Background
Benoit was born in Lafayette, Louisiana.
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David Benoit
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Lafayette High School.
Career
He played high school basketball at Lafayette High School (Louisiana) and also had his jersey retired there. Benoit played in the NJCAA for Tyler Junior College, from 1986 to 1988. His last two years of college basketball were spent with the University of Alabama"s Crimson Tide.
Utah Jazz
Benoit was never chosen in the 1990 National Basketball Association Draft, playing his first professional season in Spain.
In the following year, he joined the National Basketball Association"s Utah Jazz as a free agent, and would post interesting numbers during his five-season spell. In 1993, high-flying Benoit participated in the National Basketball Association Slam Dunk Contest, where he finished a respectable 4th out of eight contestants.
New Jersey/Orlando
After losing his starting position to Chris Morris, Benoit left the Jazz in the 1996 summer, and signed with the New Jersey Nets. He spent his first season in the sidelines, due to injury.
In early 1998, Benoit was traded, alongside Yinka Dare and Kevin Edwards, to the Orlando Magic, for Brian Evans and Rony Seikaly, appearing in 24 games and averaging six points.
He left the United States. to play with Maccabi Tel-Aviv in Israel, due in part to the 1998 National Basketball Association lockout, and remained there for two years. Jazz return
In 2000, Benoit returned to the team where he began his career. Now only a fringe player, he averaged 3.6 points in 49 games, as the Salt Lake City club once again qualified for the playoffs.
After leaving the National Basketball Association at the age of 33 (with averages of exactly seven points and four rebounds, in 492 games), Benoit played for the Shanghai Sharks alongside Yao Ming in the Chinese Basketball Association, winning the 2001-2002 league championship.
He spent four of the last five seasons of his career in the Japan Basketball League.
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Membership
During his career, he played eight years in the National Basketball Association, six as a member of the Utah Jazz.
