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John Jay Humphries (born October 17 1962 in Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California

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) is a retired American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 professional basketball
Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a basketball through a 10 feet  high hoop under organized rules....
 player in the NBA
National Basketball Association

The National Basketball Association is North America's premier professional men's basketball league, composed of thirty teams: twenty-nine in the United States and one in Canada....
. Most recently an assistant coach for the Phoenix Suns
Phoenix Suns

The Phoenix Suns are a Professional sports basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association ....
, he is currently the first head coach of one of the NBA D-League
NBA Development League

The NBA Development League, or D-League, is the National Basketball Association's officially sponsored and operated minor league basketball organization....
's newest franchises, the Reno Bighorns.

A 6'3" (1.90 m) guard from the University of Colorado
University of Colorado at Boulder

The University of Colorado at Boulder is a public research university located in Boulder, Colorado. Considered a Public Ivy, it is the flagship university of the University of Colorado system and was founded five months before Colorado was admitted to the union in 1876....
, Humphries was selected 11th overall by the Phoenix Suns
Phoenix Suns

The Phoenix Suns are a Professional sports basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association ....
 in the 1984 NBA Draft
1984 NBA Draft

The 1984 in sports NBA Draft saw the selection of four players who would be named among the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History at the league's 50th anniversary in 1996: Hakeem Olajuwon, Michael Jordan, Charles Barkley and John Stockton....
. He was traded to the Milwaukee Bucks
Milwaukee Bucks

The Milwaukee Bucks are a professional basketball team based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. They play in the National Basketball Association . The current franchise owner is U.S....
 in 1987. The Bucks traded him to the Utah Jazz
Utah Jazz

The Utah Jazz is a professional basketball team based in Salt Lake City, Utah. They are currently members of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association ....
 prior to the 1992-93 season
1992-93 NBA season

The 1992?93 NBA season was the 47th season of the National Basketball Association. The season ended with the Chicago Bulls winning their third-straight NBA Championship, beating the Phoenix Suns 4 games to 2 in the 1993 NBA Finals....
 in exchange for Blue Edwards
Blue Edwards

Theodore "Blue" Edwards is a retired United States professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association....
.

Humphries retired in 1995 as a member of the Boston Celtics
Boston Celtics

The Boston Celtics are a professional basketball team based in Boston, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, playing in the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association ....
; he holds career averages of 11.1 points and 5.5 assist
Assist (basketball)

In basketball, an assist is attributed to a player who passes the ball to a teammate in a way that leads to a score by field goal , meaning that he or she was "assisting" in the basket....
s per game.

Humphries began his basketball coaching career as an associate head coach in the Chinese
People's Republic of China

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 CBA
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The Chinese Basketball Association is the premier professional basketball List of professional sports leagues in People's Republic of China. It is commonly known as the CBA, and this acronym is often used even in Chinese language....
 in 2001.






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John Jay Humphries (born October 17 1962 in Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles is the largest city in the U.S. state of California and the List of United States cities by population in the United States. Often abbreviated as L.A. and nicknamed The City of Angels, Los Angeles is rated as a beta global city, has an estimated population of 3.8 million and spans over in Southern California....
) is a retired American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 professional basketball
Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a basketball through a 10 feet  high hoop under organized rules....
 player in the NBA
National Basketball Association

The National Basketball Association is North America's premier professional men's basketball league, composed of thirty teams: twenty-nine in the United States and one in Canada....
. Most recently an assistant coach for the Phoenix Suns
Phoenix Suns

The Phoenix Suns are a Professional sports basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association ....
, he is currently the first head coach of one of the NBA D-League
NBA Development League

The NBA Development League, or D-League, is the National Basketball Association's officially sponsored and operated minor league basketball organization....
's newest franchises, the Reno Bighorns.

A 6'3" (1.90 m) guard from the University of Colorado
University of Colorado at Boulder

The University of Colorado at Boulder is a public research university located in Boulder, Colorado. Considered a Public Ivy, it is the flagship university of the University of Colorado system and was founded five months before Colorado was admitted to the union in 1876....
, Humphries was selected 11th overall by the Phoenix Suns
Phoenix Suns

The Phoenix Suns are a Professional sports basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association ....
 in the 1984 NBA Draft
1984 NBA Draft

The 1984 in sports NBA Draft saw the selection of four players who would be named among the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History at the league's 50th anniversary in 1996: Hakeem Olajuwon, Michael Jordan, Charles Barkley and John Stockton....
. He was traded to the Milwaukee Bucks
Milwaukee Bucks

The Milwaukee Bucks are a professional basketball team based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. They play in the National Basketball Association . The current franchise owner is U.S....
 in 1987. The Bucks traded him to the Utah Jazz
Utah Jazz

The Utah Jazz is a professional basketball team based in Salt Lake City, Utah. They are currently members of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association ....
 prior to the 1992-93 season
1992-93 NBA season

The 1992?93 NBA season was the 47th season of the National Basketball Association. The season ended with the Chicago Bulls winning their third-straight NBA Championship, beating the Phoenix Suns 4 games to 2 in the 1993 NBA Finals....
 in exchange for Blue Edwards
Blue Edwards

Theodore "Blue" Edwards is a retired United States professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association....
.

Humphries retired in 1995 as a member of the Boston Celtics
Boston Celtics

The Boston Celtics are a professional basketball team based in Boston, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, playing in the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association ....
; he holds career averages of 11.1 points and 5.5 assist
Assist (basketball)

In basketball, an assist is attributed to a player who passes the ball to a teammate in a way that leads to a score by field goal , meaning that he or she was "assisting" in the basket....
s per game.

Humphries began his basketball coaching career as an associate head coach in the Chinese
People's Republic of China

The People's Republic of China , commonly known as China, is the largest country in East Asia and the List of countries by population in the world with over 1.3 billion people, approximately a fifth of the world's population....
 CBA
Chinese Basketball Association

The Chinese Basketball Association is the premier professional basketball List of professional sports leagues in People's Republic of China. It is commonly known as the CBA, and this acronym is often used even in Chinese language....
 in 2001. He spent another five years in the Korean Professional Basketball League in South Korea
South Korea

South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea , ), often referred to as Korea and the "names of Korea#Revival of the names", is a Semi-presidential system republic in East Asia, located in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula....
 as head coach of the Inchon ET Land Black Slamer, and associate head coach for the Wonju TG Xers.

In 1987, Humphries was one of 10 men, three of them Phoenix Suns players, indicted in a cocaine trafficking ring. Humphries was immediately drug tested, and tested negative. He later admitted to using marijuana during his rookie year and enrolled in a drug-rehabilitation program to clear his record. Throughout his 11-year career, Humphries did not test positive once.

In 1998 he joined a team of retired NBA players, including Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar , born Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor, Jr., then known as Lew Alcindor, is an American athlete and retired professional basketball player, widely considered one of the greatest National Basketball Association players of all time....
, Oscar Robertson
Oscar Robertson

Oscar Palmer Robertson , nicknamed "The Big O" or O-Train, is a former American National Basketball Association player with the Cincinnati Royals and the Milwaukee Bucks....
 and Adrian Dantley
Adrian Dantley

Adrian Delano Dantley is a retired United States basketball player who played 15 seasons in the National Basketball Association, seven of which as a member of the Utah Jazz....
 on a tour of China
People's Republic of China

The People's Republic of China , commonly known as China, is the largest country in East Asia and the List of countries by population in the world with over 1.3 billion people, approximately a fifth of the world's population....
 for a series of exhibition games against the Chinese national team.

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  • published September 11, 1987 @ query.nytimes.com