- Keith Closs
Keith Mitchell Closs (born
April 3 ,1976 inHartford, Connecticut ) is an American professionalbasketball player, at the center position.Basketball career
Closs, at 7-feet 3-inches (2,20 m) and 212 lbs. (95 kgs), played collegiately at
Central Connecticut State University (leading the nation in blocks his first and only two years in college), and had three seasons as a backup center for theNational Basketball Association 'sLos Angeles Clippers from 1997 to 2000, averaging 3.9 points and 2.9 rebounds per game during his career.After starting playing professionally in the CBA's
Yakima Sun Kings , Closs moved to the Clippers in 1997. Having logged career highs in points, rebounds, assists and steals during 1999-2000, his NBA career abruptly ended. He holds the Clippers' record for most blocked shots per 48 minutes (4.7).He later played for the Pennsylvania Valley Dawgs of the USBL in 2003, and returned to the CBA. In January 2007, as Closs led the latter league in blocks per game at 2.9, he left and signed with the
Buffalo Silverbacks of the ABA.Closs was selected with the 11th pick in the 5th round of the 2007
NBA Development League draft by theTulsa 66ers . [ [http://www.nba.com/dleague/news/dleague_draft_07.html 2007 D-League draft] ]Personal
In 2000, Closs was caught on film being assaulted by a large group of people after an altercation at a
Los Angeles -area nightclub. [ [http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=a9be9_4907 LA nightclub altercation video (contains violence)] ]References
External links
* [http://www.nba.com/playerfile/keith_closs/index.html NBA.com profile]
* [http://www.sportsstats.com/jazzyj/greats/cba96/closs.htm College stats at sportsstats.com]
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