Former University of Georgia basketball players

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Former University of Georgia basketball players

Keep up with former Dawg basketball players when they leave Athens, GA. Where are they now? In the NBA, playing overseas?
INCLUDED: Dominique Wilkins, Trey Thompkins, Rashard Wright, Shandon Anderson, Damien Wilkins, Travis Leslie, Jarvis Hayes, Jumaine Jones, Channing Toney, Sundiata Gaines and more...

NEWS:
  • May 26, 2012 -- Former Georgia forward Jonas Hayes is returning to the team as a Program Coordinator. Read more here.
  • Dawgs in the NBA

    Anderson, Shandon 1996-2005
    Anderson, Willie 1988-1996
    Bassett, Tim 1973-1979
    Claxton, Charles 1995-1995
    Dorsey, Jacky 1977-1980
    Fleming, Vern 1984-1995 (PICTURED)
    Gaines, Sundiata 2010-present
    Green, Litterial 1992-1998
    Hayes, Jarvis 2003-2009
    Henderson, Cedric 1986-1986
    Kessler, Alec 1990-1993
    Leslie, Travis 2011- present
    Thompkins, Trey 2011-present
    White, Herb 1970-1970
    Wilkins, Damien 2004-present
    Wilkins, Dominique 1982-1998 HOF

    Trey Thompkins

    Rookie; Los Angeles Clippers

    Travis Leslie

    Rookie; Los Angeles Clippers

    Dawgs Overseas

    Currently playing (2012)

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  • Mike Mercer*: BG Illertal (Germany)

  • Chris Barnes: Baltic League/Lithuania/Athens Razors (ABA)

  • Levi Stukes: Club Trouville (Uraguay)/Athens Razors (ABA)
    UGA (2004-2007) Averaged 15 pts per game in 2004.
    High school: Randallstown Rams (Randallstown, MD)

  • Albert Jackson: Olimpico LB (Argentina)
    UGA (2007-2010)
    High school: Oak Hill Academy (VA)
    From Earlington, KY

  • Jeremy Price: Finland (more info below)

    * - left UGA for USF.
  • Jeremy Price

    Kataja (Finland) (2011-12)

    COLLEGE CAREER:
    UGA 2007-2011

    PRO CAREER:
    Through 7 games with Kataja, Price has averaged 14.4 pts. For more updates on Price's Finland career, click here.

    Rashard Wright

    PG, class of 2004

    Wright was taken in the second round of the 2004 NBA Draft by the Indiana Pacers. After being cut by the Pacers, he bounced around in the NBA for a few seasons. Wright has been playing in Europe ever since - currently he's with PAOK Thessaloniki (Greece).

    Damien Wilkins signs with Atlanta Hawks for remainder of the 2011 seasion

    University of Georgia Product is Six-Year NBA Veteran

    JAN. 28, 2011 - FROM THE ATLANTA HAWKS:
    ATLANTA, GA -- The Atlanta Hawks have signed guard/forward Damien Wilkins to a contract for the remainder of the 2011 season, according to Executive Vice President/General Manager Rick Sund. Per team policy, terms were not disclosed.

    Wilkins has appeared in 20 games this season and is averaging 2.6 points and 1.8 rebounds in 12.3 minutes while shooting 45 percent from the field.

    Wilkins, 30, played in two preseason games with Memphis this year, averaging 2.0 ppg, 3.0 rpg and 1.0 spg (.400 FG%). He has appeared in 390 regular season NBA games over six seasons with Seattle/Oklahoma City (2004-09) and Minnesota (2009-10), and owns career averages of 7.2 ppg, 2.7 rpg and 1.6 apg (.421 FG%, .333 3FG%, .807 FT%). Wilkins saw action in seven playoff games with Seattle in 2004-05, putting up 5.6 ppg, 2.6 rpg and 1.4 spg (.444 FG%).

    The son of former NBA player Gerald Wilkins and nephew of Hawks Hall-of-Famer Dominique Wilkins, he played his first two years of college basketball at North Carolina State (1999-2001), before transferring to Georgia for his final two campaigns (2002-04).

    Damien Lamont Wilkins was born January 11, 1980 in Washington, North Carolina. He will wear uniform no. 3.

    Shandon Anderson

    NBA: 1996-2006

    Shandon Rodriguez Anderson (born December 31, 1973 in Atlanta, Georgia) is an American former professional basketball player in the NBA, who last played with the Miami Heat.

    Anderson attended Alonzo A. Crim High School in Atlanta, Georgia, then played basketball at the University of Georgia. He was drafted in the second round (54th overall) of the 1996 NBA Draft by the Utah Jazz, and played for the Jazz, the Houston Rockets, the New York Knicks and the Heat. His best season was in 1999-2000, when he averaged 12.3 points per game with the Rockets. His career average is 7.8 points per game.

    He is the younger brother of former Knicks and Heat member, Willie Anderson.

    Anderson won an NBA championship in 2006 with the Miami Heat as a backup.

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    On the blogs...

    Copeland marks one month of battling infection
    A blood drive is planned for noon to 5 pm Friday at UWG; June 11 at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, and June 13 at the University of Georgia. Her father, Andy Copeland, A USC alumnus, asked for donors in Copeland's name from USC and UGA.
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    Sundiata Gaines

    PG; graduated in 2008

    Pro Career:
  • 2009-2010: Utah Jazz (signed with them after being undrafted)
  • 2010-2011: Minnesota/Toronto/New Jersey
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    Jarvis Hayes

    UGA; 2000-2003

    Pro Career:
    2003-2007: Washington Wizards
    2007-2008: Detroit Pistons
    2008-2010: New Jersey Nets
    2010: Turkey
    2011: Signed with Spartak St. Petersburg (Russian leage).

    Jumaine Jones

    Left UGA in 1999

    Pro Career:
    2011: Currently with Pepsi Juvecaserta of the Italian League.

    Damien Wilkins

    UGA; 2001-present

    Pro Career:
    11 year NBA career; has played for Seattle Supersonics, OK City Thunder, Atlanta Hawks, Detroit Pistons, Milwaukee Bucks, Minnesota Timberwolves and the Memphis Grizzlies.
    2011-2012: Detroit Pistons

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    • ButlerOlsonPublishing May 26, 2012 @ 10:50 pm | delete
      Sundiata just finished his second season in the league. In 2010-2011 he played for the Jazz and this year he was a New Jersey Net.
    • paulDAWG May 3, 2012 @ 11:36 pm | delete
      Is Sundiata Gaines still in the league?

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