Jelani McCoy
Jelani Marwan McCoy (born December 6, 1977) is an American professional basketball player. A 6'10" power forward/center, he played in the NBA from 1998-2007 for the Seattle SuperSonics, Los Angeles Lakers, Toronto Raptors, Cleveland Cavaliers, Atlanta Hawks, and Denver Nuggets. He attended college at UCLA and high school at St. Augustine High School in San Diego, California.
College career
In 1998, was UCLA's career leader in blocked shots.
McCoy was suspended in late September 1997 for violating "unspecified" team rules but reinstated three months later.[1]
Professional career
McCoy compiled NBA career averages of 4.7 points and 3.6 rebounds.[2][3] He was part of the Los Angeles Lakers team that won the 2002 NBA Finals, but he was injured most of the season and was not on their playoff roster.[4]
McCoy played for the Denver Nuggets in the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas. In five games, McCoy averaged 9 points and 9 rebounds in 21 minutes per game.[5] After averaging 8 points, 6.5 rebounds, 4 blocks and 3.5 assists in two games with the D-League's Los Angeles D-Fenders, McCoy was signed during the 2007-08 season in late November 2007 by the Nuggets to fill their depleted frontcourt after players Kenyon Martin, Nenê and Steven Hunter were unavailable due to injuries.[3] Mike Wilks was waived to make room on the roster.[3] On December 19, 2007 he was waived by the Denver Nuggets.[6] McCoy started the 2008-09 preseason with the Los Angeles Clippers, but was waived before the start of the season.[7]
On January 19, 2006 McCoy signed with Italian club Viola Reggio Calabria. In February 2007, he signed with Spanish club Menorca Bàsquet.
References
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- ↑ Nuggets Waive McCoy
- ↑ Clippers Waive Jelani McCoy
External links
- Career statistics and player information from NBA.comLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). and Basketball-Reference.com
- Career statistics and player information from WNBA.comLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). and Basketball-Reference.comLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- 1977 births
- Living people
- African-American basketball players
- American expatriate basketball people in Canada
- American expatriate basketball people in China
- American expatriate basketball people in Italy
- American expatriate basketball people in Mexico
- American expatriate basketball people in Spain
- American expatriate basketball people in Ukraine
- American expatriate basketball people in Venezuela
- Atlanta Hawks players
- Basketball players from California
- Centers (basketball)
- Cleveland Cavaliers players
- Denver Nuggets players
- Fujian Sturgeons players
- Liga ACB players
- Los Angeles D-Fenders players
- Los Angeles Lakers players
- McDonald's High School All-Americans
- Menorca Bàsquet players
- Power forwards (basketball)
- Seattle SuperSonics draft picks
- Seattle SuperSonics players
- Sportspeople from Oakland, California
- Sportspeople from San Diego, California
- Toronto Raptors players
- UCLA Bruins men's basketball players
- Zhejiang Lions players
- American men's basketball players
