Johnny Rogers

John "Johnny" Bernard Rogers Bakker ( born December 30, 1963 in Fullerton, California ) is a former American professional basketball player.

He began his career Johnny Rogers in 1981 at Stanford University, where he played for the Stanford Cardinal. After a further two years at the UC Irvine Anteaters ( University of California, Irvine ) Rogers was selected in 1986 to 34 out of NBA Drafts of the Sacramento Kings. In the NBA Rogers was active for the Kings and the Cleveland Cavaliers. In a total of 69 encounters he came to 3.6 points and 1.5 rebounds on average.

In 1988, Rogers to Europe, where he should be remain for the next 15 years until his career end. Rogers was played by, among others, for top clubs such as Real Madrid, Pamesa Valencia, Phillips Milano or Olympiakos Piraeus. His most successful period he had the Greek giants Panathinaikos, also twice where he won the Greek championship next two European trophies. During his time in Spain Rogers acquired the Spanish nationality and participated with the national team of Spain at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney.

Johnny Rogers was in early 2008 to a circle of 105 basketball players who were nominated by the Euro League Basketball and / or basketball interested, actively fifty major personalities of the sport of basketball in Europe in the period 1958 to 2008, determine and subsequently in May 2008 in Madrid (Spain ) honor can. All nominated players have played a particularly prominent role in the European Cup competitions of FIBA Europe and the Euro League basketball and belonged respectively to the most prominent ' stars' of their national league teams.

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  • Greek champion: 2000, 2001
  • European Champion Clubs' Cup: 2000
  • ULEB Euro League: 2002
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