Johnny Rogers

Johnny Rogers
Johnny Rogers (around 1986)
Player information
birthday	December 30, 1963 (56 years and 245 days)
place of birth	Fullerton , California , USA
size	208 cm
position	Power forward
college	Stanford Irvine
NBA draft	34. Pick, Sacramento Kings , 1986
Clubs as active
1981–1983 Stanford Cardinals 1984–1986 UC Irvine Anteaters 1986–1987 Sacramento Kings 1987–1988 Cleveland Cavaliers 1988–1989 Real Madrid 1989–1991 Pamesa Valencia 1991–1992 Phillips Milano 1992–1993 Cagiva Varese 1993–1994 Fulgor Forli 1994–1995 Etosa Murcia 1995–1996 Cáceres CB 1996–1997 Pamesa Valencia 1997–1999 Olympiacos 1999–2002 Panathinaikos Athens 2002–2003 Caprabo Lleida
National team
2000	Spain	11

John "Johnny" Bernard Rogers Bakker (born December 30, 1963 in Fullerton , California ) is a former American - Spanish basketball player .

Career

Johnny Rogers began his career in 1981 at Stanford University , where he played for Stanford Cardinal . After another two years at the UC Irvine Anteaters ( University of California, Irvine ) Rogers was selected in 1986 in 34th place in the NBA drafts by the Sacramento Kings . In the National Basketball Association (NBA) Rogers was active for the Kings and the Cleveland Cavaliers . In a total of 69 encounters, he came to 3.6 points and 1.5 rebounds on average.

In 1988 Rogers moved to Europe, where he would stay for the next 15 years until the end of his career. Rogers played for top clubs such as Real Madrid , Pamesa Valencia , Phillips Milano and Olympiacos Piraeus . His most successful time was with the Greek record champions Panathinaikos Athens , where he won two European Cups and the Greek championship twice . During his time in Spain , Rogers acquired Spanish nationality and participated with the Spanish national team in the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney .

At the beginning of 2008, Johnny Rogers was one of a group of 105 basketball players who were nominated by the Euroleague basketball and / or basketball enthusiasts to determine fifty important figures in the sport of basketball in Europe , active from 1958 to 2008 and subsequently in Madrid in May 2008 ( Spain ). All the nominated players played a particularly prominent role in the European Cup competitions of FIBA Europe and the Euroleague basketball and were each among the particularly prominent 'stars' of their national league teams.

title

• Greek champion : 2000, 2001
• European Champion Clubs' Cup : 2000
• ULEB Euroleague : 2002

Individual evidence

1. ^ NN: The All-Time Player Nominees. ( Memento of January 2, 2015 on the Internet Archive ) Archived from EuroLeague website; Barcelona, ​​January 2, 2015. Accessed February 2, 2019.