Justise Winslow

Position: Forward
Height: 6-6 /198 cms
Weight: 212 lbs / 96 kgs
School: St. John’s School ‘14
Hometown: Houston, Texas

USA Basketball Notes

• Gold Medals: 2012 FIBA U17 World Championship.
  
• Honors: Named to the five-member All-FIBA U17 World Championship Team.
  
• Member of the 2012 USA U17 World Championship Team that compiled an 8-0 record en route to earning the FIBA U17 World Championship gold medal in Kaunas, Lithuania; started five of eight games and averaged 9.9 ppg., a tournament fourth-best 8.8 rpg. and a tournament second-best (tie) 2.6 spg.
• Helped the U.S. U17 squad claim a pair of exhibition victories over Australia and Latvia in Las Palmas, Canary Islands; averaged 10.0 ppg., 8.5 rpg. and 2.5 spg.
  
• Participated in the 2011 USA Developmental National Team training camp, held Oct. 15-16 in Colorado Springs, Colo.
• Named to the 2011-12 USA Basketball Developmental National Team on Oct. 14, 2011.
• Participated in the 2010 USA Basketball Developmental National Team mini-camp, held Oct. 9-10 in Colorado Springs, Colo.

College Notes

• Lists Arizona, Florida, Kansas, North Carolina, Texas, Texas A&M and UCLA among his college choices.

High School Honors

• Houston Chronicle All-Greater Houston third team (2012).
• MaxPreps Sophomore All-America third team (2012).
• All-Southwest Preparatory Conference (SPC) (2011, 2012).

High School Notes

• Has played two seasons at St. John’s School in Houston, Texas and helped the Mavericks win back-to-back SPC Division 1 titles for the first time in program history; started all 69 games played and amassed 1,324 points.
• As a sophomore in 2011-12, averaged 22.5 ppg., 11.4 rpg., 3.2 apg., 2.7 spg. and 2.0 bpg. as he led St. John’s to their second straight SPC Division 1 title as the Mavericks finished the season 24-12.
• As a freshman in 2010-11, averaged 15.3 ppg., 9.6 rpg., 3.2 apg., 2.4 spg. and 2.5 bpg. to help St. John’s to a 21-12 record and their first SPC Division 1 title since the 1978-79 season.
• RRecorded 43 points, 13 rebounds and seven assists in 2011 versus Episcopal High School.
• Plays AAU with Houston Hoops.

Personal Notes

• Born on March 26, 1996, in his hometown of Houston, Texas.
• Son of Robin Davis and Rickie Winslow; has three brothers, Josh (19), Cedrick (24) and Brandon (13), and one sister, Bianca (18).
• Father played collegiately at Houston, was drafted by the Chicago Bulls and played seven games for Milwaukee during the 1987-88 NBA season before competing professionally for three different teams in Turkey.
• Broke his arm while playing on the trampoline with his brother Josh and was sidelined from basketball for three months.
• Tweets under the handle @Chief_Justise.

The Inside Scoop

• Started playing basketball when he was in third grade.
• Most memorable moment from the 2008 Olympics: was more of an overall feeling. He remembers the “tradition and integrity of the Olympics as a whole.”
• Plans on majoring in business marketing in college.
• Top 5 movies of all time:  Friday, Friday Night Lights, Ocean’s Eleven, Space Jam, Bad Boys II.
• Favorite non-sports magazine: Cosmo.
• Favorite sports magazine: Sports Illustrated.
• Favorite Gatorade flavor: mango orange.
• If he could drive anything, it would be: a Ferrari.
• Currently drives: his brother’s Tahoe.
• Favorite Twitter account you follow: @MichaelBlackson or @SportsCenter.
• Batman or Superman: Superman.
• Indoor or beach volleyball: beach volleyball.
• Sprints or long-distance running: sprints.
• Scrabble or Words with Friends: Words with Friends.
• Favorite app: Fruit Ninja.
• Favorite sport other than basketball: football.
• Favorite classes: history, math.
• Favorite basketball player: J.R. Smith.
• Favorite basketball team: his 2010-11 St. John’s School team.
• Favorite Olympians: Charles Barkley or Michael Phelps.
• Most-played song or artist on your iPod: “Zoning” by Myth.
• Best player ever faced: J.R. Smith.
• Most impressive person ever met: Hakeem Olajuwon, due to his impact on global basketball.
• Would compare his game to: James Harden.
• This left-hander wears Nos. 42 and 11 because of his dad and brother.
• Away from basketball, enjoys: swimming and playing video games.
• Most people don’t know: he likes to play FIFA on Xbox.
• Superstitions: opening umbrellas inside and the 2012 Mayan prophecy.

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