5
Former NBA · Est. 1999

The comeback
never ended.

NBA veteran, entrepreneur, inventor, author
and joint pain coach.
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NBA VeteranEntrepreneurInventorAuthorJoint Pain Coach
#5Overall pick, 1999 NBA Draft
31McDonald's All-American record, passing Michael Jordan's 30
7Seasons with the Indiana Pacers
2009Came back to the NBA with the New York Knicks
Ventures

Off the court,
still in the game.

Joint pain coaching

Bend Method

A lifestyle strategy that helps people with bone-on-bone knees avoid replacement surgery.

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Inventor

JBIT MedPro

The self-rehab device he built with Purdue University. It got his knees back into the NBA.

Author

The Courtside CEO

How an NBA mindset turned into a business built on a product.

Giving back

The Jonathan Bender Foundation

Started in New Orleans in 2007 after Hurricane Katrina. It teaches kids business and life skills.

The story

Five chapters.

1999

Drafted #5 overall

Picked straight out of Picayune High School in Mississippi.

2006

Retired at 25

Chronic knee problems ended his run with the Pacers.

2007

Invented the JBIT

Duct tape, ankle weights and a vision in a Houston park.

2009

Back in the NBA

Knicks doctors said he had the strongest lower body on the team.

Today

Coach & founder

Through Bend Method, he helps people avoid knee replacement.

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