Xavier Henry (born March 15, 1991) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the New Orleans Hornets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Henry, who is from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, played one year of college basketball with the Kansas Jayhawks before he was drafted in the 2010 NBA Draft by the Memphis Grizzlies.
Henry's brother, C. J., was a 2005 MLB draft first round pick and returned to college after playing three years of minor-league baseball in the New York Yankees and Philadelphia Phillies' organizations. The brothers' father, Carl, played basketball at Kansas in the 1980s and their mother played basketball for the Kansas women's team.
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