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Jeff Trepagnier
Personal information
Born (1979-07-11) July 11, 1979 (age 45)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Nationality American
High school Compton (Compton, California)
Listed height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight 200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
College USC (1997–2001)
NBA Draft 2001 / Round: 2 / Pick: 35th overall
Selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers
Pro career 2001–2013
Career history
2001–2002 Cleveland Cavaliers
2002–2003 Asheville Altitude
2003–2004 Denver Nuggets
2004–2005 Basket Napoli
2005–2006 Ülkerspor
2006–2007 Basket Napoli
2008 Pau-Orthez
2008–2009 Bakersfield Jam
2009 Rio Grande Valley Vipers
2009 Hollywood Jammers
2009–2010 Iowa Energy
2010–2011 Scaligera Verona
2012 Liga Sorocabana
2012–2013 Los Angeles Slam
Career highlights and awards
  • EuroLeague steals leader (2006)

EuroLeague records since the 2000–01 season

  • Most steals in a game

Jeffery Trepagnier (born July 11, 1979) is an American former professional basketball player.

Early life

Trepagnier played basketball at Compton High School, in Compton, California.

College career

Trepagnier played college basketball for the USC Trojans. He also took second place at the 2000 Pac-10 Championships for the second year in a row with a high jump of 7-foot-1, tying for the fifth-best jump in USC school history.

Professional career

Trepagnier was a second round draft pick of the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2001 NBA draft. At 6'4", Trepagnier was considered by some scouts to be undersized for the NBA shooting guard position, his natural spot. Trepagnier only played in 31 total NBA career games (12 for the Cavaliers and 19 for the Denver Nuggets) and averaged 2.8 points and 1.4 rebounds per game in his career. His final NBA game was played on April 14, 2004, in a 67 - 93 loss to the San Antonio Spurs. In his final game, Trepagnier played for 7 minutes and recorded 1 assist, 1 rebound but no points.

He spent the 2004–05 season for Italian club Eldo Napoli. He signed with the Knights on June 25, 2006.

Trepagnier signed a contract with French club Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez in December 2007.

In 2009, Trepagnier was playing for the Iowa Energy of the NBA D-League.

In 2010, he joined Scaligera Verona of the Italian second league.

In 2011, he signed to play in Brazil.

He later joined the Los Angeles Slam of the ABA.

Personal

Born in Los Angeles, Trepagnier is of African-American descent.

See also

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