Wayne Turner

Wayne Keon Turner (born March 22 1976 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American professional basketball player. As a star point guard for the University of Kentucky's Wildcats during a four-year period in which they won two national titles (1996 and 1998) and lost in the championship game once (1997), Turner became the all-time leader in games played in NCAA Division I men's basketball. [cite web|url=http://www.ncaa.org/library/records/basketball/m_basketball_records_book/2008/2008_m_basketball_records.pdf |title=Division I Individual Records: Games |work=Official 2008 NCAA Men's Basketball Records Book |format=PDF |publisher=NCAA |pages=p. 11 |accessdate=2008-03-01] During his college career he appeared twice on the cover of "Sports Illustrated" magazine. Following his college years he played for the NBA's Boston Celtics and the International Basketball League's Cincinnati Stuff. In 2000 he signed with the Harlem Globetrotters [cite web|url=http://www.harlemglobetrotters.com/news/article.asp?ArticleSource=183|title=Globetrotters sign former Kentucky standout Wayne Turner] . Prior to his time at Kentucky Turner attended the Beaver Country Day School in Brookline, Massachusetts.

Wayne Turner has also played as an Import (non-local) in the Australian NBL for the Townsville Crocodiles (2002-03), and has just signed a one year deal (2007-08) with the NBL's New Zealand Breakers.

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* [http://www.basketballreference.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=TURNEWA01 NBA stats] @ basketballreference.com
* [http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/Statistics/Players/Turner_Wayne.html Wayne Turner page]