Jay Vincent, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
TweetJay Vincent
American basketball player
Date of Birth: 10-Jun-1959
Place of Birth: Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States
Profession: basketball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About Jay Vincent
- Jay Fletcher Vincent (born June 10, 1959) is a retired American professional basketball player. A 6'7" forward, Vincent played at Michigan State University under coach, Jud Heathcote, where he teamed with Magic Johnson and Greg Kelser to win the 1979 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.
- Vincent won the Big Ten scoring championship in his junior and senior years.
- He was then selected by the Dallas Mavericks in the second round of the 1981 NBA draft (24th overall pick), and he went on to have a productive 9-year NBA career, playing for the Mavericks (1981–86), Washington Bullets (1986–87), Denver Nuggets (1987–89), San Antonio Spurs (1989), Philadelphia 76ers (1989–1990) and Los Angeles Lakers (1990).
- He concluded his NBA career in 1990 with 8,729 career points, 3,167 career rebounds, and 1,124 career assists. Vincent is the older brother of seven-year NBA player and former NBA coach Sam Vincent. In August 2010 it was revealed that an East Lansing, Michigan, company owned by Vincent was involved in a scam that defrauded about 20,000 people across the United States out of more than $2 million.
- On August 18, 2010, Vincent and another man were indicted by a federal grand jury on mail fraud charges stemming from conduct between 2006 and 2009.
- Vincent later pleaded guilty.
- In July 2011 he voluntarily revoked his bond and was jailed ahead of his September 2011 sentencing.
- He was sentenced to five and a half years in prison on September 2, 2011. Upon being released in March 2016, he worked as a manager at a Battle Creek, Michigan, based restaurant called Juicy Burger until his release from parole in July 2016.
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