Rodney Ray Rogers was born on June 20,1971 and is an American former professional basketball player who played for several teams in the National Basketball Association.
28 Facts About Rodney Rogers
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Rodney Rogers played college basketball for the Wake Forest Demon Deacons.
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Rodney Rogers spent most of his childhood growing up in the McDougald Terrace housing project in Durham.
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Rodney Rogers's father, who left the family and moved to Texas when Rogers was a toddler, died when Rogers was eight.
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Estella Rodney Rogers sustained severe head injuries and required two operations when she was nearly killed in an automobile wreck in 1988.
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Rodney Rogers was in a coma for more than two weeks and remained hospitalized for three more months.
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Rodney Rogers was named McDonald's All-American and scored 17 points in the game.
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Rodney Rogers was drafted with the 9th pick by the Denver Nuggets in the 1993 NBA draft and spent his rookie year coming off the bench for a team which was the first 8th-seeded team in NBA playoffs history to beat a first-seeded team, the Seattle SuperSonics.
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Rodney Rogers had one significant game in his rookie year, against the Utah Jazz on February 8,1994.
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Rodney Rogers became a starter his second season, in large part due to frequent injuries suffered by LaPhonso Ellis.
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Rodney Rogers averaged 13.8 points per game coming off the bench and won the NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award in 2000.
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Rodney Rogers remained with the Suns until February 2002, when he was traded to the Boston Celtics alongside Tony Delk for Milt Palacio, Randy Brown, Joe Johnson and a 2002 first-round draft pick.
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Rodney Rogers signed with the New Jersey Nets as a free agent on August 14,2002.
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Rodney Rogers saw more playing time the next year, mainly due to some frontcourt injuries.
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Rodney Rogers signed with the New Orleans Hornets on August 3,2004.
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Rodney Rogers was injured for much of the early part of that season, but eventually became a team starter.
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On February 24,2005, Rodney Rogers was traded to the Philadelphia 76ers, along with injured forward Jamal Mashburn, for -injured forward Glenn Robinson.
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Rodney Rogers was primarily used as a backup forward for the 76ers.
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Right after being drafted by the Denver Nuggets, in the summer of 1993, Rodney Rogers married Tisa White.
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Tisa returned to Durham to take over her father's family real estate business, in which Rodney Rogers was an investor.
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Rodney Rogers returned to Durham in 2006 and went to work for the City of Durham as a heavy equipment operator.
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Rodney Rogers was promoted to supervisor in the spring of 2008.
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Rodney Rogers is the cousin of former New England Patriots linebacker Tully Banta-Cain.
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Rodney Rogers was a volunteer girls' basketball coach at Rodney Rogers-Herr Middle School, and he co-founded the Durham Eagles youth football team.
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Rodney Rogers enjoyed hunting, riding motorcycles and ATVs, horseback riding and fishing.
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Rodney Rogers is a NASCAR fan and loves big trucks and construction equipment.
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On November 28,2008, Rodney Rogers was involved in an all-terrain vehicle crash in rural Vance County north of Raleigh.
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Rodney Rogers drove into a ditch while riding through a trail and flipped over his vehicle's handlebars.