Desmond Ferguson
Personal information | |
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Born | Lansing, Michigan | July 22, 1977
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) |
Listed weight | 203 lb (92 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Everett (Lansing, Michigan) |
College |
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NBA draft | 2000 / Undrafted |
Playing career | 2000–2011 |
Position | Small forward |
Number | 5 |
Career history | |
2001–2002 | Flint Fuze |
2002–2003 | Great Lakes Storm |
2004 | Rockford Lightning |
2004 | Portland Trail Blazers |
2005–2006 | Idaho Stampede |
2006–2007 | Minot Skyrockets |
2007–2008 | Yakima Sun Kings |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Desmond Ferguson (born July 22, 1977, in Lansing, Michigan) is an American former professional basketball player and coach. He last played with the Halifax Rainmen of the PBL.[1] He attended and played college basketball at the University of Missouri as a freshman and his last three seasons at the University of Detroit Mercy.
He was signed by the National Basketball Association's Portland Trail Blazers to a 10-day contract in March 2004,[2] and appeared in seven games with them during the 2003-04 NBA season. He was later taken by the Charlotte Bobcats during the 2004 NBA Expansion Draft and was waived sometime before the season began. Ferguson was a two-time All-Continental Basketball Association (CBA) First Team selection in 2007 and 2008.[3]
Ferguson retired from playing in 2011, becoming a high school coach at his alma mater, Everett High School in Lansing. He left that post in 2017 to focus on his business interests.[4]
Notes[]
- ^ Halifax Rainmen roster. Retrieved on December 20, 2009.
- ^ HoopsHype - NBA General Managers - John Nash
- ^ "Desmond Ferguson minor league basketball statistics". Stats Crew. Retrieved June 21, 2021.
- ^ Couch, Graham (May 30, 2017). "Desmond Ferguson steps down after 5 years at Everett". Lansing State Journal. Retrieved November 24, 2019.
External links[]
- NBA stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
- Manchester Millrats roster[permanent dead link]
- 1977 births
- Living people
- African-American basketball players
- American expatriate basketball people in Bulgaria
- American expatriate basketball people in Canada
- American expatriate basketball people in Germany
- American expatriate basketball people in Spain
- American expatriate basketball people in the Dominican Republic
- American expatriate basketball people in the Netherlands
- American expatriate basketball people in the Philippines
- American men's basketball players
- Basketball players from Michigan
- Charlotte Bobcats expansion draft picks
- Detroit Mercy Titans men's basketball players
- Flint Fuze players
- Great Lakes Storm players
- High school basketball coaches in Michigan
- Missouri Tigers men's basketball players
- Portland Trail Blazers players
- Rockford Lightning players
- Small forwards
- Sportspeople from Lansing, Michigan
- Undrafted National Basketball Association players
- Yakama Sun Kings players
- Barangay Ginebra San Miguel players
- Philippine Basketball Association imports
- 21st-century African-American people
- 20th-century African-American people
- American basketball biography, 1970s birth stubs