John Bernard Rogers Bakker (born December 30, 1963) is a Spanish-American former professional

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player. Rogers played

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and at the

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. Listed at a height of 6'10" and 225 lbs., he played at the power forward position.

College career

Rogers played

, with the

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, from 1981 to 1983. After Stanford, he played college basketball at UC Irvine, with the

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, from 1984 to 1986.

Professional career

NBA

Rogers was selected with the 10th pick (34th overall) of the second round, in the 1986 NBA Draft, by the Sacramento Kings. He played in the

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for the Kings (1986–87), and the

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(1987–88). He played in a total of 69 NBA games, in which he averaged 3.6 points and 1.5 rebounds per game, in 9.2 minutes per game of playing time.

Europe

Rogers also played professionally in

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, with Philips Milano ( Serie A1, 1991–92, which was coached by Mike D'Antoni), Cagiva Varese ( Serie A2, 1992–93), and Telemarket Forlì ( Serie A2, 1993–94). He also played with both of the Greek giants,

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and

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. With Panathinaikos, he won 2 EuroLeague championships (

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), and 2 Greek League championships (2000, 2001).

National team career

During his time in

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, Rogers acquired Spanish

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, and he subsequently played for the senior men's Spanish national team at the

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Post-playing career

After he retired from playing professional basketball, Rogers began a career in TV broadcasting, working for the EuroLeague, and

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References

External links

NBA stats
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