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Jameel Watkins

ジャミール・ワトキンス　/　じゃみーる・わときんす

American basketball player

August 2, 1977 (age 48)　・　Brooklyn, New York, United States

New York
basketball player

My Take

Jameel Watkins represents the kind of basketball journeyman I deeply respect. A Brooklyn product who stood eight feet six on the page at 208 centimeters, he built his reputation at Georgetown not through scoring but through shot-blocking and defensive grit, the dirty work that wins games. What moves me most is that his career stretched all the way to the New Zealand NBL late in life. That tells me he loved the game enough to chase it across the world. Players who keep playing simply for the love of it, far from the spotlight, earn my admiration more than any stat line ever could.

Overview

Jameel Sharif Watkins (born August 2, 1977) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Wellington Saints of the New Zealand National Basketball League (NBL). He played college basketball for the Georgetown Hoyas during the late 1990s, earning a reputation for his defensive proficiency and shot-blocking skills.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Jameel Watkins
Name (Japanese): ジャミール・ワトキンス
Reading: じゃみーる・わときんす
Born: August 2, 1977 (age 48)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Leo / Snake
Origin: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: 208 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: basketball player

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Paul Robeson High School for Business and Technology
University: Georgetown University

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%83%9F%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AF%E3%83%88%E3%82%AD%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9

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