When Andrew Katz left Shox this offseason to head to law school, they needed a bruiser in the post to fill his void. Enter J.J. Jensen. While his skills went unutilized last year on Dunk, this year Jensen has been given a starting role on one of the NRF's best teams. Depending on how well he delivers, will determine how good Shox can be. Take a few minutes to learn a little bit more about J.J....
Name: J.J. Jensen
Team: Shox
Industry: Music
Job title: Own and operate Foundation Media (www.foundation-media.com)
What do you do for your job? Radio promo, digital distribution, marketing, licensing, management, web design – industry hustler.
Age: 32
Hometown: Petersburg, West Virginia
Height: 6-0
Weight: 200
Shoe size: 12
Position: Power Forward
My Home Court: Wherever I’m at
Playing Experience: Little league to high school varsity, JV & intramurals at James Madison University, NRF & NY Urban Professionals, and a lot of pickup in between.
Favorite Sneakers: FREE ones. New Balance 574’s (not for playing)
Favorite Player: Dominique Wilkins
Favorite Team: Kansas Jayhawks (college over pros)
Go-to-Move: Just hustling, playing harder than most
I play: Bigger than I am
Coming up I admired: Mom, Dad, Dominique, Barkley, Reggie Miller, David Robinson, Pete Rose, 1990 Cincinnati Reds.
My basketball moment: At my high school’s holiday tournament, we were down 1 in overtime with 3 seconds left. I caught the ball on the baseline off of an inbounds play, did a quick spin move in to a reverse layup for the win. My local paper described the move as an “NBA style layup.” Hahaha.