Les Jepsen

Les Burnell Jepsen (born June 24, 1967) is a retired American professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) during the early 1990s.[1]

Les Jepsen
Personal information
Born (1967-06-24) June 24, 1967
Bowbells, North Dakota, U.S.
Listed height7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)
Listed weight237 lb (108 kg)
Career information
High schoolBowbells (Bowbells, North Dakota)
CollegeIowa (1986–1990)
NBA draft1990: 2nd round, 28th overall pick
Selected by the Golden State Warriors
Playing career1990–1995
PositionCenter
Number51
Career history
1990–1991Golden State Warriors
1991–1992Sacramento Kings
1992–1993Rockford Lightning
1993–1994Fargo-Moorhead Fever
1994–1995Hartford Hellcats
Stats  at NBA.com
Stats  at Basketball-Reference.com

A 7'0" center, Jepsen played at Bowbells High School in North Dakota and at The University of Iowa. He was part of George Raveling's recruiting class at The University of Iowa in 1985 which included B. J. Armstrong, Roy Marble, Ed Horton and Kevin Gamble. All five recruits went on to play in the NBA.

Jepsen was selected 28th overall in the 1990 NBA draft by the Golden State Warriors where he played the 1990–91 season under Don Nelson before being traded along with Mitch Richmond to the Sacramento Kings for Billy Owens on November 1, 1991[2] (shortly before the opening day of the 1991–92 season).

As a member of a touring team ("Footlocker Allstars"), Jepsen played in Europe in 1997.[3] In the 1997–98 season, he played for the Newcastle Eagles in England[4] and for New Wave Göteborg in Sweden.[5]

References
  1. Les Jepsen profile and statistics Archived 2006-06-16 at the Wayback Machine, basketballreference.com
  2. KINGS: Mitch Richmond's Jersey To Be Retired
  3. Franzke, Rüdiger (1997-05-23). "Dunkings, Blocks und tolle Körbe". Wedel-Schulauer-Tageblatt (in German).
  4. Eurobasket. "Les Jepsen Player Profile, Newcastle Eagles, News, Stats – Eurobasket". Eurobasket LLC. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
  5. "Resultat". DN.SE (in Swedish). 1997-10-29. Retrieved 2021-06-10.


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