John Celestand
Basketball Player
1977 –
Who is John Celestand?
John Celestand is a retired American professional basketball player.
A 6'4" shooting guard, Celestand attended Piscataway Township High School in Piscataway, New Jersey before playing collegiately at Villanova University. Celestand was selected by the Los Angeles Lakers with the No. 30 overall pick of the 1999 NBA Draft. He was a member of the Lakers' 1999–2000 championship team, and has spent several years playing professionally in Italy—for Skipper Bologna for two months in late 2001—, France and Germany.
Celestand is currently living in New Jersey. He is the co-owner of the company All-State Basketball where he trains young aspiring basketball players in Central New Jersey. He works as an announcer for ESPN Plus and ESPNU covering college basketball games. He is also a studio analyst on 76ers Post Game Live for Comcast Sportsnet Philadelphia. In addition John is the color analyst for IMG College Radio covering the National Big East Game of the Week and MSG Varsity covering high school basketball in New Jersey.
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- Born
- Mar 6, 1977
Houston - Ethnicity
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Villanova University
- Piscataway Township High School
- Lived in
- Houston
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on July 23, 2013
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