Chris Garner (basketball)

{{short description|American basketball player}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Chris Garner

| image =

| height_ft = 5 | height_in = 10

| weight_lbs = 156

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|2|23}}

| birth_place = Memphis, Tennessee

| nationality = American

| high_school = Treadwell (Memphis, Tennessee)

| college = Memphis (1993–1997)

| draftyear = 1997

| career_start = 1997

| career_end = 2010

| career_number = 00, 2

| career_position = Point guard

| years1 = {{nbay|1997|full=y}}

| team1 = Toronto Raptors

| years2 = 1998–1999

| team2 = Idaho Stampede

| years3 = 1999

| team3 = Fort Wayne Fury

| years4 = 1999

| team4 = Quad City Thunder

| years5 = 2000

| team5 = Žalgiris Kaunas

| years6 = 2000–2001

| team6 = Memphis Houn'Dawgs

| years7 = 2001

| team7 = Quad City Thunder

| years8 = {{nbay|2000|end}}

| team8 = Golden State Warriors

| years9 = 2001

| team9 = STB Le Havre

| years10 = 2001–2002

| team10 = Columbus Riverdragons

| years11 = 2002–2003

| team11 = Idaho Stampede

| years12 = 2003

| team12 = Cocodrilos de Caracas

| years13 = 2003

| team13 = Yakima Sun Kings

| years14 = 2004

| team14 = Maccabi Rishon LeZion

| years15 = 2004–2005

| team15 = Maccabi Giv'at Shmuel

| years16 = 2005

| team16 = Paris Basket Racing

| years17 = 2005–2006

| team17 = Gymnastikos S. Larissas

| years18 = 2006

| team18 = Cholet Basket

| years19 = 2007

| team19 = Apollon Patras

| years20 = 2007–2008

| team20 = Achilleas

| years21 = 2008

| team21 = Polpak Świecie

| years22 = 2008–2009

| team22 = Basket Kwidzyn

| years23 = 2009–2010

| team23 = Achilleas

| highlights =

| stats_league = NBA

| stat1label = Points

| stat1value = 72 (1.6 ppg)

| stat2label = Assists

| stat2value = 63 (1.4 apg)

| stat3label = Rebounds

| stat3value = 36 (0.8 rpg)

| bbr = garnech01

}}

Christopher Winslow Garner (born February 23, 1975) is an American former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

College career

Garner played collegiately at the University of Memphis.

Professional career

Garner, a {{convert|5|ft|10|in|m|adj=on}} point guard, was not drafted by an NBA franchise but played parts of 2 seasons with the Toronto Raptors and Golden State Warriors; 1997–1998, and 2000–2001, respectively. In 2003, he was signed by the Detroit Pistons, but was waived prior to the start of the 2003-04 NBA season.[http://www.nba.com/pistons/history/transactions_alltime.html PISTONS: All-Time Transactions]

He played one season with the Memphis Houn'Dawgs in the ABA.

Garner also played professionally in Lithuania, France, Israel, Cyprus, Greece,[http://www.eurobasket.com/player.asp?Cntry=POL&PlayerID=189&AmNotSure=1 CHRIS GARNER basketball profile], eurobasket.com and other countries.

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