Jeff Turner

Jeff Turner (Jeffrey Steven Turner) is an American professional basketball player, listed by Basketball-Reference as a power forward and small forward at 6 feet 9 inches and 230 pounds. He was born on April 9, 1962, in Bangor, Maine, attended Brandon High School in Brandon, Florida, and played college basketball at Vanderbilt. The New Jersey Nets chose him in the first round of the 1984 NBA Draft, as the 17th pick overall, and he made his NBA debut on October 26, 1984. His career ran ten years and 612 regular season games, averaging 6.0 points, 3.3 rebounds and 1.0 assist. He spent three seasons with the Nets, 201 games, then sat out 1987-88 and 1988-89 while playing in Italy, and returned to the NBA with the Orlando Magic, for whom he played seven seasons and 411 games from 1989-90 through 1995-96.