Major Wingate

Basketball Player

1983 –

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Who is Major Wingate?

Major Leon-Legrant Wingate is an American professional basketball player who currently plays at the center for the Springfield Armor of the NBA Development League .Started playing high school basketball at Wilson High School where he averaged 15 points, 14 rebounds, 7 assists and 4 blocks as a junior. For his senior year he moved to North Gwinnett where he was ranked among the top 50 players in the class of 2003 and 10th-best center prospect in the nation.

After a successful high school run he decided to play college basketball for the Tennessee Volunteers. In 2006, Windgate was kicked off the Tennessee Vols after violating the teams substance abuse policy, and subsequently Wingate decided to go pro and he landed in Greece still manifesting his desire to enter the NBA Draft which later he did but did not get picked. Wingate tried out for the Sacramento Kings but did not make the final cut. After this he decided to go overseas trying his luck in Turkey, China, France and Romania. In 2009 he got drafted by the newly formed NBA Development League team the Springfield Armor in the 2nd round.

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Born
Nov 10, 1983
Florence
Nationality
  • United States of America
Lived in
  • Florence

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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