Chris Burgess

Chris Burgess (born 1979) is an American basketball player. Burgess started his freshman year at Mater Dei High School^{[disambiguation needed ][1]} where he transferred to his local school Woodbridge High School in California and played his remaining high school years. He then attended Duke University and University of Utah. He played briefly with the Phoenix Suns of the NBA.

College career

Burgess played alongside Will Avery, Shane Battier, Elton Brand, & Corey Maggette at Duke University for two years between 1997-1999 (i.e. the 1998 and 1999 seasons) under coach Mike Krzyzewski. Duke made the Elite Eight and the NCAA National Championship game in Burgess's two seasons. He averaged 4.3 points, 3.4 rebounds, and shot 50.8% from the field while averaging 12.5 minutes a game as a freshman. He averaged 5.4 points, 3.9 rebounds, & shot 61.4% from the field while averaging 15.6 minutes a game as a sophomore. He left Duke as the 23rd all-time leading blocks leader^[2]. His performance fell short of the high expectations heaped on the McDonald's High School All-American when Burgess first chose Duke over BYU.

Burgess transferred to the University of Utah under head coach Rick Majerus. At Utah, Burgess suffered three different injuries. His redshirt year he suffered a buldged disc in his back. His Junior year, he was forced out of six games due to a broken left ankle. After a solid start to his senior season, Burgess tore his right plantar fascia on national TV vs. Texas, forcing him to miss the remainder of his senior year^{[3][citation needed]}. He averaged 7.8 points, 5.9 rebounds, 1.2 blocks, and shot 53.5% from the field while averaging 21.6 minutes a game his junior year. He averaged a team high in 5 statistical categories with 13.2 points, 7.2 rebounds, 1.2 blocks, and shot 66% from the field while averaging 25.5 minutes a game his senior year.

NBA career

2002-2003 - Invited and attended training camp for the Phoenix Suns of the NBA.^[4]

2002 - Salt Lake Mountain Revue Summer League with Phoenix Suns

2003 - Boston Summer League with Boston Celtics

2004 - Orlando Summer league & Las Vegas Summer League with Boston Celtics

2006 - Las Vegas Summer League with Washington Wizards

International career

2002-2003 - Tuborg Pilsner, Izmir, Turkey

2003-2004 - Cairns Taipans, Cairns, Australia

2004-2005 - Cairns Taipans, Cairns, Australia

2005 - San Miguel Beermen, Manila, Philippines

2005-2006 - Cairns Taipans, Cairns, Australia

2006-2006 Caguas Criollos, Caguas, Puerto Rico

2006-2007 - Mobis Phoebus, Seoul, South Korea

2007-2008 - TTNet Beykoz, Istanbul, Turkey

2008 - Carolina Giants, Carolina, Puerto Rico

2008 - BC Donetsk, Ukraine^[5]

2008-2009 - Erdemirspor, Eregli, Turkey

2009–2010 - Al Wasl, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

2010-2011 - Zastal, Zielona Góra, Poland^[6]

External links

• Official website

References

1. ^  United States. "Mater Dei High School (Santa Ana, California) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia". En.wikipedia.org. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mater_Dei_High_School_(Santa_Ana,_California). Retrieved 1 April 2011. 
2. ^ Player website - "About Chris": [1]
3. ^ USA Today: Pro basketball: NBA with Chris Burgess
4. ^ NBA: Player Profile
5. ^ "Новости". Bc.donetsk.ua. 28 March 2011. http://www.bc.donetsk.ua/news/show.php?ID=2925. Retrieved 1 April 2011. 
6. ^ Chris Burgess (23 April 1979). "Tauron Basket Liga - Zawodnicy - Chris Burgess". Plk.pl. http://plk.pl/pl/5,zawodnicy/2859,Chris-Burgess.html. Retrieved 1 April 2011. 

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Name	Burgess, Chris
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Short description	basketball player
Date of birth	1979
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