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Xavier Henry

ゼイビア・ヘンリー　/　ぜいびあ・へんりー

Basketball player from Belgium

March 15, 1991 (age 35)　・　Ghent, Belgium

basketball player

My Take

What fascinates me about Xavier Henry is the gap between the hype and the career. A 198 cm wing born in Ghent, Belgium, he was a lottery pick out of Kansas in 2010, yet the NBA chapter closed after just four and a half seasons. I don't read that as failure so much as the brutal honesty of pro basketball. What I respect more is that he kept grinding in the G League until 2017 rather than walking away early. His cross-border roots and that refusal to quit make him a more interesting figure to me than the draft-night spotlight ever suggested.

Overview

Xavier Henry (; born March 15, 1991) is an American former professional basketball player. He played one year of college basketball with the Kansas Jayhawks before he was drafted in the 2010 NBA draft by the Memphis Grizzlies. He played four and a half seasons in the NBA between 2010 and 2014. He finished his career in 2017 after two seasons in the NBA G League.

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

1. Profile

Name (English): Xavier Henry
Name (Japanese): ゼイビア・ヘンリー
Reading: ぜいびあ・へんりー
Born: March 15, 1991 (age 35)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Pisces / Goat
Origin: Ghent, Belgium
Blood type: Private
Height: 198 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: basketball player

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Putnam City High School
University: University of Kansas

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%BC%E3%82%A4%E3%83%93%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BB%E3%83%98%E3%83%B3%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC

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