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'''Adonis Adelecino Jordan''' (born August 21, 1970, in [[Brooklyn]], [[New York]]) is an [[United States|American]] former professional [[basketball]] player who was selected by the [[Seattle SuperSonics]] in the 2nd round (42nd overall) of the [[1993 NBA Draft]]. Jordan appeared in only 10 career [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] games, six with the [[Denver Nuggets]] during the [[1993-94 NBA season|1993-94 season]] and four with the [[Milwaukee Bucks]] during the [[lockout (industry)|lockout]]-shortened [[1998-99 NBA season|1999 NBA season]]. He played collegiately at [[Kansas University]], and was the starting [[point guard]] during that team's 1991 and 1993 [[Final Four]] appearances.
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|8|21}}
| birth_place = [[Brooklyn]], [[New York]]
| highschool = [[Cleveland High School (Los Angeles, California)|Cleveland]] (Los Angeles, CA)
| college = [[Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball|Kansas]]
| draft = 42nd overall
| draft_year = 1993
| draft_team = [[Seattle Supersonics]]
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| career_start = 1993
| career_end = 2003
| former_teams = [[Denver Nuggets]] (1993)<br>[[Rochester Renegades]] (CBA) (1993) <br> [[Sioux Falls Skyforce]] (CBA) (1994)<br>[[South-East Melbourne Magic]] ([[National Basketball League (Australia)|Australia]]) (1994&ndash;95)<br>[[Hapoel Jerusalem B.C.|Maccabi Jerusalem]] ([[Israeli Basketball Super League|Israel]])<br>(1995&ndash;96)<br>[[Cocodrilos de Caracas]] ([[Liga Profesional de Baloncesto (Venezuela)|Venezuela]]) (1997)<br>[[Winlinkg]] ([[China Hong Kong Basketball Association|Hong Kong]]) (1998) <br>[[Milwaukee Bucks]] (1999)<br>[[Tapiolan Honka]] ([[Korisliiga|Finland]]) (1999&ndash;00) <br> [[Townsville Crocodiles]] (Australia) (2002)<br>[[Victoria Titans|Victoria Giants]] (Australia) (2002&ndash;03)
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'''Adonis Adelecino Jordan''' (born August 21, 1970, in [[Brooklyn]], [[New York]]) is an [[United States|American]] former professional [[basketball]] player. Jordan played collegiately at [[Kansas University]], and was the starting [[point guard]] during that team's [[1991 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament|1991]] and [[1993 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament|1993]] [[Final Four]] appearances. Jordan appeared in only 10 career [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] games (six with the [[Denver Nuggets]] during the [[1993-94 NBA season|1993&ndash;94 season]] and four with the [[Milwaukee Bucks]] during the [[1998%E2%80%9399_NBA_lockout|lockout]]-shortened [[1998%E2%80%9399_NBA_season|1998&ndash;99 NBA season]]) but spent the bulk of his professional career playing overseas with various basketball clubs.
In between his two NBA stints Jordan played professionally in [[Australia]] for the [[National Basketball League (Australia)|NBL]]'s South East Melbourne Magic, where he led the team to an impressive record. He also later played in the NBL for the now-defunct [[North Melbourne Giants|Victoria Giants]].<ref>[http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/01/22/1042911441684.html Jordan a tonic as Giants upset Kings]</ref>


==High school and college career==
Adonis Jordan moved from his [[Yonkers, New York]] hometown and resettled in [[Los Angeles, California]] after his sophomore year in high school. <ref>{{cite news | last = | first = | title = Braswell conditions Cleveland for run at city 4-A crown | page = | work = [[Daily News of Los Angeles]] | date = [[1987-10-23]] | url = http://docs.newsbank.com/g/GooglePM/LA/lib00086,0EF515E75E9E94AE.html | accessdate = 2009-05-06 }} </ref> He transferred to [[Cleveland High School (Los Angeles, California)|Cleveland High School]] in [[Reseda, Los Angeles, California|Reseda]] and joined future NBA veteran [[Lucious Harris]] as stars of the school's varsity basketball team. The New York native was a big factor on the Cleveland High Cavaliers' squad, playing big roles on offense (averaging 13.8 points a game) and defense (averaging 5.9 steals per game) during the 1987&ndash;88 season. <ref>{{cite news | last = Elling | first = Steve | title = Rivals Jordan, Thomas Share a Kindred Spirit | page = C10 | work = [[The Los Angeles Times]] | date = [[1988-04-13]] | url = http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/59796415.html?dids=59796415:59796415&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr+13%2C+1988&author=STEVE+ELLING&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=TIMES'+ALL-STAR+BASKETBALL+TEAMS+Wealth+of+Junior+Talent+Includes+Best+of+Friends+Valley+League+Rivals+Jordan%2C+Thomas+Share+a+Kindred+Spirit&pqatl=google | accessdate = 2009-05-06 }} </ref> At the start of his senior year, Jordan was considered by many to be one of the state's top point guards <ref>{{cite news | last = | first = | title = High schools | page = | work = [[Daily News of Los Angeles]] | date = [[1988-08-12]] | url = http://docs.newsbank.com/g/GooglePM/LA/lib00086,0EF51A00AF2BE2A9.html | accessdate = 2009-05-06 }} </ref> and was named among the nation's 50 top-rated high school seniors by basketball scout [[Bob Gibbons]]. <ref>{{cite news | last = | first = | title = Nation's top 100 senior prospects | page = 73 | work = [[Chicago Sun-Times]] | date = [[1988-08-07]] | url = http://docs.newsbank.com/g/GooglePM/CSTB/lib00225,0EB36DF0E0E16F0A.html | accessdate = 2009-05-06 }} </ref> He completed his final high school season averaging 18.4 points per game <ref>{{cite news | last = Lynch | first = John | title = 1989 Los Angeles Times All-Stars Hart Girls' Road to Top Paved With Decorum, Discipline | page = C14 | work = [[Los Angeles Times]] | date = [[1988-08-07]] | url = http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/66423216.html?dids=66423216:66423216&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+23%2C+1989&author=JOHN+LYNCH&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=1989+Los+Angeles+Times+ALL-STARS+Hart+Girls'+Road+to+Top+Paved+With+Decorum%2C+Discipline&pqatl=google | accessdate = 2009-05-08 }} </ref> while earning back-to-back Valley 4-A All-League First Team recognition. <ref name="Lofton">{{cite news | last = | first = | title = El Camino Real's Lofton Selected City Section 3-A Player of the Year | page = C8 | work = [Los Angeles Times]] | date = [[1989-03-21]] | url = http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/66421708.html?dids=66421708:66421708&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Mar+21%2C+1989&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=El+Camino+Real's+Lofton+Selected+City+Section+3-A+Player+of+the+Year&pqatl=google | accessdate = 2009-05-07 }} </ref>

Jordan played four seasons of [[college basketball]] at the [[Kansas University]]. He was the a member of the [[Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball|Kansas Jayhawks]] 1991 Final Four team during his sophomore year. Two years later, Jordan and teammate [[Rex Walters]] helped lead the Jayhawks to further success when they captured the 1993 [[Big Eight Conference|Big Eight]] Regular Season Championship and the second seed in the Midwest division of the [[1993 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament]] with a 27&ndash;8 record. Kansas marched through the NCAA tournament and arrived at the Final Four Regional Championships, their second appearance in three years. Though Kansas eventually lost to [[North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball|North Carolina]] in the Final Four, the team's outstanding performance earned the squad a top ten nationwide ranking during the regular season, including a brief time spent at number one. <ref> {{cite news | last = Sung | first = Elaine | title = No Oz, Kansas at Home in Final Four | page = | work = [[The Washington Post]] | date = [[1993-04-02]] | url = http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-939943.html?refid=gg_x_02 | accessdate = 2009-04-21 }} </ref>

==Professional career==
Jordan was drafted by the [[Seattle Supersonics]] in the [[1993 NBA Draft]] after a storied basketball career at Kansas. Seattle ended up cutting the rookie at the start of the 1993&ndash;94 NBA season but Jordan was picked up by the [[Denver Nuggets]] later in the month on a 10-day contract. <ref name="Nuggets">{{cite news | last = Hasty| first = Roy | title = Green prefers playing in U.S.: Says three seasons in Europe failed to improve his game | page = C2 | work = [[Hartford Courant]] | date = [[1993-12-23]] | url = http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courant/access/80186782.html?dids=80186782:80186782&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Dec+23%2C+1993&author=ROY+HASTY%3B+Courant+Staff+Writer&pub=Hartford+Courant&desc=Green+prefers+playing+in+U.S.+Says+three+seasons+in+Europe+failed+to+improve+his+game&pqatl=google | accessdate = 2009-04-28 }} </ref> He appeared in four games with Denver before being waived, and finished the season in the [[Continental Basketball Association|CBA]] with the [[Rochester Renegades]] and the [[Sioux Falls Skyforce]]. <ref name="Nuggets" /> The former Jayhawk headed to [[Australia]] in what would become the start of a series of overseas stints. His first stop landed him with the Australian [[National Basketball League (Australia)|National Basketball League]]'s [[South East Melbourne Magic]], where he led the team to an impressive record in 1994. <ref>{{cite news | last = | first = | title = Australian team signs ex-Jayhawk | page = Sports-9 | work = [[Fort Worth Star-Telegram]] | date = [[1994-04-12]] | url = http://docs.newsbank.com/g/GooglePM/ST/lib00155,0EAF8F765384047E.html | accessdate = 2009-04-28 }} </ref> After playing one season in [[Israel]], <ref name="Finns">{{cite news | last = Cohen | first = Aryeh Dean | title = Hap. Jerusalem finishes off Finns, 83-69 | page = 18 | work = [[Jerusalem Post]] | date = [[1999-10-21]] | url = http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/jpost/access/45737120.html?dids=45737120:45737120&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Oct+21%2C+1999&author=ARYEH+DEAN+COH | accessdate = 2009-04-29 }} </ref> Jordan headed to [[Venezuela]] where he joined the [[Cocodrilos de Caracas]] of the [[Liga Profesional de Baloncesto (Venezuela)|Liga Profesional de Baloncesto]]. <ref>{{cite news | last = Kaywood | first = Kurt | title = Break out the Kleenex and roses | page = | work = [[The Topeka Capital-Journal]] | date = [[1997-02-22]] | url = http://www.cjonline.com/stories/022297/caywood.html | accessdate = 2009-04-28 }} </ref> With five years of overseas experience, the globetrotter returned to the States and signed two 10-day contracts with the [[Milwaukee Bucks]] in early [[1998%E2%80%9399_NBA_season|1999]]. <ref name="Bucks">{{cite news | last = | first = | title = Bucks release Adonis Jordan, sign Haywoode Workman | page = | work = [[The Associated Press]] | date = [[1999-03-17]] | url = http://docs.newsbank.com/g/GooglePM/APAB/lib00582,0F8A0F14DC5332AD.html | accessdate = 2009-04-28 }} </ref> He donned a Bucks uniform in four games but was ultimately waived in March. <ref name="Bucks" /> Jordan returned overseas later that same year, where he would eventually finish his professional career. He player a season with the [[Finland|Finnish]]-based [[Tapiolan Honka]] basketball club in 1999&ndash;00 <ref name="Finns" /> and returned to Australia where he retired after playing for the [[Victoria Titans|Victoria Giants]]. <ref>{{cite news | last = | first = | title = Jordan a tonic as Giants upset Kings | page = | work = [[The Age]] | publisher = [[Australian Associated Press]] | date = [[1999-10-21]] | url = http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/01/22/1042911441684.html | accessdate = 2009-04-29 }} </ref>

==Personal life==
Jordan appears in the basketball film, ''[[Blue Chips]]'' as the starting point guard for a [[Rick Pitino]]-coached college team.
Jordan appears in the basketball film, ''[[Blue Chips]]'' as the starting point guard for a [[Rick Pitino]]-coached college team.


==Awards and accomplishments==
==Notes==
*2x Valley 4-A All-League First Team (1988, 1989) <ref>{{cite news | last = | first = | title = Mills is selected Player of the Year | page = | work = [[Daily News of Los Angeles]] | date = [[1988-02-23]] | url = http://docs.newsbank.com/g/GooglePM/LA/lib00086,0EF5178091AAC85F.html | accessdate = 2009-05-06 }} </ref> <ref name="Lofton" />
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*Street & Smith's Preseason All-American Honorable Mention <ref>{{cite news | last = | first = | title = Briefs | page = | work = [[Daily News of Los Angeles]] | date = [[1988-10-26]] | url = http://docs.newsbank.com/g/GooglePM/LA/lib00086,0EF51ADAF3531320.html | accessdate = 2009-05-06 }} </ref>
*U.S. Olympic Festival: Men's Basketball West Team (1989) <ref>{{cite news | last = | first = | title = MacLean, Butler, Jordan are picked for festival | page = | work = [[Daily News of Los Angeles]] | date = [[1988-05-24]] | url = http://docs.newsbank.com/g/GooglePM/LA/lib00086,0EF51E7ED5BEC390.html | accessdate = 2009-05-08 }} </ref>

==References==

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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.basketballreference.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=JordaAd01 Adonis Jordan profile at basketballreference.com]
*[http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/j/jordaad01.html Adonis Jordan NBA stats] @ basketball-reference.com
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0429818/ Adonis Jordan entry at IMDB.com]
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0429818/ Adonis Jordan movie credits] @ IMDB.com


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Adonis Adelecino Jordan (born August 21, 1970, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American former professional basketball player. Jordan played collegiately at Kansas University, and was the starting point guard during that team's 1991 and 1993 Final Four appearances. Jordan appeared in only 10 career NBA games (six with the Denver Nuggets during the 1993–94 season and four with the Milwaukee Bucks during the lockout-shortened 1998–99 NBA season) but spent the bulk of his professional career playing overseas with various basketball clubs.

High school and college career

Adonis Jordan moved from his Yonkers, New York hometown and resettled in Los Angeles, California after his sophomore year in high school. [1] He transferred to Cleveland High School in Reseda and joined future NBA veteran Lucious Harris as stars of the school's varsity basketball team. The New York native was a big factor on the Cleveland High Cavaliers' squad, playing big roles on offense (averaging 13.8 points a game) and defense (averaging 5.9 steals per game) during the 1987–88 season. [2] At the start of his senior year, Jordan was considered by many to be one of the state's top point guards [3] and was named among the nation's 50 top-rated high school seniors by basketball scout Bob Gibbons. [4] He completed his final high school season averaging 18.4 points per game [5] while earning back-to-back Valley 4-A All-League First Team recognition. [6]

Jordan played four seasons of college basketball at the Kansas University. He was the a member of the Kansas Jayhawks 1991 Final Four team during his sophomore year. Two years later, Jordan and teammate Rex Walters helped lead the Jayhawks to further success when they captured the 1993 Big Eight Regular Season Championship and the second seed in the Midwest division of the 1993 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament with a 27–8 record. Kansas marched through the NCAA tournament and arrived at the Final Four Regional Championships, their second appearance in three years. Though Kansas eventually lost to North Carolina in the Final Four, the team's outstanding performance earned the squad a top ten nationwide ranking during the regular season, including a brief time spent at number one. [7]

Professional career

Jordan was drafted by the Seattle Supersonics in the 1993 NBA Draft after a storied basketball career at Kansas. Seattle ended up cutting the rookie at the start of the 1993–94 NBA season but Jordan was picked up by the Denver Nuggets later in the month on a 10-day contract. [8] He appeared in four games with Denver before being waived, and finished the season in the CBA with the Rochester Renegades and the Sioux Falls Skyforce. [8] The former Jayhawk headed to Australia in what would become the start of a series of overseas stints. His first stop landed him with the Australian National Basketball League's South East Melbourne Magic, where he led the team to an impressive record in 1994. [9] After playing one season in Israel, [10] Jordan headed to Venezuela where he joined the Cocodrilos de Caracas of the Liga Profesional de Baloncesto. [11] With five years of overseas experience, the globetrotter returned to the States and signed two 10-day contracts with the Milwaukee Bucks in early 1999. [12] He donned a Bucks uniform in four games but was ultimately waived in March. [12] Jordan returned overseas later that same year, where he would eventually finish his professional career. He player a season with the Finnish-based Tapiolan Honka basketball club in 1999–00 [10] and returned to Australia where he retired after playing for the Victoria Giants. [13]

Personal life

Jordan appears in the basketball film, Blue Chips as the starting point guard for a Rick Pitino-coached college team.

Awards and accomplishments

  • 2x Valley 4-A All-League First Team (1988, 1989) [14] [6]
  • Street & Smith's Preseason All-American Honorable Mention [15]
  • U.S. Olympic Festival: Men's Basketball West Team (1989) [16]

References

  1. ^ "Braswell conditions Cleveland for run at city 4-A crown". Daily News of Los Angeles. 1987-10-23. Retrieved 2009-05-06. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  2. ^ Elling, Steve (1988-04-13). "Rivals Jordan, Thomas Share a Kindred Spirit". The Los Angeles Times. p. C10. Retrieved 2009-05-06. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  3. ^ "High schools". Daily News of Los Angeles. 1988-08-12. Retrieved 2009-05-06. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. ^ "Nation's top 100 senior prospects". Chicago Sun-Times. 1988-08-07. p. 73. Retrieved 2009-05-06. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  5. ^ Lynch, John (1988-08-07). "1989 Los Angeles Times All-Stars Hart Girls' Road to Top Paved With Decorum, Discipline". Los Angeles Times. p. C14. Retrieved 2009-05-08. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  6. ^ a b "El Camino Real's Lofton Selected City Section 3-A Player of the Year". [Los Angeles Times]]. 1989-03-21. p. C8. Retrieved 2009-05-07. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  7. ^ Sung, Elaine (1993-04-02). "No Oz, Kansas at Home in Final Four". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2009-04-21. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  8. ^ a b Hasty, Roy (1993-12-23). "Green prefers playing in U.S.: Says three seasons in Europe failed to improve his game". Hartford Courant. p. C2. Retrieved 2009-04-28. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  9. ^ "Australian team signs ex-Jayhawk". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. 1994-04-12. p. Sports-9. Retrieved 2009-04-28. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  10. ^ a b Cohen, Aryeh Dean (1999-10-21). "Hap. Jerusalem finishes off Finns, 83-69". Jerusalem Post. p. 18. Retrieved 2009-04-29. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  11. ^ Kaywood, Kurt (1997-02-22). "Break out the Kleenex and roses". The Topeka Capital-Journal. Retrieved 2009-04-28. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  12. ^ a b "Bucks release Adonis Jordan, sign Haywoode Workman". The Associated Press. 1999-03-17. Retrieved 2009-04-28. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  13. ^ "Jordan a tonic as Giants upset Kings". The Age. Australian Associated Press. 1999-10-21. Retrieved 2009-04-29. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  14. ^ "Mills is selected Player of the Year". Daily News of Los Angeles. 1988-02-23. Retrieved 2009-05-06. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  15. ^ "Briefs". Daily News of Los Angeles. 1988-10-26. Retrieved 2009-05-06. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  16. ^ "MacLean, Butler, Jordan are picked for festival". Daily News of Los Angeles. 1988-05-24. Retrieved 2009-05-08. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
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