Jared Jordan

Infobox Euroleague Player
name = Jared Jordan
nickname = The Magician
position = Point guard
height_ft = 6
height_in = 2
weight_lb = 187
league = NBA
team = New Orleans Hornets
nationality = USA
birth_date = birth date and age|1984|10|14
birth_place = Hartford, Connecticut
highschool = Kingswood-Oxford School (2003)
college = Marist College (2003–2007)
draft = 2nd round, 45th overall
draft_year = 2007
career_start = 2007
career_end =
draft_team = Los Angeles Clippers
former_teams = BC Lietuvos Rytas (2007-2008)
awards = Haggerty Award

Jared Ahern Jordan (born October 14, 1984) is an American professional basketball player.

Jordan, who graduated from Kingswood-Oxford School in West Hartford, Connecticut in 2003, [cite web|url=http://goredfoxes.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/jordan_jared02.html|title=Player Bio: Jared Jordan|accessdate = 2007-06-04] became the point guard for the Marist College basketball team until his graduation in 2007. Wearing #25, and nicknamed "The Magician" [cite online journal | title=The Bonus: The legend of Jared Jordan|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/the_bonus/05/24/jared.jordan/|accessdate = 2007-07-07] , he led the nation for two years in a row in assists, the only NCAA Division I player to do so since Avery Johnson, the former coach of the Dallas Mavericks. He racked up 286 assists, an average of 8.7 per game.

He won the 74th Haggerty Award as the 2006-07 All-Met Division I men's college basketball player of the year. [cite online journal | title=Jordan To Appear Twice On ESPNU At NBA's Predraft Camp|url=http://goredfoxes.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/052907aaa.html|accessdate = 2007-06-04]

On June 28, 2007, Jordan was selected 45th in the 2007 NBA Draft by the Los Angeles Clippers, then played in the 2007 NBA Summer League.

On September 30, the Clippers traded him to the New York Knicks for cash. [cite online journal|title=Knicks acquire former Marist point guard Jordan |url=http://www.nynews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070930/SPORTS01/709300447 |accessdate=2007-09-30] Jordan played a total of eight minutes in three preseason games for the Knicks, who waived him on October 25.

On December 3, Jordan signed a contract with BC Lietuvos Rytas, a pro basketball team in Lithuania. [http://admin.euroleague.net/news/i/19704/180/item, retrieved 5 December 2007.] He was later released from the team.

In July 2008, the Phoenix Suns announced that Jordan would play in the team's 2008 NBA Summer League games. [ [http://www.azcentral.com/members/Blog/PaulCoro/27162 azcentral.com ] ]

On September 27, 2008, the New Orleans Hornets signed Jordan to a non-guaranteed training camp contract. [http://www.nba.com/hornets/news/Hornets_Sign_Jared_Jordan_and_-283278-31.html]

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External links

*NBA-profile