Jerome Kersey
Jerome Kersey was born in Clarksville, Virginia, United States on June 26th, 1962 and is the Basketball Player. At the age of 52, Jerome Kersey biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Jerome Kersey (June 26, 1962 – February 18, 2015), an American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
He played for the Portland Trail Blazers (1984–1995), Golden State Warriors (1995–96), Los Angeles Lakers (1996–97), San Antonio Spurs (1998–2001), and Milwaukee Bucks (1997–01).
Kersey played for the Spurs in 1999 and 1998, winning an NBA championship. Kersey was selected by the Trail Blazers in the second round of the 1984 NBA draft from Longwood University (then Longwood College) in Farmville, Virginia.
During the 1999 NBA Finals victory over the New York Knicks, he was a member of the Spurs.
Kersey's ex Portland teammate and then-head coach of the Milwaukee Bucks Terry Porter as an assistant during his playing career.
Kersey died of a pulmonary embolism triggered by a blood clot at his house in Tualatin, Oregon, on February 18, 2015.
Personal life
Teri (Teresa Folsom) Donnerberg, Kersey's mother of more than nine years, was married on September 21, 2013 at the Columbia Edgewater Country Club in Portland, Oregon. They have four children from previous marriages combined.
College career
Kersey attended the then Longwood College, at the time an NCAA Division II school, where he set school records for points, rebounds, steals and blocked shots while making 57% of his baskets. As a senior, his rebounding average of 14.2 led all Division II players. However, it was not until May 2006 that Kersey graduated from Longwood, having only needed two more college courses to graduate for some years.
Professional career
Coming from a school that was not known as a basketball powerhouse, Kersey was selected in the second round of the 1984 NBA draft (46th overall pick) by the Portland Trail Blazers. He was a regular contributor from the bench, eventually becoming a starter, and by his third year, he began to shine, even coming in second behind Michael Jordan in the Slam Dunk Contest.
The 1987–88 season, was his best statistically, as he averaged 19.2 points and 8.3 rebounds. He became a starter and was part of the nucleus of a strong Portland team, along with Clyde Drexler, Terry Porter, Buck Williams, and Kevin Duckworth that made it to the NBA Finals two out of the next three years (in 1990 and 1992). However, in subsequent years Clifford Robinson would take his place and Kersey found himself spending more time on the bench.
By 1995, Portland had several talented forwards, and he was left unprotected in that year's 1995 NBA expansion draft when he was selected by the Toronto Raptors, but they waived him before the 1995–96 season began. He signed with the Golden State Warriors, where he started 58 games, and had an altercation with Latrell Sprewell, which resulted in the latter threatening to bring a gun to practice.
For the 1996–97 season Kersey signed with the Los Angeles Lakers as a free agent, and he had a quite productive year, logging his most playing time in five seasons, because trades and injuries had left the Lakers thin.
The 1997–98 season saw Kersey go to his fourth team in four years, but injuries kept him out of the Seattle SuperSonics' lineup for most of the season.
For the lockout-shortened 1998–99 season, Kersey found himself on the San Antonio Spurs. The team won the 1999 NBA championship. Kersey provided frontcourt depth and experience off the bench in the team's title run, although his scoring, rebounding, and minutes played were all career lows. He stayed with the Spurs for another season.
Kersey spent his final season in the NBA with the Milwaukee Bucks, who fell short in the Eastern Conference Finals. He retired at the conclusion of the 2000–01 season.
