Jerome James
James with the New York Knicks in 2007
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| Free agent | |
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| Position | Center |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
November 17, 1975 Tampa, Florida |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) |
| Listed weight | 285 lb (129 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Pentacostal Christian Academy (Tampa, Florida) |
| College | Florida A&M (1995–1998) |
| NBA draft | 1998 / Round: 2 / Pick: 36th overall |
| Selected by the Sacramento Kings | |
| Playing career | 1998–present |
| Career history | |
| 1998 | Harlem Globetrotters |
| 2000 | Sacramento Kings |
| 2000–2001 | KK Budućnost (Montenegro) |
| 2001 | ASVEL Villeurbanne (France) |
| 2001–2005 | Seattle SuperSonics |
| 2005–2009 | New York Knicks |
| 2012 | Caciques de Humacao (Puerto Rico) |
| 2015 | Atenienses de Manatí (Puerto Rico) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Jerome Keith James (born November 17, 1975) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Atenienses de Manatí of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN). Originally from Tampa, Florida, James played college basketball at Florida A&M for three seasons and was the national leader in blocks per game in the 1997–98 season, his junior year. James declared for the 1998 NBA Draft after his junior year, and the Sacramento Kings selected James in the second round of the draft. Over the course of his career, he has played for the Kings, Seattle SuperSonics and New York Knicks. He has also played for KK Budućnost Podgorica and the Harlem Globetrotters.
James was born and raised in Tampa, Florida, one of ten children. His father Jessie was a longshoreman. After graduating from the Pentecostal Christian Academy of Tampa in 1993, James worked unloading trucks at a dairy and feed lot in the Tampa Bay Area and took care of his siblings. A friend of James's mother saw James playing pickup basketball at a community center and called Ron Brown, coach of the Florida A&M University Rattlers basketball team. Brown came and saw James's basketball skills and immediately offered James an athletic scholarship to Florida A&M.
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