Vital Stats
Full Name: Justin Ray Giddens
Height & Weight: 6'5", 200lbs
Birthday: 2/14/1985
Same Birthday as: Jacob Parker
One month after he was born: Mike Tyson makes professional boxing debut (March 6, 1985, first round KO)
Position: SG, SF
Hometown: Oklahoma City, OK
High School: John Marshall
McDonald's All-America Game Teammates: Kendrick Perkins, Leon Powe
College(s): Kansas, New Mexico
College Major: University Studies
What the Hell That Means: God only knows
Drafted: 30th overall, 2008 draft, by our very own Boston Celtics
Looks Like: This baby meerkat
Skills
Best known for: Athleticism, rebounding, outside shooting, but most of all, dunking
High School Dunk Contest Opponent: Lebron James (came in 2nd place)
International experience: "Won co-MVP honors (Along with Team USA player Deron Williams) at the 2003 Global Games, he also won that tournaments dunk contest" (via NBADraft.net)
College senior year accolades: Co-Mountain West Player of the Year, Honorable Mention All-American
Most Impressive to Doc: His defensive intensity
Doc's Impression of Giddens after a couple scrimmages: "His team lost a couple of games and you could see he didn't like it and he did something about it on the floor. What turns him on is winning. He hates losing. He hasn't handled losing very well and hasn't handled it probably in the right way at times. I kind of look at it as an asset more than a problem."
Talent Level: Lottery-level
Slipped to 30th because: See next section
Controversies
Places Stabbed: In the "Moon Bar" in Kansas, in the calf
Stitches Required: 30
Charges Filed: misdemeanor battery (pled no contest)
Sentenced to: One year of probation and a two-day anger management class
Ominous Quote by Kansas City Star about Giddens' 'stabbing incident': “If you had to peg a Kansas basketball player most likely to get involved in an ugly brawl, it would be Giddens.”
Times "suspended indefinitely" by the New Mexico Lobos: 1
Reason: being a bad teammate, or, as JR says: “I had a bit of an attitude at that time and I really needed to work on being a better teammate. It’s not that I was doing anything crazy, I could have probably just come into practice every day with a better attitude. The coaches taught me that real players play everyday, they don’t take plays off or have breakdown practices. They come in everyday and set the tone, because practice is very important. So I looked at all of this as a step towards becoming a better leader and learning how to better prepare for the games as best as possible.”
Why Doc and Danny think these rabblerousing days are behind him: Unclear at the moment
First minicamp with Celtics: Skipped
Random Trivia
Tattoos: Several. "J" and "G" on left and right triceps, Ron Mercer-esque basketball on right shoulder surrounded by Philippians 4:13: "All things are possible through Christ who strengthens me"
Giddens on religion: "I don't have great church attendance, but I do believe in God and that everything he does has a purpose. All the things I do on the court are possible because of him."
Actual quote from article about Giddens: "Years later, Giddens sometimes wished it was still all about basketball and Kool-Aid."
Best Wikipedia factoid: Urkel and Mr. Rogers are his favorite television characters
JR Giddens on JR Giddens (and no, we're not making this up): "Nobody really knows me. I am what I am. I'm what God created me to be - J.R. I'm sensitive, caring, sharing, smooth, sexy, passionate, gorgeous, athletic, charismatic, charming, unpredictable, mysterious, misjudged and I have a dark side. I can be really defensive and closed off and frustrated."Source URL: http://ledger-heath.blogspot.com/2008/10/meet-jr-giddens.html
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