height_ft nationality birth_date career_start years draft_year team draft_pick number college name high_school weight_lb birth_place draft_team career_end position draft_round letter height_in bbr article_title
6 american 09 april 1962 1984 1984 start -- 1995 end start -- 1986 end 1986 -- 1989 1989 1984 new -rrb- orlando magic jersey nets arexons / vismara cantù -lrb- italy 17 35 , 30 , 31 vanderbilt -lrb- 1980 -- 1984 -rrb- jeff turner brandon -lrb- brandon , florida -rrb- 230 bangor , maine new jersey nets 1996 power forward 1 t 9 turneje01 jeff turner

jeff turner

jeffrey steven turner -lrb- born april 9 , 1962 -rrb- is a retired american professional basketball player and broadcasting announcer .
turner played ten nba seasons -lrb- 1984 -- 1987 ; 1989 -- 1996 -rrb- , spending time with the new jersey nets as well as the orlando magic .
he ended his nba career with 3,697 career points .
turner was a 6 ' 9 '' forward/center .
after his career ended he spent nine years as a radio color commentator for the magic .
he then served as the head boys basketball coach at lake highland preparatory school in orlando , florida from to 2005 to 2013 , where he compiled a 151-72 record and won the state title in 2013 .
from 2011 to 2013 he was also a studio analyst for magic games .
in 2013 , turner was named television color commentator for the magic .
turner starred as a college player for vanderbilt university .
he was selected by the new jersey nets with the 17th pick of the 1984 nba draft .
turner was a member of the gold medal 1984 u.s. olympic basketball team coached by bobby knight .
the team included michael jordan , patrick ewing and steve alford .
turner also played for the us national team in the 1982 fiba world championship , winning the silver medal .
