Jonathan Bender

American basketball player (born 1981)

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Also known as Jonathan Rene Bender

Born: January 30, 1981
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1.Stated in FIBA databaseRetrieved 2025-06-05
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Birthplace: Picayune
Citizenship: United States
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Occupation: basketball player
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1.Stated in RealGMRetrieved 2022-04-04
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Education: Picayune Memorial High School
Height: 211 cm
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1.Stated in Basketball ReferenceRetrieved 2017-02-05
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Jonathan Rene Bender is an American former professional basketball player who played for the Indiana Pacers and New York Knicks in the National Basketball Association (NBA). A highly touted 6'11" prospect who mostly played shooting guard in high school, Bender's unusual height for his position and potential garnered much attention leading up to the 1999 NBA draft. After playing 78 games for the Pacers in 2001, knee injuries limited him to a combined 76 games over the next four seasons. He played 25 games for the Knicks in 2009 before his retirement.

Overview

NBA stats — season by season

8 seasons · from AIDB's NBA dataset

Season	Team	G	GS	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	3P%	FT%	PPG	RPG	APG
1999–2000	IND	24	1	130	64	21	3	1	5	32.900	16.700	66.700	2.7	0.9	0.1
2000–01	IND	59	7	574	193	74	32	7	28	35.500	26.800	73.500	3.3	1.3	0.5
2001–02	IND	78	17	1,647	581	244	62	19	49	43.000	36.000	77.300	7.4	3.1	0.8
2002–03	IND	46	2	819	303	133	42	8	56	44.100	35.800	71.400	6.6	2.9	0.9
2003–04	IND	21	0	271	148	40	9	5	11	47.200	40.900	83.000	7.0	1.9	0.4
2004–05	IND	7	0	93	36	14	4	1	2	40.000	20.000	50.000	5.1	2.0	0.6
2005–06	IND	2	0	21	10	4	2	0	1	80.000	—	100.000	5.0	2.0	1.0
2009–10	NYK	25	1	292	118	52	16	2	17	40.000	35.900	92.300	4.7	2.1	0.6
Career		262	28	3,847	1,453	582	170	43	169	.417	.340	.763	5.5	2.2	0.6

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Sex or gender: male
Member of sports team: Indiana Pacers
New York Knicks
Position played on team / speciality: small forward
Given name: Jonathan
Sport: basketball
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1.Stated in National Basketball AssociationRetrieved 2022-04-23
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Drafted by: Toronto Raptors
Mass: 92 kg
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1.Stated in Basketball ReferenceRetrieved 2017-02-05
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Family name: Bender
Country for sport: United States
End of work period: 2010
Start of work period: 1999
League: National Basketball Association
Native language: English

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