User:Dammit steve/Franc Booker

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Franc Booker
Personal information
Born (1964-03-22) March 22, 1964 (age 60)
Augusta, Georgia
NationalityAmerican
Listed height185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Career information
High schoolWestside High School
CollegeBowling Green State University (1983-1987)
NBA draft1987: 7th round, 140th overall pick
Selected by the New Jersey Nets
PositionGuard
Career history
As player:
1991ÍR
1991–1994Valur
1994–1995Grindavík
As coach:
1993–1994Valur
Career highlights and awards
As player:

Frank Alonzo Booker (born March 22, 1964) is an American former professional basketball player.[1] In his first game in Iceland, Booker set a Úrvalsdeild record by making 15 three point shots.[2]

College

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Career

NBA

On June 22, 1987, Booker was selected by the New Jersey Nets with the second pick in Round 7 of the 1987 NBA Draft.[4] He had short pre-season stints with the Nets, Miami Heat and Cleveland Cavaliers.

Iceland

ÍR

Booker joined ÍR in January of 1991 and in his first game he set a Úrvalsdeild record when he made 15 three point shots.[5] Two games later he tied the record when he again made 15 three pointers, on route to 60 points, in a loss against Snæfell.[6] For the season he averaged a league leading 43,2 points while making 7,8 three pointers per game. [7]

Valur

He joined Valur at the start of the 1991-1992 season and led them to the 1992 Úrvalsdeild finals where the team lost to Keflavík, 2-3, after holding a 2-1 lead in the series.[8] As a member of Valur he led the league in scoring in 1992 and 1994.

Grindavík

After three seasons with Valur, Booker joined Grindavík in 1994. For the season Booker averaged 15,5 points per game, leading the club to the second best record in the league[9], and he helping it to win the 1995 Icelandic Basketball Cup.[10]

Booker was unexpectedly let go from Grindavík after their first game in the 1995 Úrvalsdeild playoffs. The split was far from amicable. Grindavík claimed Booker had become disgruntled and disinterested after being denied by the team to participate in the All-Star game in February, do to him missing practices the same week becaus of back injury. They further claimed that he had dishonered an agreement to live in an appartment the club rented for him in Grindavík, dubbed "the most expensive shoe storage this side of the Alps" by the press, and spent to much energy driving back and forth from Reykjavík where he lived with his girlfriend.[11]

Booker denied the allegations.[12]

Grindavík stepped up after Booker's departure, dismantling Haukar in the next game, 88-122, and sweeping them out of the playoffs.[13]

Allegations that Booker leaked Grindavík's playbook to KR.[14]

Booker requested that the club payed him bonus for getting to the quarter finals.[15]

Coaching career

Booker started as the head coach of Valur during the 1993-1994 season. He was replaced after a 3-10 start by Svali Björgvinsson.

Personal life

Booker's half Icelandic son, Frank Aron Booker, played for the Oklahoma Sooners in the Big 12 Conference from 2013 to 2015. He transferred from the Florida Atlantic Owls before the 2015-16 season.[16][17][18][19][20]

References

  1. ^ Logi B. Eiðsson (5 February 1991). "„Vildi sjá heiminn"". Morgunblaðið. Retrieved 2017-07-30. (in Icelandic)
  2. ^ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (21 February 2014). "Janúar 1991 – verður hann einhvern tímann toppaður?". Vísir.is. Retrieved 2017-07-30. (in Icelandic)
  3. ^ stats
  4. ^ "1987 NBA draft". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved 2017-07-30.
  5. ^ "„Booker var rosaleg skytta"". Morgunblaðið. 8 December 2009. Retrieved 2017-07-30. (in Icelandic)
  6. ^ "Booker með sextíu stig". Dagblaðið Vísir. 18 January 1991. Retrieved 2017-08-06. (in Icelandic)
  7. ^ "Franc Booker: Ferillinn í úrvalsdeild". KKÍ.is. Retrieved 2017-08-06. (in Icelandic)
  8. ^ Úrslitakeppni 1992
  9. ^ "Úrvalsdeild 1994-1995". kki.is. Retrieved 2017-07-31. (in Icelandic)
  10. ^ "Verða tveir þetta árið". Morgunblaðið. 31 January 1995. Retrieved 2017-07-31.(in Icelandic)
  11. ^ "Franc Booker látinn fara". Morgunblaðið. 11 March 1995. Retrieved 2017-07-31. (in Icelandic)
  12. ^ "„Ég er mjög svekktur"". Dagblaðið Vísir. 13 March 1995. Retrieved 2017-08-06. (in Icelandic)
  13. ^ Frábær hittni
  14. ^ „Tóm vitleysa"
  15. ^ Booker fer fram á bónusgreiðslur
  16. ^ Tómas Þór Þórðarson (21 February 2014). "Frank Booker að spila sig inn í íslenska landsliðið?". Retrieved 2017-07-30. (in Icelandic)
  17. ^ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (17 February 2015). "Frank Booker yngri vill spila með íslenska landsliðinu". Retrieved 2017-07-30. (in Icelandic)
  18. ^ "Frank Aron Booker hugleiðir til að ná betri árangri". 27 March 2015. Retrieved 2017-07-30. (in Icelandic)
  19. ^ Hans Belot Jr. (18 March 2017). "Men's basketball: Frank Booker's impact goes beyond the hardwood". Retrieved 2017-07-30.
  20. ^ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (21 February 2014). "Frank Booker ætlar sér í NBA og ekkert minna". Retrieved 2017-07-30. (in Icelandic)

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