Benjamin Ashenafi Gordon was born on April 4,1983 and is a British-American former professional basketball player.
41 Facts About Ben Gordon
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Ben Gordon is the only player to have ever won the NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award as a rookie.
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Ben Gordon is third in career three-point field goals for the Chicago Bulls, behind Kirk Hinrich and Zach LaVine.
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Ben Gordon was born in London, England, to a Jamaican father and an African-American mother.
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Ben Gordon moved to the United States as an infant, and grew up in Mount Vernon, New York.
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Ben Gordon played high school basketball for the Mount Vernon Knights, and helped lead the team to the 2000 New York State Public and Federation Championships.
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Ben Gordon was an All-State player at Mount Vernon and a top-40 national recruit.
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Ben Gordon was heavily recruited by Seton Hall, but decided to attend UConn.
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Ben Gordon hit the game winning 3-point shot against Villanova in the Big East tournament.
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Ben Gordon connected on 104 three-pointers, the second-highest single-season total in UConn's history.
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Ben Gordon set a Big East Tournament record with 81 total points, earning the tournaments' Most Outstanding Performer honors.
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Ben Gordon earned the Most Outstanding Player award of the Phoenix Regional honors in the NCAA tournament.
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Ben Gordon led the tournament field with 127 total points, as he helped lead the Huskies to the NCAA Championship.
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Ben Gordon averaged 15.1 points, 2.6 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game while playing 24.2 minutes per game.
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Ben Gordon finished with 21 double-digit fourth-quarter-point performances, second to only LeBron James's 22 in the NBA.
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Ben Gordon was the NBA's Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month 3 times, and was voted onto the NBA All-Rookie First Team.
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Ben Gordon had problems with turnovers and an overall lack of stamina in his rookie season.
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Ben Gordon unveiled the drink at One Sixty Blue, a restaurant co-owned by Michael Jordan.
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The minutes Ben Gordon played per game rose, as did his scoring and assist averages.
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Ben Gordon was selected to play for the Sophomores in the Rookie Challenge held during the NBA All-Star Weekend, in which he scored 17 points.
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The Bulls drafted Derrick Rose with their first overall pick in 2008, raising questions about how Ben Gordon and Rose could coexist in Chicago's backcourt.
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On December 27,2008, Ben Gordon passed Scottie Pippen as the Chicago Bulls' career leader in three-pointers made.
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Ben Gordon led the Bulls in scoring for the season and playoffs, averaging 20.7 and 24.3 points, respectively.
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On January 9,2010, Ben Gordon scored the 10 millionth point in NBA history.
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On March 22,2012, Ben Gordon again tied the NBA record for most three-point shots made without a miss with 9.
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Ben Gordon finished with 26 points on 7-of-11 shooting, making 7-of-10 from beyond the arc, to go with 5 free throw attempts and makes.
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On September 28,2015, Ben Gordon signed with the Golden State Warriors.
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On January 24,2017, Ben Gordon was acquired by the Texas Legends of the NBA Development League.
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Ben Gordon is eligible for the team by virtue of his British birth and dual citizenship.
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However, Ben Gordon missed the beginning of Great Britain's June 2012 pre-Olympic training camp in Houston, Texas.
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Ben Gordon later said he could not commit to the team after being traded from Detroit to Charlotte.
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On July 22,2016, it was announced that Ben Gordon would be selected for Great Britain's 24-man preliminary roster for the EuroBasket 2017 qualifiers.
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Ben Gordon made Great Britain's 12-man roster for the EuroBasket 2017 qualifiers, and during the qualification games, he averaged 9.2 points, 4.2 rebounds, and 3.3 assists per game.
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Ben Gordon previously represented the United States national team at the 2003 Pan American Games.
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On June 1,2017, Ben Gordon was arrested for pulling fire alarms at his Los Angeles apartment building.
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In October 2017, Ben Gordon was hospitalized for a psychiatric evaluation after an altercation with a female patron at a holistic wellness center in Mount Vernon, New York.
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On November 20,2017, Ben Gordon was arrested again for punching a manager of an apartment complex, pulling a knife on him and robbing him of his security deposit.
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Ben Gordon was ticketed, released on a $50,000 bail and had to appear in court.
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In February 2020, Ben Gordon revealed he was suffering from bipolar disorder, and detailed his battles with mental illness since retirement in an article about mental health for The Players' Tribune, including a suicide attempt.
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On October 10,2022, Ben Gordon was arrested for allegedly punching his son at LaGuardia Airport in New York and subsequently resisting arrest.
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Ben Gordon's son had an order of protection since 2018, legally barring his father from taking him outside of Illinois and "committing physical abuse, harassment, or the interference with personal liberty".