Glen Anthony Rice Jr. (born January 1, 1991) is an American professional basketball player. He was drafted by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 2013 NBA draft and was traded on draft night to the Washington Wizards. In college, Rice played for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, but was dismissed from the team during his junior season for the 2011–12 Yellow Jackets team and went pro the following season, playing a year for the Rio Grande Valley Vipers of the NBA Development League (D-League). He led the Vipers to a D-League championship in 2013. As a professional, Rice has developed a reputation as a finisher and dunker, earning an invitation to the D-League slam dunk contest and earning two slam dunk of the day recognitions in the 2013 NBA Summer League. He was MVP of the 2014 NBA Summer League and the 2018 Israeli State Cup. In 2017-18 he was the top scorer in the Israel Basketball Premier League. In August 2020, he signed with Juventus Utena of Lithuanian Basketball League but was fired after just ten days. In high school, Rice was the Cobb County, Georgia player of the year as a junior at George Walton Comprehensive High School, and was an All-State selection in his junior and senior years. He joined a highly recruited class at Georgia Tech. He is the son of NBA All-Star Glen Rice. He is known for his athleticism and is a fairly established three point shooter. High school career As a junior, Rice was the 2008 Cobb County high school basketball boy's player of the year, according to the Marietta Daily Journal, as well as a third team (honorable mention) All-State selection by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. When he signed his National Letter of Intent in November 2008, Rice was described as a late bloomer. As a senior, he was a Class AAAAA All-state selection (2nd team by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and 1st team by the Georgia Sportswriters Association). Rice was ranked as the 13th, 32nd, and 35th-best high school basketball shooting guard in the country as a senior in 2009 by Rivals.com, Scout.com, and ESPN, respectively. His father's alma mater, University of Michigan did not recruit him for their basketball team until after he had already committed to Georgia Tech. Rice was part of a Georgia Tech recruiting class that was ranked 21st in the nation, and included Derrick Favors. Rice's Georgia Tech biography