Jeffery Allen Martin is a retired American

United States

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 professional basketball

Basketball

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 player.

Martin, a 6'5" shooting guard

Shooting guard

The shooting guard , also known as the two or off guard, is one of five traditional positions on a basketball team. Players of the position are often shorter, leaner, and quicker than forwards. A shooting guard's main objective is to score points for his team...

 from Murray State University

Murray State University

Murray State University, located in the city of Murray, Kentucky, is a four-year public university with approximately 10,400 students. The school is Kentucky’s only public university to be listed in the U.S.News & World Report regional university top tier for the past 20 consecutive years...

, was selected in the second round, 31st overall in the 1989 NBA Draft

1989 NBA Draft

The 1989 NBA Draft took place on June 27, 1989 in New York City, New York, USA. It has been regarded as one of the worst drafts in NBA history, along with the 1986 NBA Draft and the 2000 NBA Draft. Though the draft produced talented players such as Shawn Kemp, Glen Rice, Sean Elliott, Nick...

, by the Los Angeles Clippers

Los Angeles Clippers

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. He played in the NBA from 1989

1989-90 NBA season

-Statistics leaders:-NBA awards:*Most Valuable Player: Magic Johnson, Los Angeles Lakers*Rookie of the Year: David Robinson, San Antonio Spurs*Defensive Player of the Year: Dennis Rodman, Detroit Pistons...

 to 1991

1990-91 NBA season

-Statistics leaders:-NBA awards:*Most Valuable Player: Michael Jordan, Chicago Bulls*Rookie of the Year: Derrick Coleman, New Jersey Nets*Defensive Player of the Year: Dennis Rodman, Detroit Pistons...

, with career averages of 7 points and 2 rebounds

Rebound (basketball)

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 in 143 regular season contests.

Having played during preseason with the Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons

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, Martin was waived before 1991-92 began, subsequently moving to Europe

Europe

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, where he appeared for Scaini Venezia

Pallacanestro Venezia

Reyer VENEZIA 1872 is an Italian basketball club based in Venice which currently operates men's, women's, and youth teams. Founded in 1872 as the gymnastics club Società Sportiva Costantino Reyer, it started sponsoring basketball in 1907, and was known for many years as Pallacanestro Venezia.The...

 (1991–92), Natwest Zaragoza

Basket Zaragoza 2002

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 (1992–93), Baloncesto Salamanca (1995–96), Baloncesto Fuenlabrada

Baloncesto Fuenlabrada

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 and Besançon Basket

Besançon BCD

Besançon Basket Comté Doubs was a basketball club based in Besançon, France that played in the Ligue Nationale de Basketball. Their home arena was the Palais des Sports. The club is placed in receivership and disappears on 1 September 2009....

 (1996–97), CB Ciudad de Huelva

CB Ciudad de Huelva

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 (1997–98) and Montpellier Basket (2000–01). These were puncutated by brief returns to the U.S., in both the CBA

Continental Basketball Association

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, always with the Grand Rapids Hoops

Grand Rapids Hoops

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, and the IBL

International Basketball League

The International Basketball League was a short lived professional basketball league in the United States. The IBL was headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland. The league started in 1999 and ended in 2001.-History:...

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External links

• College & NBA stats @ basketballreference.com
• Basketpedya career data