Interesting Info: Rodney Rogers
Rodney Rogers, who spent two seasons with the Netsincluding their 2002-03 title run, was severely injured in an all-terrain vehicle accident Friday night in Vance County, NC, near his home.
Rodney Rogers ‘ NBA career probably didn’t pan out like anyone who watched him at Wake Forest thought it would; for those of us who grew up in his heyday as a Demon Deacon, he was legendary for his all-around game and ridiculous upper torso that allowed him to play almost any spot on the floor. Former NBA standout Rodney Rogers is beginning rehabilitation in Atlanta for a spinal cord injury he sustained in an all-terrain vehicle crash in North Carolina.
Rogers played college basketball at Wake Forest University from 1990 until 1993, where he won Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year honors, averaging 22 points and 4 rebounds. In 1999, Rogers signed with the Phoenix Suns. He averaged 18 points per game coming off the bench and won the NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award in 200 Rogers played two years for Denver, spending his rookie year primarily as a bench player for a team which was the first 8th ranked team to beat a first-seeded team in NBA Playoffs history, the Seattle SuperSonics. Rogers had one significant game in his rookie year, on February 8, 1994, against the Utah Jazz.
The Suns entered the playoffs that year, but lost to the eventual champion Los Angeles Lakers. Rogers remained with the Suns until February 2002, when he was traded to the Boston Celtics, for whom he became a reliable double-digit, mid-range jump shooting forward off the bench. On June 28, 1995, Rogers was traded to the Los Angeles Clippers with draft rights to guard Brent Barry, for the draft rights to forward Antonio McDyess and guard Randy Woods.
Near the end of the game, Rogers hit three three-pointers in a span of nine seconds to bring the Nuggets from a 94-86 deficit to a 95-94 lead. Rogers is currently in serious condition following an ATV crash in his hometown Vance County, NC. Duke University Medical Center flew him by air ambulance to The Shepherd Center in Atlanta December 3, 200
He played for the Nuggets, Los Angeles Clippers, Phoenix Suns, Boston Celtics, New Jersey Nets, New Orleans Hornets and Philadelphia 76ers until retiring after the 2004-05 season. In 12 seasons Rogers averaged 23 minutes and 19 points per game and shot 37 percent from 3-point range.
Rogers starred in high school at Durham Hillside and played for Wake Forest from 1990 to 199 In the 1993 NBA draft, he was the Denver Nuggets’ first pick and the ninth player chosen overall.
