Andre Devalle Turner (born March 13, 1964) is an American former professional

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player who played in the

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(NBA). He is currently the head coach for

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. A 5'11",

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, he played collegiately at Memphis State University (now the

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). Born in

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, his nickname in college was the "Little General".

College career

The shining moment of Andre Turner's career was in his junior season, when he, along with teammates Keith Lee, Baskerville Holmes, and William Bedford made it to the Final Four, on the strength of three consecutive game winning shots by Turner. The first was in an overtime win against UAB. Ironically,

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was UAB's head coach, the last coach to lead Memphis State to the Final Four, eventually losing in the 1973 championship game against

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. The second game winner came against

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, and the third, coming against the

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, propelled the Tigers back to the Final Four, only to lose to eventual champ Villanova, one of three

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teams in the Final Four that year.

College statistics

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, 33 , , - , , 31.9 , , .457 , , - , , .667 , , 1.4 , , 4.5 , , 1.8 , , 0.1 , , 8.2 , - , align="left" , 1984–85 , align="left" ,

, 34 , , - , , 34.0 , , .498 , , - , , .714 , , 2.3 , , 6.6 , , 1.6 , , 0.1 , , 11.4 , - , align="left" , 1985–86 , align="left" ,

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Professional career

Turner was selected in the third round of the 1986 NBA Draft by the

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, but traded to the Boston Celtics. He played for seven teams in the NBA: the

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Houston Rockets The Houston Rockets are an American professional basketball team based in Houston. The Rockets compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member team of the league's Western Conference Southwest Division. The team plays its ho ...

Milwaukee Bucks The Milwaukee Bucks are an American professional basketball team based in Milwaukee. The Bucks compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Central Division. The team was founded in 1968 ...

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Charlotte Hornets The Charlotte Hornets are an American professional basketball team based in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Hornets compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Southeast Division, and pla ...

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, and

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. In 170 games with these seven teams, he holds career averages of 4.1 points, 1.5

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, and 1.5 assists per game. His most productive year was in 1990–91, when he averaged 5.9 points and 4.4 assists in 70 games for the

. Turner also played in the

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for the

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, where he led the team to the 1989–1990 CBA Championship, and in the

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for the Memphis Rockers. After leaving the NBA, he played professionally in Spain. In 1997, Turner won the Spanish King's Cup MVP Award. He played for

Joventut Badalona Club Joventut Badalona, S.A.D. () is a Spanish professional basketball club based in Badalona, Catalonia, Spain, playing in the Liga ACB and the EuroCup. Known to their fans as ''La Penya'' (in English, ''The Club''), it is one of only two teams ...

NBA career statistics

Regular season

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Playoffs

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, 8 , , 0 , , 23.6 , , .438 , , .333 , , .813 , , 1.6 , , 4.4 , , 1.4 , , 0.0 , , 7.3

Coaching career

Turner was an assistant basketball coach at Mitchell High in Memphis for four years before being named head coach in 2015. The school,won three state championships during his time there, in 2014, 2015 and 2016. On April 15, 2021, Turner was named head coach for Division II

of the

Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level. Formed in 1913, it consists mostly of historically black co ...

(SIAC).

References

External links

College & NBA stats
@ basketballreference.com
Andre Turner article
@ solobasket.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Turner, Andre 1964 births Living people African-American basketball players American expatriate basketball people in Canada American expatriate basketball people in Spain American men's basketball players Basketball players from Memphis, Tennessee Basket Zaragoza players Boston Celtics players CB Murcia players CB Valladolid players Charlotte Hornets players College men's basketball head coaches in the United States High school basketball coaches in Tennessee Houston Rockets players Joventut Badalona players La Crosse Catbirds players Lane Dragons men's basketball coaches Liga ACB players Los Angeles Clippers players Los Angeles Lakers draft picks Melilla Baloncesto players Memphis Tigers men's basketball players Menorca Bàsquet players Miami Heat expansion draft picks Milwaukee Bucks players Philadelphia 76ers players Point guards Real Betis Baloncesto players Rockford Lightning players Sportspeople from Memphis, Tennessee Washington Bullets players 21st-century African-American people 20th-century African-American sportspeople