Charles Claxton Jr. (born December 13, 1970) is a former American professional
basketball player.
Born in
Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
Saint Thomas ( da, Sankt Thomas) is one of the Virgin Islands in the Caribbean Sea which, together with Saint John, Water Island, Hassel Island, and Saint Croix, form a county-equivalent and constituent district of the United States Virgin ...
, he attended
Miami Carol City High School in
Miami, Florida, and played collegiately for the
University of Georgia.
He was selected by the
Phoenix Suns
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in the second round (50th pick overall) of the
1994 NBA draft
The 1994 NBA draft took place on June 29, 1994, at Hoosier Dome in Indianapolis. Two NBA rookies of the year were picked in the first round, as Jason Kidd and Grant Hill were co-winners of the award for the 1994–95 NBA season. Kidd and Hill ...
.
He played for the
Boston Celtics
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(1995–96) in the
National Basketball Association (NBA) for 3 games. He also was under contract with the
Cleveland Cavaliers
The Cleveland Cavaliers (often referred to as the Cavs) are an American professional basketball team based in Cleveland. The Cavaliers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference (NBA), Ea ...
(October 1995) and
Utah Jazz (October 1996), but did not play in any regular season NBA games for those teams.
His son
Nic Claxton
Nicolas Devir Claxton (born April 17, 1999) is an American professional basketball player for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Georgia Bulldogs basketball, Georgia Bulldogs.
Hig ...
is a professional basketball player in the NBA for the
Brooklyn Nets, and his other son, Chase Claxton, plays Division I college basketball for
Winthrop University.
References
External links
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1970 births
Living people
American expatriate basketball people in Lithuania
American expatriate basketball people in Poland
American expatriate basketball people in the United Kingdom
American men's basketball players
American people of United States Virgin Islands descent
Boston Celtics players
Brighton Bears players
Centers (basketball)
Georgia Bulldogs basketball players
KK Włocławek players
LSU-Atletas basketball players
Phoenix Suns draft picks
People from Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
United States Virgin Islands men's basketball players
United States Virgin Islands expatriate basketball people
21st-century African-American sportspeople
20th-century African-American sportspeople
Criollos de Caguas basketball players
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