Kendall Gill
Kendall Gill was born in Paisley, Scotland, United Kingdom on May 25th, 1968 and is the Basketball Player. At the age of 55, Kendall Gill 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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Kendall Cedric "Fightin' Illini" Gill (born May 25, 1968) is an American retired professional basketball player who now works as a television basketball analyst.
He played for seven NBA franchises, including the Charlotte Hornets, the Seattle Supersonics, the Miami Heat, and many others during his career.
For the Chicago Bulls' local Comcast affiliate, he has provided pre- and post-game coverage.
Kendall Gill was nicknamed "Cold World" throughout his career in the NBA.
Early life
Gill was born in Chicago and attended Rich Central High School in Olympia Fields, Illinois. Rich Central was ranked second in the IHSA class AA state boys basketball tournament in 1986 as a senior. Gill led his team in scoring with 54 points in the four games of the tournament finals, and he was selected to the six-player All-Tournament team.
Gill attended the University of Illinois after high school. In his first three seasons with the Fighting Illini, he was a starter. Gill led the Fighting Illini to the 1989 Final Four as a junior before losing to Michigan on a last-second shot. Future NBA players Nick Anderson, Marcus Liberty, Kenny Battle, and Illini TV/radio broadcaster Stephen Bardo were among the fabled "Flyin' Illini" squadron's, as well as four-year starter Lowell Hamilton. Gill led the Big Ten in scoring and was named as a first-team All-American (UPI). He left Illinois as the seventh-best scorer in school history. Illini of Gill obtained NCAA bids each year he played. In the Final Four of his senior season, he also won the NCAA Slam Dunk championship.
In 2004, Gill was selected to the "Illini Men's Basketball All-Centure Team."
Personal life
Gill was born in Matteson, Illinois. He is married to Wendy Gill and has two children, Phoenix and Kota.
Gill began boxing as a way to maintain his fitness, eventually rising to professional ranks. Gill suffered in his first fight on June 25, 2005, at the age of 37.
Gill appeared on Nickelodeon's television series My Brother and Me in 1994. Pros vs. Joes, a Spike TV version released in January 23, 2008.
On MTV Cribs in 2004, his house was featured.
As the Chicago Cubs took on the Pittsburgh Pirates on May 15, 2010, Gill performed a version of "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" at Wrigley Field.
On Comcast SportsNet Chicago, Gill has provided commentary during pregame and postgame shows for Chicago Bulls games. After a reported physical altercation with analyst Tim Doyle in the Comcast SportsNet newsroom on March 22, 2013, Gill was suspended by Comcast SportsNet for the remainder of the 2012–13 season. Gill said he was not returning to the station in September 2013. However, Comcast SportsNet recalled him in late 2015.
After suffering an injury during the season, Gill was signed as a free agent in the BIG3 basketball league by Power to replace Corey Maggette.
NBA career
Gill was chosen in the 1990 NBA draft as the fifth overall pick by the Charlotte Hornets, and was named First Team All-Rookie for the 1990–91 season. During this same season, Gill participated in the NBA Slam-Dunk Competition. He had a tough time as a rookie trying to fit into the Hornets rotation, alongside already established back-court teammates Muggsy Bogues and Rex Chapman.
After the 1991 addition of Larry Johnson and departure of Rex Chapman to the Washington Bullets, Gill had a breakthrough year in the 1991–92 season by averaging 20.5 points, 5.1 rebounds and 4.2 assists per game, while shooting 46.7% from the field.
In 1993, Gill helped the Hornets reach the NBA postseason for the first time in franchise history, however, he was traded to the Seattle SuperSonics during the following off-season, along with the Hornets' 1994 first-round pick, for Eddie Johnson, Dana Barros, and the SuperSonics' 1994 first-round pick. The SuperSonics, who also added Detlef Schrempf that same summer, put together a team led by Gary Payton and Shawn Kemp. Unfortunately for Gill and the SuperSonics, even with an all-star caliber team, they suffered two first round eliminations by the Denver Nuggets in 1994 and the Los Angeles Lakers in 1995. Gill would return to Charlotte for the 1995–96 season after being traded there for Hersey Hawkins and David Wingate, but in January 1996, the Hornets dealt Gill and Khalid Reeves to the New Jersey Nets for Kenny Anderson, who became the team's starting point guard while Bogues sat out with a knee injury that only limited him to just six games for the entire season. Gill would suffer an injury that would limit him to only 11 games for the remainder of the season.
For the remainder of the 1990s Gill would play for the Nets, helping the team reach the 1998 playoffs and leading the league in steals in 1998–99. On April 3, 1999, Gill recorded 11 steals in a game against the Miami Heat, tying a single-game record set by Larry Kenon during the 1976–77 season. In this game, he also recorded 15 points and 10 rebounds for a rare points-rebounds-steals triple-double. Gill's final season in New Jersey, the 2000–01 season, was shortened by injury, allowing him to play in only 31 games during the season.
In his final four seasons in the NBA, Gill would play the 2001–02 season with the Miami Heat, the 2002–03 season with the Minnesota Timberwolves, and the 2003–04 season with the Chicago Bulls, before completing his career with the Milwaukee Bucks in 2004.
In his 15 seasons in the NBA, Gill played in 966 games for seven teams. He also appeared in 27 playoff games for four teams. He was a member of the NBA All-Rookie Team in 1991 and went on to compile 12,914 points, 2,945 assists, and 4,002 rebounds during his career.