Education
Seton Hall University.
Seton Hall University.
Born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, Avent played for the Milwaukee Buckinghamshire, Orlando Magic, Vancouver Grizzlies, Utah Jazz and Los Angeles Clippers in six National Basketball Association seasons. He played collegiately at Seton Hall University where he played in the 1989 National Collegiate Athletic Association championship game. Prior to Seton Hall, Avent played at Malcolm X Shabazz High School in Newark, New Jersey.
In the 1996-1997 season he played in several games for the perennially powerful Greek team Panathinaikos, and in 2001 he played for PAOK British Columbia.