold medal with the US student selection at the Summer Universiade in Sheffield, England . Jordan's most successful season in college in terms of points was 1991/92, when he averaged 12.8 points per game. With 568 templates he was on his departure in 1993 on the third place of the all-time best list of the University of Kansas. He was on the college team colleagues of players like Rex Walters , Greg Ostertag and Mark Randall .

The Seattle SuperSonics selected him as part of the NBA - Draft process in 1993, but Jordan failed the jump in Seattle squad 1993/94, in early November 1993, he was dropped from the squad. In the same month he received a contract with another NBA team, the Denver Nuggets , which ended ten days later. In January 1994, Denver provided him again with a ten-day contract. The development player was used by Denver in a total of six games, he came to 2.5 points per encounter. His colleagues in Denver included the then well-known greats such as Dikembe Mutombo , Bryant Stith and Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf as well as Mark Randall during his university days. In addition to his assignments in the NBA, Jordan gained experience in his first year as a professional in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA). In the CBA, Jordan belonged to three teams in the course of the game year, and he recorded his best values ​​in the colors of Columbus Horizon (8.5 points, 6.5 rebounds / game).

He starred in the 1994 film Blue Chips with Nick Nolte .

Jordan then continued his career abroad, beginning in the 1994 spring season in Australia . He scored an average of 19.9 points per game for the South East Melbourne Magic team and in the following years also made a name for himself as a basketball player with clubs in Israel , Venezuela , South Korea , Hong Kong and Belarus .

In January 1999, Jordan was offered a second NBA chance when he signed a contract with the Milwaukee Bucks . A month later he was removed from the squad, but briefly signed again in mid-March 1999. He was used by Milwaukee in a total of four NBA games, Jordan also played nine games for Rockford Lightning in the CBA in the 1998/99 season. In 1999/2000 Jordan was under contract with the Finnish first division club Espoon Honka and led the team as the best scorer (21.3 points / game).

In the 2000/2001 season he moved to Avitos Gießen in the basketball league  in Germany . In the 2000/2001 special edition of the professional magazine Basketball , Jordan was referred to as a "general on the field" because of his playmaking skills. With 18.9 points and 3.9 assists per match, he was the leader in both categories at Mittelhessen over the course of the season. He reached the Bundesliga semi-finals with Giessen, where it was over against Alba Berlin .

In the 2001/2002 season, Jordan played seven games for French second division team GET Vosges, and during the year he went to Pepinster in Belgium . In the 2003 spring season he was again active in Australia, first played for the Townsville Crocodiles before moving to the Victoria Giants during the game year within the league.

In 2005 he was the coach of the Topeka Tornado team in the US league All-American Professional Basketball League. In 2010 he moved to Australia, his wife's homeland, where he worked as a youth coach for the teams Nunawading Specters, Dandenong Rangers and Chelsea Gulls, where he was also a player.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Facebook, Twitter, Show more sharing options, Facebook, Twitter: Little Kansas Guy a Regular Adonis. April 1, 1991. Retrieved June 9, 2020 (American English).
  2. ^ Adonis Jordan College Stats. Retrieved June 9, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Adonis Jordan. December 7, 2016, Retrieved June 9, 2020 (American English).
  4. ↑ SIXTEENTH WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES - 1991. Accessed June 12, 2020 (American English).
  5. ↑ 2019-20 Kansas Men's Basketball Media Guide. Retrieved June 9, 2020 .
  6. ↑ 1991-92 Kansas Jayhawks Roster and Stats. Retrieved June 9, 2020 .
  7. ^ 1989-90 Kansas Jayhawks Roster and Stats. Retrieved June 9, 2020 .
  8. ↑ 1993 NBA Draft. In: NBADraft.net. Retrieved June 9, 2020 (American English).
  9. ↑ 1993-94 NBA Transactions. Retrieved June 9, 2020 .
  10. ↑ 1993-94 Denver Nuggets Roster and Stats. Retrieved June 9, 2020 .
  11. ↑ a b Adonis Jordan Statistics on StatsCrew.com. Retrieved June 9, 2020 .
  12. ^ "Blue Chips" Worth Price Of Admission. February 19, 1994. Retrieved June 10, 2020 (American English).
  13. ↑ a b Adonis Jordan - Player Statistics. Retrieved June 9, 2020 .
  14. ^ Adonis Jordan Basketball Player Profile, Victoria Liberty Giants, Kansas, News, NBL stats, Career, Games Logs, Best, Awards - australiabasket. Retrieved June 9, 2020 .
  15. ↑ 1998-99 Milwaukee Bucks Transactions. Retrieved June 9, 2020 .
  16. ↑ Adonis Jordan. In: stats.nba.com. Retrieved June 9, 2020 .
  17. ↑ Joukkue. In: basket.fi. Retrieved June 9, 2020 .
  18. ^ Jens Schmidt: From Bassette to Zdravkovic . In: Deutscher Basketball Bund eV (Hrsg.): Special issue s.Oliver BBL season 2000/2001 . DSV Deutscher Sportverlag GmbH, Cologne 2000, p. 22 .
  19. ↑ easyCredit - 421 GIE. Retrieved June 9, 2020 .
  20. ↑ Sunday May 27th, 2001, 3:59 pm: Basketball players from the ALBA team in the final. May 27, 2001, accessed June 9, 2020 (German).
  21. ↑ JORDAN Adonis | LNB.fr. Retrieved June 9, 2020 .
  22. ^ DH Les Sports +: Pepinster 102 Louvain 69. March 2, 2002, accessed June 9, 2020 (French).
  23. ↑ 2014 Coaching Panel - Hawthorn Magic. Retrieved June 9, 2020 .
  24. ↑ Chelsea ANZ Gulls Announce Signing of Former NBA Star, Adonis Jordan. Retrieved April 9, 2010, June 9, 2020 (Australian English).
personal data
SURNAME Jordan, Adonis
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jordan, Adonis Adelecino (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American basketball player
DATE OF BIRTH August 21, 1970