Othyus Jeffers

Othyus Jeffers is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for the Barangay Ginebra San Miguel of the Philippine Basketball Association . Jeffers played college basketball with the University of Illinois at Chicago for two years, before transferring to Robert Morris University for his senior season. He then started his professional career with the Iowa Energy of the NBA DLeague, a minor league basketball organization owned and run by the NBA. He has had stints with three prior NBA teams the Utah Jazz, the San Antonio Spurs, and the Washington Wizards. He has also spent a short stint in Italy with NGC Cant.

Othyus Jeffers was born in Chicago, Illinois to Geraldine Allen. He grew up in the Chicagos West Side. His three older brothers, Henry Allen, Gerome Allen and Edmund Allen, all played basketball in high school and Jeffers often attended his brothers games and practice. In 1993, when Jeffers was in the third grade, Gerome was shot to death near the familys apartment. Nine years later, during his senior year at Hubbard High School, he lost another brother. Edmund was shot to death in another shooting incident nearby. However, the incident did not stop him from playing basketball, as he and his halfbrother and high school teammate, Standell King, attended practice just a day after the incident.

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