Jelani McCoy

Infobox NBA Player
name = Jelani McCoy

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caption = Jelani McCoy at the scorer's table to begin a Thunderbirds/D-Fenders game on March 23, 2008
position = Power forward/Center
height_ft = 6
height_in = 10
weight_lbs = 245
nationality = American
league = NBA
team = Los Angeles Clippers
number =
birth_date = birth date and age|1977|12|6
birth_place = Oakland, California
highschool = St. Augustine in San Diego, California
college = UCLA
draft = 2nd round, 33rd overall
draft_team = Seattle SuperSonics
draft_year = 1998
career_start = 1998
former_teams = Seattle SuperSonics (1998–2001)
Los Angeles Lakers (2001–2002)
Toronto Raptors (2002–2003)
Cleveland Cavaliers (2003)
Atlanta Hawks (2004)
Long Beach Jam (2004–2005)
Jiangsu Nangang Dragons (2005)
Reggio Calabria (2006)
Azovmash Mariupol (2006)
Menorca Bàsquet (2007)
Denver Nuggets (2007)
Los Angeles D-Fenders (2007–2008)

Jelani Marwan McCoy (born December 6 1977 in Oakland, California) is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). 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. [cite news |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9802E3DF163FF935A25751C0A96E958260&n=Top/Reference/Times%20Topics/Organizations/U/University%20of%20California |title=U.C.L.A.'s McCoy Quits Team |date=1998-02-16 |publisher=The New York Times |accessdate=2007-11-11]

Professional career

On January 19, 2006 McCoy signed with Italian club Viola Reggio Calabria. In February 2007, he signed with Spanish club Menorca Bàsquet and two weeks before was dismissed.

McCoy compiled NBA career averages of 4.7 points and 3.6 rebounds.cite web |url=http://www.nba.com/playerfile/jelani_mccoy/career_stats.html |title=Jelani McCoy Career Stats |publisher=NBA.com |accessdate=2007-11-11] [http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3133565 McCoy, who played with Denver in preseason, signs with team] . Updated November 29, 2007]

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. [cite web |url=http://aol.nba.com/summerleague2007/players/index.jsp?player=jelani_mccoy |title=Jelani McCoy |publisher=aol.nba.com |accessdate=2007-11-11] 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, Nene and Steven Hunter were unavailable due to injuries. Mike Wilks was waived to make room on the roster.On December 19 2007 he was waived by the Denver Nuggets. [ [http://www.nba.com/nuggets/news/waive_mccoy_121907.html Nuggets Waive McCoy] ]

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