Janisse turns pro: Former KU guard Jelani Janisse has landed a job playing in a professional basketball league.

L-J World, July 31, 2002 

More accurately, it's a pro "Slamball" league.

Janisse, a 6-foot-3, 220-pounder who played at KU from 1997-99, is a starter for "Rumble" one of six teams in the Slamball League that debuts at 7 p.m. Saturday on TNN (cable channel 56).

According to the official Web site, Slamball is billed as a "human video game. It combines the fastcourt action of basketball with elements of football, hockey, lacrosse and gymnastics."

Eight trampolines are placed on a basketball court, with players allowed full body contact in bringing the ball up court. Trampolines are located at the top of each arc, with two on the perimeter. One is under each basket for goalies who contest players' dunk attempts.

Dunks are awarded three points "to punish the defense for not guarding the goal," league rules report.

Players wear protective headgear and elbow and knee pads in the Los Angeles-based league, which is a venture of Tollin/Robbins productions in association with Warner Brothers.

Former Philadelphia 76ers president Pat Croce is a partner.