Johnathan Edwards

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Johnathan Blake Edwards (born August 16, 1967 in New Orleans ) is a retired American-Swiss basketball player .

career

Edwards played from 1985 to 1989 at Georgetown University and was used for the team in a total of 106 games. The 2.08 meter tall board player scored an average of 2.6 points and 2.4 rebounds.

After the end of his university days Edwards was a professional basketball player and was in the game year 1989/90 with the Pensacola Tornados in the US league CBA under contract. Over the next few years, stints in Argentina and Belgium followed , before he went to work for the first time in the Swiss National League A in the 1992/93 season . There he strengthened Friborg Olympic . In 1994/95 Edwards Laik joined Riga in Latvia , later he played for other clubs in Switzerland, namely Vevey (1995/96), Pully (1996 to 1998), Carouge BC (1998/99), Villars Basket (1999/2000) , the Lugano Snakes (2000 to 2002) and SAM Massagno (2004/05). In the meantime he was under contract with Asteras Limassol in Cyprus in the 2003/04 season .

In 2001 and 2002 Edwards became Swiss champions with Lugano. In the course of his career he took on Swiss citizenship and was appointed to the national team.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Georgetown Basketball History Project. Retrieved May 30, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Pensacola News Journal from Pensacola, Florida on March 19, 1990-15 . In: Newspapers.com . ( newspapers.com [accessed May 30, 2018]).
  3. ^ Pro A & B: Nouveaux joueurs qualifiés - Basket Info. Retrieved May 30, 2018 (French).
  4. ↑ Jonathan Edwards - Basket Info. Retrieved May 30, 2018 (French).
  5. ↑ archive.fiba.com: Players. Retrieved May 30, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Edwards, Johnathan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Edwards, Johnathan Blake (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American-Swiss basketball player
DATE OF BIRTH August 16, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH New Orleans