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Jordan Walsh (born March 3, 2004) is an American professional basketball player for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). A guard–forward, he played one season of college basketball for the Arkansas Razorbacks after being a consensus five-star recruit and a McDonald’s All-American. The Sacramento Kings selected him with the 38th overall pick in the 2023 NBA draft and traded his draft rights to Boston. Walsh was a member of the Celtics’ 2024 NBA championship team.
Walsh was born and raised in DeSoto, Texas. He attended Faith Family Academy in Dallas for his first three years of high school. As a freshman, he made the game-winning dunk in the 2019 Class 4A state championship game to give Faith Family its first state title. As a junior, Walsh averaged 18 points, 11 rebounds, five assists, 2.4 steals and 2.3 blocks per game and was named Class 4A All-State by the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches.
Walsh transferred to Link Academy in Branson, Missouri, before his senior year. He averaged 15.3 points, 7.2 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game and was named the 2022 MaxPreps Missouri Player of the Year. Link Academy finished…
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