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Years ago
Razorbacks pick up second import
Jermaine Blackburn arrives from the US on Monday to join West Sydney. He's been trialling with the Sonics for an NBA spot. Razorbacks coach Mark Watkins considers Blackburn to be the "new Leroy Loggins".
"He wants to be an NBA player in a year or two. Although the Supersonics said Jermaine wasn't quite ready, they will be keeping an eye on him. They advised him to work on his game in a strong league and he picked Australia because we have a good league and he knows he's going to get a lot of minutes to develop."
The NBL and Razorbacks sites neglect to mention his stats, but he's a 6'6" GF weighing 216lbs from Boise State. In 04/05, he averaged 15.4 PPG, up from 13.7 PPG in 03/04.