William Kendrick Gregory (born November 16, 1978) is an American former professional basketball player. He played the shooting guard and

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positions. He is 6 ft 5 ¾ in (1.97 m) in height.

Amateur career

Mr. Ohio, Gregory played high-school basketball at Independence High School in Columbus, Ohio. He played college basketball at the

University of Kansas The University of Kansas (KU) is a public research university with its main campus in Lawrence, Kansas, United States, and several satellite campuses, research and educational centers, medical centers, and classes across the state of Kansas. T ...

, where he played with the Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team from 1997 to 2001.

Pro career

Despite a very large wingspan for a

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of 6'11" (2.11 m) and some very impressive athletic scores at the 2001 NBA pre-draft camp, such as recording the highest no-step vertical jump (40") and the highest maximum vertical jump (46") that have ever been measured at the camp, Gregory went

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in the

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. Gregory was then signed for the 2001–02 season by the

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of the D-League. He played the 2002 summer season with the

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in the

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before moving to the

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for the 2002–03 season, where he played with the Chester Jets. He then moved to Italy for the 2003–04 season to the team Nuova Pallacanestro Pavia, of the Italian Second Division League. He moved to the French League for the 2005–06 season, to the team

Le Mans Sarthe Basket Le Mans Sarthe Basket, commonly known as MSB or Le Mans, is a professional basketball club that is from the city of Le Mans, France. The team plays in the French League and internationally in the Basketball Champions League. History The Modern ...

. He played with Le Mans during the 2006–07 season as well. He then moved to the

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for the 2007–08 season, where he played with Efes Pilsen S.K. Gregory moved to the Greek League club

PAOK BC P.A.O.K. B.C. ( el, Κ.Α.Ε. Π.Α.Ο.Κ., Πανθεσσαλονίκειος Αθλητικός Όμιλος Κωνσταντινοπολιτών, ''Panthessaloníkios Athlitikós Ómilos Konstantinopolitón'', "Pan-Thessalonikian Athletic Cl ...

for the 2008–09 season. In February 2009, and as

was facing financial problems, he moved to the ACB to play for Pamesa Valencia, only to return to the Greek League in the summer of 2009, again for

. In September 2010 he signed with

KK Union Olimpija Košarkarski klub Olimpija ( en, Olimpija Basketball Club) was a men's professional basketball club based in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Olimpija has won 23 National League championships, including eight consecutive titles between 1992 and 1999. They ...

. In December 2011 he signed with

SLUC Nancy Basket Stade Lorrain Université Club Nancy Basket, commonly referred to as SLUC Nancy Basket, is a French professional basketball club based in Nancy. The club currently competes in the LNB Pro A, the top league in France, and holds two league titles. S ...

.Union Olimpija adds Gregory at small forward
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References

External links

ACB.com ProfileEuroleague.net ProfileTBLStat.net Profile
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