Jason Alan Kapono was born on February 4,1981 and is an American former professional basketball player.
27 Facts About Jason Kapono
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Jason Kapono was the first National Basketball Association player to lead the league in three-point field goal percentage in two consecutive seasons, and he won the Three-Point Contest twice.
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Jason Kapono won an NBA championship with the Miami Heat in 2006.
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Jason Kapono was the first player in the school's history to earn first-team All-Pac-10 honors for four years and was the first UCLA player to lead the team in scoring four straight years.
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Jason Kapono later played in the NBA for the Charlotte Bobcats, Miami, Toronto Raptors, Philadelphia 76ers, and the Los Angeles Lakers before joining Panathinaikos BC in Greece.
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Jason Kapono was born in Long Beach, California, to Joe and Joni Jason Kapono.
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Jason Kapono prepped at Southern California basketball powerhouse Artesia High School in Lakewood, California, where he was a McDonald's All-American and won several accolades and titles.
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Jason Kapono set a school record for most three-pointers made in a game when he connected on 9 of 11 attempts against Washington State on January 4,2003.
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Jason Kapono was a second-round draft choice of the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2003 NBA Draft.
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Jason Kapono's scoring took a toll as he had a lesser role on this elite team.
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Jason Kapono's scoring average dropped down to 4.1 for the season, and he only played 51 games in the season.
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Jason Kapono averaged a career high in scoring, minutes, and rebounding.
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Jason Kapono won the Three-Point Contest in the 2007 All-Star Weekend three-point shoot-out competition by defeating Dirk Nowitzki and Gilbert Arenas in the final round with a score of 24 points which tied Mark Price's record for most points in a final round of the three-point contest.
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Jason Kapono became a free agent in the 2007 offseason and signed with the Toronto Raptors on July 11.
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Jason Kapono led the league in three-point percentage going into the 2008 All-Star weekend.
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Jason Kapono was the first player in NBA history to have the highest three-point percentage in two consecutive seasons.
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Later in the summer, Jason Kapono was picked for the USA Basketball Select Team which trained with USA Men's Senior National Team in Las Vegas to assist in the buildup to the 2008 Summer Olympics.
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On June 9,2009, Jason Kapono was traded to the Philadelphia 76ers for Reggie Evans.
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Jason Kapono was a victim of several starting lineup changes throughout the season.
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Jason Kapono started the season with sparing minutes off the bench, but was later given the starting SF spot, near the end of the season.
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However, after losing his starting spot two games into the following season, Jason Kapono was back to coming off the bench for sparing minutes.
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Jason Kapono only averaged 0.7 PPG for that season and he didn't play a second of the 2011 playoffs.
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On December 9,2011, Jason Kapono signed with the Los Angeles Lakers.
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On March 15,2012, Jason Kapono was traded along with Luke Walton and a 2012 first-round draft choice to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Ramon Sessions and Christian Eyenga.
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Jason Kapono won the Greek Cup with Panathinaikos in 2013.
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Jason Kapono was later waived by the Warriors on October 24,2014, after appearing in five preseason games.
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At one point, Jason Kapono was the most accurate three-point shooter in NBA history.