Kiwane Garris is one of the most popular and richest Basketball Player who was born on September 24, 1974 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Retired basketball player who made a name for himself in Italy, where he played for nine years and won an Italian Supercup in Climamio Bologna. NBA fans might remember him for his days with the Denver Nuggets and Orlando Magic in the late 90’s.
He competed alongside Brad Miller as a member of the U.S. men’s basketball team at the 1998 World Championships.
Garris played college basketball at the University of Illinois, where his position was point guard. As a freshman in the 1993-94 season, Garris finished second on the Fighting Illini in scoring, behind Deon Thomas. In the next three seasons, Garris led the team lead in scoring and free-throw percentage. Garris also led the team in assists in the 1994–95 and 1996-97 seasons. Garris finished his career at Illinois as the second all-time leading scorer, behind former teammate Deon Thomas. Garris finished with 1948 career points, with a career scoring average of 16.8 points per game.
Although Garris was projected to be a late first round or early second round pick in the NBA Draft, he went undrafted, but signed as a free-agent with the Denver Nuggets. He had been signed for a brief period by Los Angeles Clippers during their 1997 preseason but was waived. For the 1997-1998’s 28 games he did 8MPG, 2.4 PPG. Playing for the Orlando Magic during 1999-2000, 3 games, 7.7 MPG, 1.3 PPG. In 2002, he was signed by the Sacramento Kings (2002 preseason), but was again waived before the regular season. He has also played with the Grand Rapids Hoops of the CBA and for Alba Berlin in Germany.
He married R&B singer Syleena Johnson . They have children named Kiwane and Kingston.
