George L. Reese (born May 8, 1977) is an American former professional

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player. He attended The

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, where the Buckeyes went to the

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Final Four 1999, and won the Men's Big Ten Basketball Championship in 2000. Reese has played abroad, including France, Germany, Greece and Poland.

Early life and college

Reese graduated from Independence High School at

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in 1995. After graduating from high school, he attended the

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for one year. Under coach

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, Reese never played any games, so he transferred to

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the but still did not play basketball. He then transferred to

John A. Logan College John A. Logan College is a public community college in Carterville, Illinois. It is part of the Illinois Community College System. As of 2016, it had a total enrollment of 4,424 students: 1,990 full- and 2,434 part-time.community college A community college is a type of educational institution. The term can have different meanings in different countries: many community colleges have an "open enrollment" for students who have graduated from high school (also known as senior sec ...

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. In the 1997–98 season for Logan, Reese averaged 20.2 points and 11.6 rebounds per game and was a second-team

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All-American. From 1998 to 2000, Reese played

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. He averaged 5.5 points, 4.3 rebounds, and 0.5 assists in 1998–99 then in his senior season 13.2 points, 5.7 rebounds, and 1.2 assists. He was a third-team All-

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pick in his senior year. Daughter Aila Reese

Professional career

Although Reese was not selected in the 2000 NBA draft, the Cincinnati Stuff of

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selected Reese in the 10th round (79th overall) in the 2000 IBL Draft. Reese professionally debuted in October 2000 with

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of the French

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. In three games, he averaged 20 points and 10.7 rebounds. In November 2000, Reese signed with the Cincinnati Stuff. On April 14, 2001, Reese signed with the IBL's Trenton Shooting Stars but did not play for that team. In the inaugural

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draft in 2001, the

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selected George Reese in the ninth round (68th overall). The Riverdragons traded Reese to the

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on January 14, 2002. With Columbus, Reese averaged 4.5 points and 1.9 rebounds in 22 games with 48.4% field goals made; with Asheville, Reese averaged 6.7 points, 2.9 rebounds, and 1.2 assists on 36.6% field goal shooting. The next season, Reese played in two

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teams: the

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(15 games: 9.7 points, 4.2 rebounds, 1.4 assists, 43.2% field goals made) and

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(14 games: 17.4 points, 5.9 rebounds, 1.7 assists, 1.1 steals, 56.2% field goals). Then in 2004, he played ten games with the Florence Flyers of the

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. He also played with the

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of the

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. Reese has played in the

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from 2004 to 2012, with the PBL team

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from 2007 to 2012.

References

External links

George Reese
on Twitter
Official biography (archived)

Basketball profile on Eurobasket

Interview with George Reese from 24Sec.net

{{DEFAULTSORT:Reese, George 1977 births Living people American expatriate basketball people in France American expatriate basketball people in Germany American expatriate basketball people in the Philippines American expatriate basketball people in Poland American men's basketball players Asheville Altitude players AZS Koszalin players Barangay Ginebra San Miguel players Basketball players from Columbus, Ohio Cincinnati Stuff players Columbus Riverdragons players Hermine Nantes Basket players HTV Basket players Idaho Stampede (CBA) players John A. Logan Volunteers men's basketball players Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball players Philippine Basketball Association imports Sioux Falls Skyforce (CBA) players Skyliners Frankfurt players Small forwards Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski players Trenton Shooting Stars players University of South Florida alumni SKS Starogard Gdański players