Glen Rice, Jr.

Who is Glen Rice, Jr.?

Glen Anthony Rice, Jr. is an American professional basketball swingman with the Washington Wizards of the National Basketball Association. He was drafted by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 2013 NBA Draft, but he was traded on draft night to the Wizards. He formerly played college basketball for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets basketball team but was dismissed from the team during his junior season for the 2011–12 Yellow Jackets team and went pro the following season, playing a year for the Rio Grande Valley Vipers of the NBA Development League. He led the Vipers to a D-League championship in 2013. He is the son of NBA All-Star and Finals Champion Glen Rice. As a pro, Rice, Jr. has developed a reputation as a dunker, earning an invitation to the D-League slam dunk contest and then earning two slam dunk of the day recognitions in the NBA Summer League.

In high school, Rice was the Cobb County, Georgia player of the year as a junior at George Walton Comprehensive High School and an All-State selection as both a junior and senior. He joined a highly recruited class at Georgia Tech.