JamesOn Curry was born on January 7,1986 and is an American former professional basketball player.
27 Facts About JamesOn Curry
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JamesOn Curry played for Oklahoma State University from 2004 to 2007, and after forgoing his senior season, left for the 2007 NBA draft.
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JamesOn Curry was selected in the second round as the 51st overall pick by the Chicago Bulls.
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JamesOn Curry was born in Pleasant Grove, North Carolina to father Leon and mother Connie JamesOn Curry.
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JamesOn Curry attended Eastern Alamance High School, in Mebane, North Carolina; in his freshman season, Curry scored a total of 639 points, which at the time was the highest mark for a freshman in North Carolina high school history: the record was then beaten by Junior Robinson in 2011.
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In 2001, JamesOn Curry scored 59 points in a game against Chatham High School of Chatham, Virginia.
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JamesOn Curry established another single-season scoring record the following year, scoring a total of 892 points, beating the old sophomore record established by Scooter Sherrill in 1998.
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JamesOn Curry averaged 40.2 points, 7.3 rebounds, and 6.0 assists per game as a senior and was a two-time Associated Press All-State first team selection.
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On December 9,2003 JamesOn Curry scored 47 points and added 9 rebounds, 9 assists and 9 steals, thus recording a near-quadruple double.
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On January 19,2004 JamesOn Curry scored 65 points against Western Alamance High School, 2 shy of the all-time North Carolina record of 67 established in 1950 by Bob Poole.
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JamesOn Curry set the all-time North Carolina high school scoring record with 3,307 points, which was surpassed in 2018 by UNC recruit Coby White with 3,573 points.
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JamesOn Curry initially signed a National Letter of Intent to play for North Carolina, but his scholarship was rescinded following pleading guilty to drug charges, and he signed with Oklahoma State.
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JamesOn Curry scored an OSU freshman all-time NCAA Tournament-best 18 points in the 2005 second-round game against Southern Illinois on March 20,2005.
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JamesOn Curry finished the season ranked ninth among Big 12 leaders in conference games for 3-point field goals made.
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JamesOn Curry scored 22 points on 8-for-11 shooting, in his first start versus Colorado on January 30,2005.
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JamesOn Curry made six three-pointers out of 8 attempts, including 5-for-5 in the second half, in which he scored 17 of his 22.
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JamesOn Curry later joined Proteas EKA AEL, a Cypriot team in Limassol.
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On January 22,2010, JamesOn Curry was signed by the Los Angeles Clippers from the Springfield Armor, for whom he had been averaging 16.1 points, 7.5 assists and 4.0 rebounds.
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JamesOn Curry was subbed into a game on January 24,2010, playing just 3.9 seconds.
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JamesOn Curry was selected 14th overall in the 2009 NBA D-League Draft by the expansion Springfield Armor on November 5.
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JamesOn Curry was selected to play in the 2012 NBA D-League All-Star Game in Orlando.
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In February 2004, JamesOn Curry was among 49 students arrested in a drug raid that involved North Carolina's Alamance County school system.
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JamesOn Curry was charged with two counts of possession with intent to sell and deliver marijuana, two counts of sale and delivery of marijuana, and two counts of sale, possession, and delivery of a controlled substance on school grounds.
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JamesOn Curry pleaded guilty to the drug charges, and the University of North Carolina, with whom he had signed a letter-of-intent, rescinded the scholarship to him.
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JamesOn Curry was released a few hours later after posting $600 bond.
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On October 20,2014, JamesOn Curry was arrested for marijuana possession and false representation to an officer in Edmond, Oklahoma.
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JamesOn Curry was brought up on a tobacco farm in rural North Carolina in Pleasant Grove.