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Edward "Eddie" Gill III (born August 16, 1978) is an American professional basketball player. Gill grew up in Aurora, Colorado and played college basketball at the College of Eastern Utah, Salt Lake Community College, and Weber State University. With the Weber State Wildcats, Gill was MVP of the 1999 Big Sky Conference Tournament. Not selected in the 2000 NBA Draft, Gill began his professional career with the Las Vegas Silver Bandits of the IBL and debuted with the New Jersey Nets of the NBA late in the season. Gill has had a journeyman career in basketball and has played in various teams in the NBA, NBA Development League, minor leagues, and overseas. In the NBA, Gill has played for the New Jersey Nets, Memphis Grizzlies, Portland Trail Blazers, Indiana Pacers, Seattle SuperSonics, and Milwaukee Bucks all usually in reserve roles. However, Gill has been a starter and high scorer for much of his non-NBA career. Professionally, Gill has been an All-Star selection in the CBA (2004) and NBA Development League (2008) and won championships with the D-League (2009 with the Colorado 14ers) and Belgian Cup (2010 with BC Oostende). ==Early life and college== Gill grew up in his birthplace of Aurora, Colorado and graduated from Overland High School of Aurora in 1996. After high school, Gill enrolled at the College of Eastern Utah, a junior college in Price, Utah, and played on the basketball team, averaging 6.1 points and 2.4 assists. In 1997, Gill transferred to Salt Lake Community College and again played basketball. At Salt Lake CC, Gill had 16.4 points, 4.2 rebounds, and 6.4 assists per game.〔 Gill transferred to Weber State University in 1998 and played for two seasons on the Weber State Wildcats men's basketball team. In his junior year (1998–1999), Gill averaged 14.0 points, 3.9 rebounds, and 4.5 assists.〔 For the 1999 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Gill was MVP after scoring 15 points and making 9 assists and 6 rebounds in 40 minutes of play. He also committed two of his team's five turnovers in the 82-75 victory over Northern Arizona. This tournament championship qualified Weber State for an automatic NCAA tournament bid. In the Round of 64 game, 14th-seeded Weber State upset third-seeded North Carolina 76-74. Gill scored 16 points despite only making 4 of 12 field goals; he also made 5 of 5 free throws and had 2 assists and 5 defensive rebounds.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/boxscores/1999-03-11-north-carolina.html )〕 In Weber State's next round loss to sixth-seeded Florida, Gill scored 19 points in 5-for-14 shooting and 7-for-8 free throw shooting and also made 3 defensive rebounds and 5 assists.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/boxscores/1999-03-13-florida.html )〕 Weber State finished the season 25-8.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/weber-state/1999.html )〕 As a senior (1999–2000), Gill averaged 16.3 points, 6.4 rebounds, and 6.9 assists. In both seasons, Gill earned First-Team All-Big Sky Conference honors.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.nba.com/media/dleague/eddie_gill.pdf )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Eddie Gill」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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