Former Pacer Bender Helping Hurricane Victims Recover, Rebuild

2008/09/23 22:00:22 @NBA.com: News

Anna Katherine Clemmons of ESPN The Magazine writes, "A long-limbed forward with a 39-inch vertical leap, Jonathan Bender stood 6-foot-7 by the time he was 13 years old. When the soft-spoken teen graduated from Picayune Memorial High School in rural Mississippi, those who saw him play called him the next Magic, the next Jordan. He could have squandered his remaining millions or succumbed to depression over being labeled a "has-been" before his 25th birthday. But this player was also an entrepreneur who'd watched the business-savvy NBA team owners, thinking 'I can be like them.'
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