Chris Owens (basketball)

Haywood Chris Owens (born March 1, 1979 in Akron, Ohio) is an American professional basketball player, presently with the German league team ALBA Berlin. He played collegiately at Tulane University and the University of Texas. He was selected by the Milwaukee Bucks in the 2nd round of the 2002 NBA Draft but traded to the Memphis Grizzlies for whom he played one game.

Chris Owens is the great-nephew of 1930s African-American track and field star, Jesse Owens,^[1] who won four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.

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2002 NBA Draft
First Round Yao Ming \| Jay Williams \| Mike Dunleavy, Jr. \| Drew Gooden \| Nikoloz Tskitishvili \| Dajuan Wagner \| Maybyner "Nene" Hilario \| Chris Wilcox \| Amare Stoudemire \| Caron Butler \| Jared Jeffries \| Melvin Ely \| Marcus Haislip \| Fred Jones \| Bostjan Nachbar \| Jiri Welsch \| Juan Dixon \| Curtis Borchardt \| Ryan Humphrey \| Kareem Rush \| Qyntel Woods \| Casey Jacobsen \| Tayshaun Prince \| Nenad Krstić \| Frank Williams \| John Salmons \| Chris Jefferies \| Dan Dickau
Second Round Steve Logan \| Roger Mason, Jr. \| Robert Archibald \| Vincent Yarbrough \| Dan Gadzuric \| Carlos Boozer \| Milos Vujanić \| David Andersen \| Tito Maddox \| Rod Grizzard \| Juan Carlos Navarro \| Mario Kasun \| Ronald Murray \| Jason Jennings \| Lonny Baxter \| Sam Clancy \| Matt Barnes \| Jamal Sampson \| Chris Owens \| Peter Fehse \| Darius Songaila \| Federico Kammerichs \| Marcus Taylor \| Rasual Butler \| Tamar Slay \| Mladen Sekularac \| Luis Scola \| Randy Holcomb \| Corsley Edwards