Cedric Bozeman
Personal information | |
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Born | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | March 7, 1983
Listed height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) |
Listed weight | 215 lb (98 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Mater Dei (Santa Ana, California) |
College | UCLA (2002–2006) |
NBA draft | 2006: undrafted |
Playing career | 2006–2018 |
Position | Shooting guard / small forward |
Number | 6 |
Career history | |
2006–2007 | Atlanta Hawks |
2007 | Albuquerque Thunderbirds |
2007 | Telindus Oostende |
2007–2008 | Energa Czarni Słupsk |
2008–2009 | Anaheim Arsenal |
2009–2010 | Beijing Ducks |
2010–2011 | Belgacom Liège |
2011–2012 | Reno Bighorns |
2012 | Maine Red Claws |
2012 | Barangay Ginebra Kings |
2013 | Westports Malaysia Dragons |
2013–2015 | Toshiba Brave Thunders Kanagawa |
2016–2017 | Fukushima Firebonds |
2017–2018 | Link Tochigi Brex |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball Reference |
Cedric Rudolph Bozeman (born March 7, 1983) is an American former professional basketball player.
Early life
[edit]Born in Los Angeles, California, Bozeman attended Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana alongside Jamal Sampson and USC Heisman Trophy winner, Matt Leinart. He was a member of the high school's top-ranked Mater Dei Monarchs basketball team. Bozeman later played college basketball with the UCLA Bruins.
During his Freshman year, he played In 26 games (21 starts). Was a Honorable-Mention Pac-10 All-Freshman Team Selection after averaging 3.5 assists per game (8th In Pac-10), At The Ucla Basketball Banquet Awards He Won The Seymour Armond Memorial Award As The Most Valuable Freshman. As A Junior, He Started All 28 Games, and Led The Pac-10 In assists per game (5.5) and assists (155), at the end of the year banquet, he was given the bruin hoopsters jd morgan memorial award for outstanding team play.
Professional career
[edit]Bozeman was not drafted in the NBA, but found his way into the league through the Atlanta Hawks where he averaged 1.1 points in 23 games with five starts before being waived in January 2007.[1] Soon thereafter he was quickly picked up by the Albuquerque Thunderbirds of the NBA D-League.[2] Bozeman went overseas to play for the Belgium-based Telindus Oostende basketball club and averaged 4.6 points per game over ten games.[3] The former Bruin went on to play another season in Europe, this time with the Polish Czarni Słupsk club during the 2007–08 season.[4]
In 2010, he signed with Belgacom Liège in Belgium.[5]
For the 2011–12 season, Bozeman joined the Reno Bighorns of the NBDL. At the end of December 2011, the Bighorns waived Bozeman due to injury.[6] However, he later rejoined the team. In 2012, he joined the Barangay Ginebra Kings of Philippine Basketball Association as their import for the Governors Cup. Later in 2012, he signed with the Westports Malaysia Dragons.[7]
From 2013 to 2015, Bozeman played with the Toshiba Brave Thunders Kanagawa of the Japanese NBL where he won a championship in the 2013–14 season.
Career statistics
[edit]GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
NBA
[edit]Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2006–07 | Atlanta | 23 | 5 | 8.7 | .282 | .154 | .333 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 1.1 |
College
[edit]Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2001–02 | UCLA | 26 | 21 | 23.4 | .413 | .280 | .286 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 4.0 |
2002–03 | UCLA | 21 | 17 | 26.0 | .408 | .313 | .514 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 7.3 |
2003–04 | UCLA | 28 | 28 | 33.7 | .413 | .222 | .554 | 3.8 | 5.5 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 7.5 |
2005–06 | UCLA | 31 | 30 | 27.4 | .500 | .393 | .776 | 3.3 | 2.3 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 7.6 |
Career | 106 | 96 | 27.8 | .435 | .321 | .584 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 6.6 |
References
[edit]- ^ Hawks waive Bozeman[permanent dead link]
- ^ Thunderbirds Defeat D-Fenders in First Ever Meeting
- ^ Scouting4u.com[permanent dead link]
- ^ ENERGA CZARNI SLUPSK basketball team
- ^ "Belgacom Liege adds Taylor Griffin and Cedric Bozeman". Archived from the original on September 8, 2010. Retrieved August 16, 2010.
- ^ "NBA Development League: Bighorns Acquire Adrian Oliver". NBA.com. Archived from the original on August 12, 2013. Retrieved January 16, 2012.
- ^ "Westports Malaysia Dragons Sign Cedric Bozeman and Gavin Edwards". Archived from the original on November 8, 2014. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
External links
[edit]- Sports portal
- Media related to Cedric Bozeman at Wikimedia Commons
- Career statistics and player information from NBA.com and Basketball-Reference.com
- UCLA Bruins player profile
- Toshiba Brave Thunders
- Article in Japan Times
- Highlights video
- 1983 births
- Living people
- 20th-century African-American sportsmen
- 21st-century African-American sportsmen
- Albuquerque Thunderbirds players
- American expatriate basketball people in Belgium
- American expatriate basketball people in China
- American expatriate basketball people in Japan
- American expatriate basketball people in Malaysia
- American expatriate basketball people in the Philippines
- American expatriate basketball people in Poland
- American men's basketball players
- Anaheim Arsenal players
- Atlanta Hawks players
- Barangay Ginebra San Miguel players
- Basketball players from Orange County, California
- BC Oostende players
- Beijing Ducks players
- Czarni Słupsk players
- Fukushima Firebonds players
- Kawasaki Brave Thunders players
- Kuala Lumpur Dragons players
- Liège Basket players
- Utsunomiya Brex players
- Maine Red Claws players
- Mater Dei High School (Santa Ana, California) alumni
- McDonald's High School All-Americans
- Parade High School All-Americans (boys' basketball)
- Philippine Basketball Association imports
- Reno Bighorns players
- Shooting guards
- Small forwards
- Sportspeople from Santa Ana, California
- UCLA Bruins men's basketball players
- Undrafted NBA players