Jack Paul McClinton is an American professional basketball

Basketball

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 player. A former college basketball

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 player, he was the starting shooting guard

Shooting guard

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 for the University of Miami

University of Miami

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 Hurricanes men's basketball team. He was selected in the second round by the San Antonio Spurs

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 in the 2009 NBA Draft

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. He was born in Baltimore

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, Maryland

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High school career

McClinton attended South Kent School

South Kent School

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 in Connecticut

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 for one season, where one of his teammates was future NBA player Dorell Wright

Dorell Wright

Dorell Lawrence Wright is an American professional basketball small forward with the Golden State Warriors. In the 2010-11 season, Wright became known for his three-point shooting.- NBA career :...

, following a four-year career at Calvert Hall College High School

Calvert Hall College High School

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 in Baltimore.

College career

After graduating from high school, McClinton received a few scholarship offers for basketball, and decided to attend Siena College

Siena College

Siena College is an independent Roman Catholic liberal arts college in Loudonville, in the town of Colonie, New York, United States. Siena is a four-year, coeducational, independent college in the Franciscan tradition, founded by the Franciscan Friars in 1937. It has 3,000 full-time students and...

, a small college in New York. He transferred out of Siena as his coach, Rob Lanier

Rob Lanier

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 was fired at the end of the season. Several schools were interested in McClinton's services, including the University of Maryland, College Park

University of Maryland, College Park

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, but he choose to attend the University of Miami instead as he thought UM will provide more playing time. After sitting out a full year because of NCAA transfer regulations, McClinton was selected to the 2007–08 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season First Team All-ACC, after leading the league in three-point field goal

Three-point field goal

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s and free throw

Free throw

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 percentage. For the 2008–09 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season

2008–09 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season

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, McClinton joined Tyler Hansbrough

Tyler Hansbrough

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 as the only players to repeat First-Team All-ACC Honors. He finished as the third leading scorer in the ACC, averaging 19.4 points per game

Points per game

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College statistics

Season Averages

Season	Team	G	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	3P%	FT%	MIN	TO
2004–05	Siena Saints Siena Saints men's basketball The Siena Saints men's basketball team represents Siena College in Loudonville, New York, United States. The Division I program competes in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. The Saints are coached by Mitch Buonaguro who just completed his first season as head coach at Siena after serving as...	30	13.6	5.0	2.6	1.1	0.0	.423	.357	.815	32.3	2.6
2005–06	Miami Hurricanes	Did not play – Transfer
2006–07	Miami Hurricanes	31	16.7	2.5	2.1	0.7	0.0	.404	.440	.895	31.5	2.4
2007–08	Miami Hurricanes	32	17.7	2.4	2.6	0.8	0.0	.428	.427	.919	31.5	2.5
2008–09	Miami Hurricanes	32	19.3	3.1	2.8	0.8	0.0	.449	.453	.885	32.2	2.6
Totals:		125	16.9	3.2	2.6	0.8	0.0	.427	.426	.880	31.9	2.5

Professional career

After McClinton was waived by the San Antonio Spurs he signed with Aliağa Petkim in the Turkish Basketball League

Turkish Basketball League

The Turkish Basketball League is the top men’s professional basketball league in Turkey, which is also called Turkish Premier Basketball League . There is also a Turkish Second Basketball League consisting of 2 divisions .-History:The first basketball game played in Turkey was at the Robert...

. Halfway through the season he was averaging 16.1 points on 40.4% shooting and 34.1% from 3-point range in 30.7 minutes per game. He shot his free throws at an accuracy of 85.7%. His highest scoring game of the season took place on December 23, 2009, when he made 8 three-pointers on his way to 33 points.