Marreese Speights

Marreese Akeem Speights (born August 4, 1987) is an American professional basketball player for the Guangzhou Long-Lions of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). He played college basketball for the University of Florida, where he was a freshman member of the Florida Gators\' NCAA national championship team in 2007. The Philadelphia 76ers selected him with the 16th overall pick in the 2008 NBA draft.\n', ' Speights was born in St. Petersburg, Florida. He played basketball at St. Petersburg\'s Admiral Farragut Academy, which retired his jersey number after one year. He also played basketball at Hargrave Military Academy (senior year) and Gibbs High School.\n', ' Considered a four-star recruit by Rivals.com, Speights was listed as the No. 13 power forward and the No. 51 player in the nation in 2006.\n', '