Steve Logan became a star point guard in his collegiate career, and was named a first team All-American his senior year along with future NBA players Jay Williams, Juan Dixon, Drew Gooden, and Dan Dickau.
29 Facts About Steve Logan
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Steve Logan attended St Edward High School in Lakewood, Ohio.
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Steve Logan attended the University of Cincinnati, becoming one of the best players in the country in his junior and senior years.
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Steve Logan is Cincinnati's third all-time leading scorer with 1,985 points and second in assists with 456.
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Steve Logan was named First Team All-America by the Associated Press and First Team All-Conference USA.
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Steve Logan argued that the Warriors' second round pick in the 2001 NBA draft, Gilbert Arenas, had received a guaranteed contract despite being the 31st overall pick.
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On October 31,2002, the San Francisco Chronicle reported that the unsigned Steve Logan had left the Bay Area and returned to his hometown Cleveland to rehab a minor foot injury, fueling speculations that his foot injury might be delaying his signing.
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In November 2002, Howard claimed that he would be available to sign with the Warriors in five to seven days and disputed report that Steve Logan's continued absence was a "holdout".
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On November 26,2002, Steve Logan was reportedly working out in Washington DC, where his agent Bill Strickland was based, with no sign of a resolution to his contract dispute.
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In December 2002, Steve Logan was sighted working out at the University of Cincinnati while Warriors general manager Garry St Jean was increasingly showing less urgency in getting Steve Logan signed.
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On January 4,2003, Steve Logan was rumored to be considering playing in Poland or Spain, but the sticking point was that Warriors would retain his draft rights if he played professionally in any capacity while Steve Logan would be eligible to enter the 2003 NBA draft in June 2003 if he sat out the season.
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On January 11,2003, the NBDL officially announced that Steve Logan had joined the Mobile Revelers.
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However, Steve Logan left the team before appearing in a game.
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Mobile Revelers head coach Sam Vincent claimed that Steve Logan was not in game shape and did not express a desire to return to the NBDL, but was nevertheless open to him re-joining the team.
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In February 2003, Steve Logan fired his agent Bill Strickland and signed with Joel Bell, presumably because he did not know joining the NBDL would prevent him from entering the 2003 NBA draft.
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Bell sent Steve Logan to Pittsburgh to train with his other client, Vonteego Cummings, who was an unrestricted free agent, and targeted the United States Basketball League for Steve Logan's professional debut.
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In June 2003, Steve Logan hired presumptive first overall pick LeBron James' agent Aaron Goodwin as an advisor and stopped speaking to Joel Bell.
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Goodwin stated that Steve Logan had returned to the Bay Area, was training with a strength and conditioning coach to get back into basketball shape, hoping for a fair opportunity with the Warriors, and that three other NBA teams had expressed interest in acquiring Steve Logan's rights.
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In July 2003, Steve Logan worked out for the Warriors with the hope of landing spot on the Warriors' Summer Pro League team in Long Beach.
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Steve Logan ultimately was not included on the Warriors' Summer League roster.
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In November 2004, after not playing basketball since the 2002 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, Steve Logan was announced as part of the roster of the Texas Tycoons of the American Basketball Association.
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On November 8,2004, Tycoon's assistant coach Jalie Mitchell stated that Steve Logan had left the team before he appeared in a game.
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In 2005, Steve Logan joined Mersin BB of the Basketbol Super Ligi in Turkey.
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Steve Logan scored a season-high 32 points with the Mersin BB on January 8,2006.
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Only five of them were Americans and Steve Logan was the only one who never signed an NBA contract and never appeared in an NBA preseason game.
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In July 2009, Cincinnati announced that Steve Logan would be inducted into the UC Athletics Hall of Fame in February 2010.
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Steve Logan was officially inducted to the University of Cincinnati Athletics Hall of Fame in 2010.
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In 2017, Steve Logan was inducted into the Greater Cincinnati Basketball Hall of Fame along with Wally Szczerbiak and Aaron Williams.
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Steve Logan was picked up by Deputy US Marshals and Northeast Ohio Fugitive Task Force without incident.