Andre Wakefield is a retired American

United States

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 professional basketball

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 player. He was a 6'2½" (189 cm) 175 lb (79 kg) guard and played high school basketball at Crane High School in Chicago, and collegiately at the College of Southern Idaho

College of Southern Idaho

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 and Loyola University Chicago

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. He played briefly in the NBA

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 from 1978 to 1980.

NBA

Wakefield was selected with the 19th pick in the 5th round of the 1978 NBA Draft

1978 NBA Draft

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 by the Phoenix Suns

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. In two seasons with three different teams (Detroit Pistons

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, Chicago Bulls

Chicago Bulls

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, Utah Jazz

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), he averaged 2.3 points, 1.0 rebounds and 0.9 assists per game. After his playing days, he became an assistant coach at Loyola.

External links

• NBA stats @ basketballreference.com