- Jimmy Oliver
Jimmy Allen Oliver (born
July 12 1969 inMenifee, Arkansas ) is an American professionalbasketball player who was selected by theCleveland Cavaliers in the 2nd round (39th overall) of the1991 NBA Draft .A 6'5" guard-forward from
Purdue University , Oliver played five seasons in theNBA for five different teams. His best year as a pro came during the1993-94 NBA season as a member of theBoston Celtics , appearing in 44 games (6 starts) and averaging 4.9 ppg. In his NBA career, Oliver played in 78 games and scored a total of 331 points.Jimmy Oliver played for the greek club Maroussi Athens and he won the
Saporta Cup in 2001. He scored 31 points in the final match against Chalon BC. [ [http://www.enet.gr/online/online_text/c=115,dt=18.04.2001,id=45481444 Marousi Saporta winner] gr icon]He played for the US national team in the
1998 FIBA World Championship , winning the bronze medal. [ [http://www.usabasketball.com/history/mwc_1998.html 1998 USA Basketball] ] Jimmy Oliver was the top scorer of the team averaging 11.8 points per game. [ [http://www.basket-stats.info/worldbasket/1998/teams/usa.htm#Statistics Mundobasket 1998 USA stats] ]Notes
External links
*basketball-reference|id=o/oliveji01|name=Jimmy Oliver
* [http://www.nba.com/historical/playerfile/index.html?player=jimmy_oliver nba.com historical playerfile]
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