Johnny Rogers

Johnny Rogers, full name John Bernard Rogers Bakker, born 30 December 1963, is a Spanish-American former professional basketball player, listed at 6 ft 10 in and 225 lbs and played at power forward. He played college basketball for the Stanford Cardinal from 1981 to 1983 and then for the UC Irvine Anteaters from 1984 to 1986. The Sacramento Kings took him 34th overall in the 1986 NBA draft, and he played 69 NBA games for the Kings and the Cleveland Cavaliers, averaging 3.6 points and 1.5 rebounds per game. His club career then continued in Italy with Philips Milano, Cagiva Varese and Telemarket Forli, and in Greece with Olympiacos and Panathinaikos, where he won two EuroLeague championships (2000 and 2002) and two Greek League championships (2000 and 2001). After acquiring Spanish citizenship he played for the Spanish national team at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He later worked as a broadcaster for the EuroLeague and EuroLeague TV, and in 2018 he was named to the 101 Greats of European Basketball list.