Wayne Turner

Who is Wayne Turner?

Wayne Keon Turner is a retired American professional basketball player. He played high school basketball at Beaver Country Day School in Brookline, Massachusetts. As a star point guard for the University of Kentucky's Wildcats during a four-year period in which they won two national titles and lost in the championship game once. He set the NCAA record for games played with 151 games in his four-year Kentucky Wildcats career.

During his college career he appeared twice on the cover of Sports Illustrated magazine. Following his college years he played for the NBA's Boston Celtics and the International Basketball League's Cincinnati Stuff. In 2000 he signed with the Harlem Globetrotters. In 2002 he played for the Dakota Wizards of the Continental Basketball Association and helped the team win the 2002 CBA Championship. Turner rejoined the Wizards in 2005, helping them reach the play-offs. In 2008 he returned to the CBA as a member of the East Kentucky Miners.

Wayne Turner also played as an import in the Italian team Andrea Costa Imola, and in the Australasian National Basketball League for the Townsville Crocodiles, before his contract was terminated following charges laid in the U.S. after police found an illegally-possessed 9mm handgun, loaded with 12 rounds, in his rental car. Turner said the case was eventaully dismissed in 2005. He also signed a one-year deal with the NBL's New Zealand Breakers.