Memphis native and Southwind High School graduate Jarnell Stokes will be sporting Beale Street blue this NBA season. The hometown ball player averaged 12.2 points and 9.4 rebounds in 26.6 minutes and recorded three double-doubles in five games (four starts) last month for the Grizzlies during the 2014 Orlando Pro Summer League. He ranked second among all players in rebounds per game.
He played college basketball at the University of Tennessee. He was one of the top rated high school players in the class of 2012. He was selected in with the 35th overall pick in the 2014 NBA draft by the Utah Jazz, and later traded to the Memphis Grizzlies.
The Memphis Grizzlies signed 2014 second round draft pick Jarnell Stokes to a multi-year contract.
Before entering the NBA Draft, Stokes played three years at the University of Tennessee (2011-14), averaging 13.0 points, 9.6 rebounds and 1.08 blocks on .530 shooting in 29.7 minutes in 87 games. The 20-year-old left the Volunteers ranked fourth in school history in double-doubles (40), eighth in total rebounds (836) and 14th in blocks (94). He led the Southeastern Conference in offensive rebounding in each of his final two years in Knoxville.
Welcome back home Jarnell! Can’t wait to see you in action at the Grind House.
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