Glen Rice, Jr.
Rice playing for the Washington Wizards
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| Free agent | |
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| Position | Shooting guard / Small forward |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
January 1, 1991 Miami, Florida |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) |
| Listed weight | 206 lb (93 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Walton (Marietta, Georgia) |
| College | Georgia Tech (2009–2012) |
| NBA draft | 2013 / Round: 2 / Pick: 35th overall |
| Selected by the Philadelphia 76ers | |
| Playing career | 2012–present |
| Career history | |
| 2012–2013 | Rio Grande Valley Vipers |
| 2013–2015 | Washington Wizards |
| 2014 | →Iowa Energy |
| 2014–2015 | →Fort Wayne Mad Ants |
| 2015 | Rio Grande Valley Vipers |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Glen Anthony Rice Jr. (born January 1, 1991) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Rio Grande Valley Vipers of the NBA Development League. He was drafted by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 2013 NBA draft, but he was traded on draft night to the Wizards. He formerly played college basketball for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets basketball team but was dismissed from the team during his junior season for the 2011–12 Yellow Jackets team and went pro the following season, playing a year for the Rio Grande Valley Vipers of the NBA Development League (D-League). He led the Vipers to a D-League championship in 2013. As a professional, Rice has developed a reputation as a dunker, earning an invitation to the D-League slam dunk contest and then earning two slam dunk of the day recognitions in the 2013 NBA Summer League. He was MVP of the 2014 NBA Summer League.
In high school, Rice was the Cobb County, Georgia player of the year as a junior at George Walton Comprehensive High School and an All-State selection as both a junior and senior. He joined a highly recruited class at Georgia Tech. He is the son of NBA All-Star, NBA and NCAA Champion Glen Rice.
As a junior, Rice was the 2008 Cobb County high school basketball boy's player of the year, according to the Marietta Daily Journal, as well as a third team (honorable mention) All-State selection by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. When he signed his National Letter of Intent in November 2008, Rice was described as a late bloomer. As a senior, he was a Class AAAAA All-state selection (2nd team by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and 1st team by the Georgia Sportswriters Association).
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