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Jeryl Sasser Shooting guard/point guard Personal information Date of birth February 13, 1979 Place of birth Dallas, Texas High school Kimball Listed height 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Listed weight 200 lb (91 kg) Career information College SMU NBA Draft 2001 / 22nd overall Selected by the Orlando Magic Pro career 2001–present Career history Orlando Magic (2001–2003)
Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez (2003–2004)
Yakama Sun Kings (2005)
Bnei HaSharon (2005–2006)
Al Arabi (2007-2009)Career highlights and awards WAC Freshman of the Year in 1998
WAC Player of the Year in 1999Stats at NBA.com Jeryl Henry Braxton Sasser (born February 13, 1979 in Dallas, Texas) is an American professional basketball player formerly in the National Basketball Association whose most recent team was Al Arabi in Kuwait.[1]
After graduating from Dallas's Justin F. Kimball High School, Sasser played college basketball at Southern Methodist University and was selected by the Orlando Magic as the 22nd pick in the 2001 NBA Draft. In two seasons for the Magic (his only in the NBA) he averaged 2.5 points per game.
He has also played with the Yakama Sun Kings of the Continental Basketball Association, and with French Pro A team Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez. In November 2005, Sasser signed for Bnei HaSharon in Israel replacing injured Cookie Belcher,[2] but was released after two games. From 2007 to 2009, he played for Al Arabi in Kuwait, and was a Kuwait League Champion in 2008.[1]
Jeryl Sasser is the younger brother of former NBA player Jason Sasser.[2]
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External links
- Player bio - NBA.com
- College & NBA stats @ basketballreference.com
- Player Profile - HoopsHype.com
- Player Profile - Safsal.co.il
2001 NBA Draft First round Kwame Brown · Tyson Chandler · Pau Gasol · Eddy Curry · Jason Richardson · Shane Battier · Eddie Griffin · DeSagana Diop · Rodney White · Joe Johnson · Kedrick Brown · Vladimir Radmanović · Richard Jefferson · Troy Murphy · Steven Hunter · Kirk Haston · Michael Bradley · Jason Collins · Zach Randolph · Brendan Haywood · Joseph Forte · Jeryl Sasser · Brandon Armstrong · Raúl López · Gerald Wallace · Samuel Dalembert · Jamaal Tinsley · Tony ParkerSecond round Trenton Hassell · Gilbert Arenas · Omar Cook · Will Solomon · Terence Morris · Brian Scalabrine · Jeff Trepagnier · Damone Brown · Mehmet Okur · Michael Wright · Earl Watson · Jamison Brewer · Bobby Simmons · Eric Chenowith · Kyle Hill · Sean Lampley · Loren Woods · Ousmane Cisse · Antonis Fotsis · Ken Johnson · Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje · Alton Ford · Andre Hutson · Jarron Collins · Kenny Satterfield · Maurice Jeffers · Robertas Javtokas · Alvin Jones · Bryan BraceyWestern Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year 1981: Ainge | 1982: Garnett | 1983: Cage, Durrant & Mannion | 1984: Cage | 1985: Saarelainen | 1986: Watson | 1987: Dembo | 1988: Smith | 1989: Hardaway | 1990: Mitchell | 1991: Grant | 1992: Slater | 1993: Grant | 1994: Brown | 1995: Van Horn | 1996: Van Horn | 1997: Carter & Van Horn | 1998: Nailon & Shields | 1999: Miller & Sasser | 2000: Alexander | 2001: Ely | 2002: Ely | 2003: Ross | 2004: Snyder | 2005: Fazekas | 2006: Fazekas | 2007: Fazekas | 2008: Carroll | 2009: Wilkinson | 2010: Babbitt | 2011: Wesley
Categories:- 1979 births
- Living people
- African American basketball players
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- American expatriate basketball people in France
- American expatriate basketball people in Israel
- SMU Mustangs men's basketball players
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- Bnei HaSharon players
- Israeli Basketball Super League players
- Orlando Magic draft picks
- Orlando Magic players
- Shooting guards
- American basketball biography, 1970s birth stubs
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