Jay Patrick Guidinger is a retired American professional basketball

Basketball

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 player for the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers

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Playing career

The 6'10" former University of Minnesota Duluth

University of Minnesota Duluth

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 center

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 played for two seasons as a Cleveland Cavaliers' seldom-used frontcourt backup to Brad Daugherty, Larry Nance and John "Hot Rod" Williams. In each of his two NBA regular seasons (1992–94), he played in 32 games and averaged 1.5 and 1.6 points respectively. Including the postseason (where he scored two points), he has a career total of 100 points scored.

Trivia

• Guidinger was in the starting-lineup for five games with the Cavaliers during the 1992–93 season.
• Guidinger appeared in four games in the 1993 NBA Playoffs
  1993 NBA Playoffs
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   against the New Jersey Nets
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   and Chicago Bulls
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External links

• Basketball-Reference.com entry