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]
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
- ^ Les Jepsen profile and statistics Archived 2006-06-16 at the Wayback Machine, basketballreference.com
- ^ KINGS: Mitch Richmond's Jersey To Be Retired
- ^ Franzke, Rüdiger (1997-05-23). "Dunkings, Blocks und tolle Körbe". Wedel-Schulauer-Tageblatt (in German).
- ^ Eurobasket. "Les Jepsen Player Profile, Newcastle Eagles, News, Stats – Eurobasket". Eurobasket LLC. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
- ^ "Resultat". DN.SE (in Swedish). 1997-10-29. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
External links
- Les Jepsen – Hawkeye Sports News
- Les Jepsen interview @ thedraftreview.com
- College & NBA stats @ basketballreference.com
- Les Jepsen interview[permanent dead link] @ dailyiowan.com
- Recent photo of Les Jepsen @ www.jepsenconsulting.com
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