Clifford Clinkscales is an American professional basketball player for the Halifax Hurricanes of the National Basketball League of Canada. He is a 6-foot-1-inch (185-pound) point guard who played at DePaul from 2004-2008. He was an NBL Canada All-Star in 2014, and subsequently won the league championship in 2016. He hopes to one day play for the Toronto Raptors of the Canadian Basketball League.
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Clifford Clinkscales is an American professional basketball player for the Halifax Hurricanes of the National Basketball League of Canada. A native of Jamaica, Queens in New York City, he rose to prominence as a basketball player at a young age, drawing attention from coaches around the country. He played with the DePaul Blue Demons from 2004 to 2008 and joined the BayHawks soon after. He was an NBL Canada All-Star in 2014, and subsequently won the league championship in 2016. He has been playing professionally since 2008, appearing in the NBA D-League, American Basketball League, and NHL Canada. He is a 6-foot-1-inch (185-pound) point guard who played at DePaul from 2004-2008. He led NCAA Division I in assist-to-turnover ratio as a senior. His mother and a family friend, Clarence Washington, rather than his biological father, introduced him to the game of basketball, with his sister, Kima, teaching him how to dribble. In January 2004, he recorded 24 points and eight assists, including a layup with four seconds left in regulation, to defeat Trinity Catholic High School, the top-ranked team at the time. In another contest that month, Clinks cales notched 31 points and 11 assists in a triple-overtime loss to Gaino High School. In his time in Florida, he had a growth spurt and stood nearly 6ft (1.5m) tall (183-lbs) by the end of his high school career.
In October 2016, he affirmed in October 2016 that he would represent the team in the 2016–2017 season. He said he regrets leaving Queens after Norm Roberts, who had shown an interest in him, was hired by St. John’s. In the following year, he transferred to Shores Christian Academy in Ocala, Florida, where his team won the National Association of Christian Athletes title. At Shores, he became a top player on the basketball team, averaging 21 points and 12 assists during his senior year. He also played for the Erie BayH Hawks, Rio Grande Valley Vipers, Panama City Breeze, and Halifax Rainmen. He now lives in Halifax, Canada with his wife and two children, and works as a pastor’s assistant at a local church. He hopes to one day play for the Toronto Raptors of the Canadian Basketball League. He currently plays for the Halifax Rainmen, a team that he joined in 2008. He previously played in the Erie BayHawks, Rio Grande Valley Vipers, and Panama City Breeze of the NBA D-League. His father, Clarence, is a pastor and the administrator of the school, and Nancy was an office staff member at the Shores Christian Academy. He was featured by Slam, was labeled a “prodigy’ by the New York Post, and appeared on the TV programs The Oprah Winfrey Show and The Rosie O’Donnell Show.
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