Winston Kinnard Garland (born December 19, 1964) is an American former professional

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player at the

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position. He played collegiately at the

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for two seasons (1983–84 and 1984–85), and then at the

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for the two following seasons. He was selected by the

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in the second round (40th pick overall) of the

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. Garland played eight professional seasons, 7 of which were in the

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, where he played for 5 teams –

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(1987 to 1990),

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(1990–91),

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(1991–92),

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(1992–93) and

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(1994–95). In his NBA career, Garland played in 511 games and scored a total of 4,799 points. His best year as a professional came during the 1988–89 season as a member of the Warriors, appearing in 79 games and averaging 14.5 ppg. In his rookie campaign, Garland was the first Warrior to record a triple double in five years. He played one year professionally in Italy, for Benetton Treviso (1993–94, won the Italian Cup). He attended and played for Roosevelt High School, the same school that produced NBA players

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and

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. In his junior year, Garland lost the 1982 Indiana State Championship in the last seconds to Plymouth High School, which was led by

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, who would go on to play in the NBA. In 2007, he was inducted into the Indiana High School Basketball Hall of Fame Silver Anniversary Team. Following his playing career, Garland was the head boys' basketball coach at

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in Gary, Indiana from 2009 to 2012. Garland is the father of

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player

Darius Garland Darius Kinnard Garland (born January 26, 2000) is an American professional basketball player for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Vanderbilt Commodores. Born in Gary, Ind ...

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