Javaris Cortez Crittenton was born on December 31, 1987. Javaris Crittenton is an American professional basketball player at point guard for the NBA's Memphis Grizzlies. Javaris Crittenton was previously the starting point guard for the Georgia Tech men's basketball team.
Javaris Crittenton bio at Georgia Tech
Javaris Crittenton was the most highly regarded point guard (rated No. 1 at his position by Rivals.com, seventh-best high school player overall) to enroll at Tech since Stephon Marbury in 1995 ... Muscular point guard with size and explosiveness ... Javaris Crittenton was excellent in first step, difficult to guard one-on-one ... Excels at breaking defenders down off the dribble, getting into the lane and to the basket ... Can overpower defenders with his strength ... Excellent competitive drive, always striving to get better ... Javaris Crittenton was an excellent student who is described as a gym rat who loves to study tape, much like former Tech star Jarrett Jack, and has an impressive collection of videotape of great point guards.
Javaris Crittenton bio in High School
Javaris Crittenton was a five-star prospect from Southwest Atlanta Christian School, making the McDonald's All-America team as well as third-team Parade and EA Sports All-America teams following his senior year ... Rated as high as No. 6 nationally (Hoop Scoop) and was the top-rated point guard in the country according to Rivals, No. 3 by Scout.com ... Final PrepStars.com ranking was No. 20.
Javaris Crittenton was playing for four years at Southwest Atlanta Christian Academy, where he helped his school to Class A state championships in 2004 and 2006, and runner-up finishes in 2003 and 2005 ... SACA posted a 113-19 record in his four years under head coach Courtney Brooks ... Earned all-state honors three times, and was named Mr. Georgia Basketball in 2006 by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Javaris Crittenton had an average of 29 points, seven rebounds and nine assists per game as a senior, when SACA went 28-5 and defeated Whitefield Academy for the state title ... Scored eight points and had three assists in the McDonald's All-American game in San Diego ... Scored 16 points (5-15 FG, 1-9 threes) with seven boards, four assists and three steals at the Derby Festival in Louisville ... Played in the 2006 Nike Junior World Championship in Paris, France.
Javaris Crittenton earned high honorable mention honors from Street & Smith's following his junior year ... Played with current Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard at SACA and together they won the GHSA class A state championship in 2004 ... Without Howard in 2005, he carried SACA to the state final, averaging 28.4 points, 7.5 assists and 8.2 rebounds and 3.6 steals per game ... Also played in the 2005 USA Youth Developmental Festival, averaging 9.6 points while making 50 percent of his field goal attempts for the White team, which went 5-0 and won the gold medal.
Javaris Crittenton was aA 3.5 GPA student who was a member of the Future Business Leaders of America and the Senior Beta Club ... Played in the summers with the Atlanta Celtics AAU team.
