Jerome James

Quick Facts

Full Name	Jerome James
Occupation	Basketball Player
Date Of Birth	Nov 17, 1975(1975-11-17)
Age	49
Country	United States
Birth City	Florida
Horoscope	Scorpio

Jerome James Biography

Jerome James is one of the most popular and richest Basketball Player who was born on November 17, 1975 in Florida, United States. NBA center most well-known for his time playing for teams such as The Seattle SuperSonics and New York Knicks. The year 2001 was the time he took home the Yugoslav Basketball League championship with KK Buducnost.

Both he and He and Shaquille O’Neal both led the NCAA in blocks during their NCAA careers. both lead both teams in the NCAA in blocks throughout their NCAA career.

James was born and raised in the neighborhood of Northview Hills Tampa, Florida, one of ten children. His father Jessie was a Port Of Tampa longshoreman and his mother Ruth, a Hillsborough County school teacher. After graduating from the Pentecostal Church of God Christian Academy of Winter Haven in 1993, James worked driving delivery trucks for Sunny Florida Dairy and also part-time at a local feed lot in the Tampa Bay Area and learned the meaning of hard work from his father. A friend of James’s mother saw James playing pickup basketball at a community center and called Ron Brown, coach of the Florida A&M University Rattlers basketball team. Brown came and saw James’s basketball skills and immediately offered James an athletic scholarship to Florida A&M.

James redshirted the 1994–95 season and played for Florida A&M from 1995 to

1998. In an interview with The Seattle Times, James said that meeting Shaquille O’Neal at an Orlando Magic practice inspired him to pursue a professional basketball career. With Florida A&M, James played 81 games with career averages of 16.0 points, 9.2 rebounds, and 4.48 blocks, with 49.5% on field goal attempts. In his junior season (1997–98), James led NCAA Division I basketball with 4.63 blocks per game. James was an All-MEAC selection in his sophomore and junior seasons. One class short of a pre-law degree, James declared for the 1998 NBA Draft after his junior season.

The boy has 9 siblings. He was the son of a father named Jessie was an employee of a longshoreman.

Jerome James Net Worth

Jerome James is one of the richest Basketball Player from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jerome James 's net worth $16 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was able to get a place on the Florida A&M University Rattlers when one of his mothers friends suggested his the coach Ron Brown after seeing him play in a basketball match.

He was the leader in all of the NCAA by blocks per contest in 1997-98 campaign during his time at Florida A&M.

Jerome Keith James (born November 17, 1975) is an American former professional basketball player. Originally from Tampa, Florida, James played college basketball at Florida A&M for three seasons and was the national leader in blocks per game in the 1997–98 season, his junior year. James declared for the 1998 NBA Draft after his junior year, and the Sacramento Kings selected James in the second round of the draft. Over the course of his career, he has played for the Kings, Seattle SuperSonics and New York Knicks. He has also played for KK Budućnost Podgorica and the Harlem Globetrotters.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Jerome James height 7 ft 1 in Jerome weight 129 kg & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Jerome James Dating?

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After the 2004–05 season, James signed a 5-year, $30 million free-agent contract with the Knicks on the strength of an outstanding performance in the 2005 playoffs in which he greatly exceeded his regular-season statistics. He arrived at his first training camp out of shape and in his first season he only averaged 3.1 points and 2.1 rebounds in 9 minutes per game. James missed much of the season due to injury and when he was not injured, he frequently played insignificant minutes. James was suspended on January 2, 2006 for not being prepared to practice.

Facts & Trivia

Jerome Ranked on the list of most popular Basketball Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Jerome James celebrates birthday on November 17 of every year.

On February 19, 2009, James was traded by the Knicks along with Tim Thomas and Anthony Roberson to the Chicago Bulls in exchange for Larry Hughes. James never played any minutes for the Chicago Bulls due to injury. He was waived by the Bulls shortly before the 2010 playoffs.