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{{Short description|American basketball player}}{{other people|John Turner}}

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| birth_place = Washington, D.C., U.S.| death_date = | death_place = Eleanor Roosevelt High School (Greenbelt, Maryland)>Eleanor Roosevelt(Greenbelt, Maryland)| college =

• Allegany CC (1986–1987)
• Georgetown (1988–1989)
• Phillips (1990–1991)| draft_year = 1991| draft_round = 1| draft_pick = 20| draft_team = Houston Rockets| career_start = 1991| career_end = 2003| career_number = 40

Power forward (basketball)>Power forward1991|full=y}}| team1 = Houston Rockets| years2 = 1992–1993CB Zaragoza>Banco Natwest Zaragoza| years3 = 1994Fabriano Basket>Teamsystem Fabriano| years4 = 1994–1996Mens Sana 1871 Basket>Comerson/Cx Orologi Siena| years5 = 1996–1997Pallacanestro Don Bosco Livorno>Bini Viaggi Livorno| years6 = 1997–1998| team6 = Faber Fabriano| years7 = 1998Harbour Heat>Poenamo Kings| years8 = 1998Pallacanestro Virtus Roma>Calze Pompea Roma| years9 = 1998–1999Olimpia Basket Pistoia>Mabo Pistoia| years10 = 1999Basket Napoli>Serapide Pozzuoli| years11 = 1999–2000| team11 = Ducato Siena| years12 = 2000–2002Basket Napoli>Record Napoli| years13 = 2002–2003| team13 = Carifac Fabriano}}John Leslie Turner (born November 30, 1967) is an American former professional basketball player.

Professional career

Turner was selected by the Houston Rockets in the first round (20th pick overall) of the 1991 NBA draft, playing for the team in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for one season.During the 1991-92 NBA season, he appeared in 42 games, averaging 2.8 points per game. At the end of the season, in August 1992, the Rockets agreed to release Turner so he could go to Spain to play for CAI Zaragoza.NEWS,www.nytimes.com/1992/08/22/sports/sports-people-basketball-rockets-lose-turner.html, Rockets Lose Turner, 1992-08-22, The New York Times, 23 June 2011,

References

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External links

• Serie A profile {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180519035519195.56.77.208/player/TUR-JOH-67/turner_john |date=2018-05-19 }} {{in lang|it}} Retrieved 11 August 2015
• basketballreference.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=TurneJo01" title="web.archive.org/web/20060629134924basketballreference.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=TurneJo01">NBA stats @ basketballreference.com
• Spanish league stats {{in lang|es}}

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