Charles Claxton Jr. is a retired American basketball

Basketball

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 player.

He attended Miami Carol City High School in Miami, Florida

Florida

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, and played collegiately for the University of Georgia

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.

He was selected by the Phoenix Suns

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 in the 2nd round (50th pick overall) of the 1994 NBA Draft

1994 NBA Draft

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.

He played for the Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics

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 (1995–96) in the NBA

National Basketball Association

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 for 3 games. He also was under contract with the Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers

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 (October 1995) and Utah Jazz

Utah Jazz

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(October 1996), but did not play in any regular season NBA games for those teams.

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