Benjamin Gillery (born September 19, 1965, in

Detroit Detroit ( , ; , ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is also the largest U.S. city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of government of Wayne County. The City of Detroit had a population of 639,111 at t ...

Michigan Michigan () is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the List of U.S. states and ...

) is a retired American professional

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...

player. A 7'0"

center Center or centre may refer to: Mathematics *Center (geometry), the middle of an object * Center (algebra), used in various contexts ** Center (group theory) ** Center (ring theory) * Graph center, the set of all vertices of minimum eccentrici ...

from

Hutchinson Community College Hutchinson Community College (HutchCC or HCC) is a public community college in Hutchinson, Kansas, United States. It serves nearly 5,000 credit students every semester. History The college was established in the spring of 1928 as Hutchinson Ju ...

and

Georgetown University Georgetown University is a private university, private research university in the Georgetown (Washington, D.C.), Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded by Bishop John Carroll (archbishop of Baltimore), John Carroll in 1789 as Georg ...

, Gillery was mainly a "project" player for the Hoyas, starting games but benched during the first stoppage of time. Although Gillery was never drafted by an NBA team, he played for the

Sacramento Kings The Sacramento Kings are an American professional basketball team based in Sacramento, California. The Kings compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Western Conference Pacific Division. The Kings are the oldest ...

during the 1988-89 NBA season, averaging 1.0 points in 25 games. Gillery later played in the Continental Basketball Association for the San Jose Jammers,

Rapid City Thrillers The Rapid City Thrillers were a semi-professional basketball team in Rapid City, South Dakota, that competed in the Continental Basketball Association beginning in the 1987 season. They were reincarnated in 1998 as an International Basketball As ...

and

Cedar Rapids Silver Bullets The Cedar Rapids Silver Bullets were a professional basketball team based in Cedar Rapids, Iowa from 1988 to 1991. They played in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA), the defunct development league for the National Basketball Associat ...

. He now coaches young boys in basketball. Gillery appeared on an episode of TV show ''

Cristina's Court Cristina Perez (born October 27, 1964) is an American actress, television personality, writer and TV judge. Biography She was born in New York City, raised in California to parents of Colombian descent, received two BAs at UCLA and her JD ...

'' when his sister sued him for charges ($3,100) related to a vehicle leased by her for his use.CristinasCourt.com: Episode 1CC038 - "Superstar Left a Super Car"

Notes

External links

@ basketballreference.com 1965 births Living people African-American basketball players American expatriate basketball people in Argentina Basketball players from Detroit Cedar Rapids Silver Bullets players Centers (basketball) Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball players Hutchinson Blue Dragons men's basketball players Rapid City Thrillers players Sacramento Kings players San Jose Jammers players Central High School (Detroit) alumni Undrafted National Basketball Association players American men's basketball players 21st-century African-American people 20th-century African-American sportspeople {{1960s-US-basketball-bio-stub