1. Jamon Alfred Lucas Gordon was born on July 18,1984 and is an American former professional basketball player.
40 Facts About Jamon Gordon
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Jamon Gordon played college basketball with the Virginia Tech Hokies.
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Jamon Lucas Gordon attended Andrew Jackson High School, where he played high school basketball and was first team all-state as a junior and senior.
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Jamon Gordon led the state of Florida in steals as a junior and senior, and had the most steals in the state final as a senior.
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Jamon Gordon averaged 19 points per game that year and made the Florida-Georgia All-Star Classic in Orlando, Florida.
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Jamon Gordon attended and played college basketball at Virginia Tech, with the Virginia Tech Hokies, from 2003 to 2007.
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Jamon Gordon has the second most career assists and steals in Virginia Tech history.
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Jamon Gordon started the first 11 games for the Hokies as a freshman.
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Jamon Gordon then missed the next five games, which were the first five conference games, to have surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his right knee.
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In that game, Jamon Gordon had 20 points, six rebounds, five assists, and four steals to earn Big East Conference Rookie of the Week.
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Virginia Tech then lost in the quarterfinals to the University of Pittsburgh, and Jamon Gordon led the Hokies with 14 points and six assists.
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Jamon Gordon played in 24 games, started 23 games during the season, and was third on the team in scoring.
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On February 5,2005, Jamon Gordon scored a then career-high 22 points in a loss against Wake Forest University.
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Jamon Gordon finished the season with 67 steals and 31 blocks, and was named to the ACC All-Defensive team.
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Jamon Gordon started 29 games and led the team in assists and steals.
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Jamon Gordon was second in rebounds and fourth in scoring.
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Jamon Gordon scored 18 points in a loss to Old Dominion University.
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On January 28,2006, Jamon Gordon scored 21 points and a then career-high 14 rebounds for this third double-double in a win against Wake Forest University.
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Jamon Gordon then had his fourth double-double of the season with 21 points and a career-high 16 rebounds in a win over Clemson University.
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Jamon Gordon had seven rebounds in a career-high 44 minutes.
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Jamon Gordon played in all thirty games during the season, and started 28 games.
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Jamon Gordon led the team in rebounding and assists, was second in steals, third in scoring, and third in blocked shots.
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Jamon Gordon had three double-doubles involving points and rebounds, and one double-double of points and assists.
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On January 6,2007, Jamon Gordon scored 17 points and had six rebounds in an overtime win against fifth-ranked Duke University in Cameron Indoor Stadium, the Hokies first win at that arena.
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On February 13,2007, Jamon Gordon scored ten points in an overtime win again against fourth-ranked North Carolina in the Dean Smith Center, completing the sweep.
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Jamon Gordon then scored 26 points and had eight assists, eight rebounds, and eight steals in two games of the 2007 NCAA tournament.
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Jamon Gordon started in 33 games, and led the Hokies in steals and assists.
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Jamon Gordon was first in the ACC in steals per game and was named the ACC Player of the Week on December 25,2006.
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Jamon Gordon was then named the ACC Defensive Player of the Year and received 54 of a possible 106 votes by members of the Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association.
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Jamon Gordon signed with the Washington Wizards before NBA regular season training camp on October 1,2007.
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Jamon Gordon played in the Wizards' first preseason game on October 9,2007, against the Cleveland Cavaliers.
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Jamon Gordon was then released by the Wizards on October 11,2007.
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Jamon Gordon played in 23 Turkish League regular season games, and had 248 points, 103 rebounds, and 68 assists.
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On September 24,2008, Jamon Gordon was then signed by Trikala 2000 of the Greek Basket League, but he was cut after preseason.
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Jamon Gordon played in nine German national league regular season games for the 99ers, and had 125 points, 38 rebounds, 37 assists, and 24 steals.
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In January 2009, Jamon Gordon was signed by the Croatian A1 League club Split, of the Adriatic ABA League, which features teams from the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
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Jamon Gordon made his Croatian A1 League debut on March 24,2009, in a loss against Cibona, during which he had ten points, three rebounds, four assists, and three steals.
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Jamon Gordon finished the season with 211 points, 64 rebounds, 78 assists, and 49 steals.
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On January 30,2017, Jamon Gordon joined the Greek club Aris.
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On October 30,2017, Jamon Gordon signed a contract with the Italian basketball team The Flexx Pistoia.