Roy Lee Rogers Jr. (born August 19, 1973) is an American professional

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coach and former player who is an assistant coach for the

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of the

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(NBA). He played

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for

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and was a first-round selection of the

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in the

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. Rogers played four seasons in the NBA with the Grizzlies,

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and

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. He also played in Russia, Italy and Poland. Rogers started his NBA coaching career as an assistant with the

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in 2008. He has also served as an assistant coach for the Boston Celtics,

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and

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College career

Rogers played his college hoops at

under coach David Hobbs. He tied the NCAA record for blocks in a game with 14 against

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on Feb. 10, 1996 and is second all-time in the Crimson Tide basketball record book for career blocked shots with 266. Rogers was named first team All- SEC for the 1995–1996 season when he averaged 13.5 points per game, 9.3 rebounds per game and 4.9 blocks per game.

Professional career

Rogers, a 6' 9"

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from the

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, was selected with the 22nd overall pick in the

by the

. He was traded to the

one season later for Tony Massenburg and a second-round draft pick. Just before the 1998 All-Star break, he was traded to the

, with Dee Brown, Chauncey Billups, and John Thomas in a deal that sent Zan Tabak, Kenny Anderson, and Popeye Jones. He was then traded to the Houston Rockets, along with two first round draft picks in exchange for

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. He was later sent to the

, along with a 1999 second-round pick, in a deal for

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, but was waived by them after appearing in one game. He appeared in 137 NBA games between 1996 and 2000, averaging 4.8 points per game. He last played professionally in 2003 in

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Coaching career

Rogers began his coaching career as an assistant with the Huntsville Flight of the

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in the 2004–05 season. He joined the Tulsa 66ers for the 2005–06 season and then spent the next two seasons with the

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. Rogers began his NBA coaching career as an assistant coach for the

in 2008. On August 3, 2010, he became a scout for the Nets. Shortly after, he left for the Boston Celtics. In 2013, he joined

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's coaching staff on the

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. The next season, he joined the

coaching staff. On June 1, 2016, Rogers became an assistant coach for the

. On May 24, 2019, Rogers and the Rockets mutually agreed to part ways following a 4–2 loss to the

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for the fourth time in five years. This parting of ways also came after the firing of Jeff Bzdelik, another assistant coach for Houston. On July 3, 2019, Rogers was hired by the

as an assistant coach. On October 12, 2020, the organization announced Rogers would not return to the coaching staff under newly hired head coach Billy Donovan. On November 16, 2020, Rogers was hired as an assistant coach for the

under head coach Tyronn Lue. On August 2, 2021, Rogers was hired as an assistant coach by the

of the

(NBA).

NBA career statistics

Regular season

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