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Justise Winslow

Winslow at the 2014 McDonald's All-American Game
Personal information
Born	(1996-03-26) March 26, 1996 (age 28) Houston, Texas
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight	222 lb (101 kg)
Career information
High school	St. John's (Houston, Texas)
College	Duke (2014–2015)
NBA draft	2015: 1st round, 10th overall pick
Selected by the Miami Heat
Position	Small forward
Career highlights and awards
NCAA champion (2015) McDonald’s All-American (2014) Parade All-American (2014)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference

Justise Winslow (born March 26, 1996) is an American basketball player who played at Duke University. He played small forward for the Blue Devils and was drafted by the Miami Heat.

High school career

Winslow was a four year starter at St.Johns High School in Houston, Texas. He started his career at St. John's with a league championship and went out in the same fashion. The reigning Gatorade Texas Player of the Year averaged 27.5 points, 13.6 rebounds, 3.5 assists, 2.1 blocks and 1.8 steals per game his Senior season for the Mavericks, who beat Kinkaid for the program's third SPC Division I crown in four years.

Winslow was selected as a McDonald’s All-American in 2014.

College career

Winslow averaged 14 points and five rebounds in his first five games in a Duke uniform. Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski has compared Winslow's game to that of former Duke stars Tommy Amaker and Grant Hill. On February 9, 2015, Winslow was named ACC Freshman of the Week. He was named an honorable mention All-ACC performer. In the NCAA tournament, Winslow averaged 14.3 points and 9.3 rebounds per game en route to a national championship. He declared for the NBA Draft following the season, forgoing his final three years of collegiate eligibility.

Professional career

Winslow was selected by the Miami Heat with the 10th overall selection at the 2015 NBA draft.

Personal

His father, Rickie Winslow, was a 6'8" forward for the University of Houston Cougars basketball team from 1983-87, where he was a member of the famed Phi Slama Jama team that included Hakeem Olajuwon and Clyde Drexler, and was selected 28th overall by the Chicago Bulls in the 1987 NBA Draft.

His mother, Robin Davis, is based in Houston.

Winslow's older brother Brandon owns a marketing company and is based in Los Angeles. His brother Josh is on the football team at Dartmouth College, and his sister Bianca, is on the basketball team at the University of Houston. Half-brother Cedric lives in Houston.

References

1. Borzello, Jeff (January 1, 2013). "Players announced for McDonald's All-American Game". CBS Sports. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
2. Norlander, Matt (November 23, 2014). "Surprisingly, it's Justise Winslow, not Okafor, who's been Duke's best frosh". CBS Sports. Retrieved November 24, 2014.
3. "ACC Basketball: Players of the Week Announced". theACC.com. 9 February 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
4. "ACSMA 2015 All-ACC Basketball Teams Announced". Atlantic Coast Conference. March 8, 2015. Retrieved April 29, 2015.
5. Keeley, Laure (April 14, 2015). "Duke's Justise Winslow to enter NBA Draft". The News-Observer. Retrieved April 25, 2015.
6. Winderman, Ira (June 25, 2015). "Heat there to catch Justise Winslow after draft-night fall to No. 10". Sun-Sentinel. Retrieved June 26, 2015.

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• 1996 births
• Living people
• African-American basketball players
• Basketball players at the 2015 NCAA Men's Division I Final Four
• Basketball players from Texas
• Duke Blue Devils men's basketball players
• McDonald's High School All-Americans
• Miami Heat draft picks
• Parade High School All-Americans (boys' basketball)
• Small forwards
• Sportspeople from Houston, Texas