Darius Washington Jr.

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Darius Washington Jr.
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Darius Myron Washington Jr. (born December 6, 1985) is an American-Macedonian professional basketball player who last played for Peja of the Kosovo Superleague.

He is a

Austin Toros
in 2007.

Amateur career

An AAU national champion at age 10,[citation needed] Washington attended Edgewater High School in Orlando, Florida.[2] In his senior year, he played in an ESPN High School Showcase game against future NBA player Sebastian Telfair.[citation needed]

He went to University of Memphis, where he earned Conference USA Rookie of the Year and freshman All-American honors on averages of 15.4 points per game and a team-best 3.8 assists. With no time remaining in the championship game of the 2005 Conference-USA tournament, Washington was given three free throws to overcome a 75-73 lead by the sixth-ranked Louisville Cardinals. Although Washington was a 72-percent shooter, he missed two of the three foul shots, giving Louisville the win and an appearance in the NCAA tournament while Washington and the Tigers' season would continue in the NIT, where they would reach the semifinal round.[3][4][5]

In his sophomore season at Memphis, Washington helped lead the #1-seeded Tigers to an

All-American by the Associated Press
.

Professional career

On April 25, 2006, Washington declared himself as an early entry candidate for the 2006 NBA draft. Confident he would be drafted, he signed with a sports agent on June 26, two days before the draft, losing his eligibility to play in college. With analysts being skeptical on his reliability to play point guard, he was not drafted. Although analyst Dick Vitale and others believed Washington had a shot to make an NBA roster as a free agent,[6] he failed to do so after trying out with several teams during training camp.

Europe

He was later drafted by the

ULEB Cup
competition during the year with both clubs.

In January 2008, Washington signed a 2-year contract with the

Ural Great Perm
.

In July 2009, he signed a contract with

Galatasaray Cafe Crown.[7]

In April 2010, he signed with

Lottomatica Roma
until the end of the season.

In 2011, he joined the Piratas de Quebradillas.[8]

In the summer of 2011, he signed a contract with Türk Telekom.

In January 2013, he joined Israeli side

Olin Edirne Basket in Turkey.[10]

On June 23, 2014, he signed with his former team ČEZ Nymburk for the 2014–15 season.[11]

On January 16, 2018, he returned to Greece and joined

Iraklis Thessaloniki of the Greek A2 Basket League.[12]

On April 5, 2019, he signed with Macedonian basketball club Rabotnički.[13]

On May 4, 2020, he signed with

Phoenix Brussels.[14]

The Basketball Tournament (TBT)

In the summer of 2018, Washington competed in The Basketball Tournament on ESPN for Team DRC. In three games, he averaged 15.0 points, 4.0 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 2.0 steals per game. His team was eliminated in Super 16 Round by Ram Nation.

In the summer of 2019, he also competed in The Basketball Tournament on ESPN. In two games for Bluff City, he averages 12.5 points, 3.5 rebounds, 1.0 assists and 1 steals per game. His team was eliminated in Round 2 of Memphis Regional Tournament by Louisiana United.

Career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  PIR  Performance Index Rating
 Bold  Career high

NBA

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2007–08 San Antonio 18 0 8.1 .438 .333 .538 1.1 .8 .3 .0 2.9
Career 18 0 8.1 .438 .333 .538 1.1 .8 .3 .0 2.9

EuroLeague

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2007–08 Aris 9 2 22.6 .412 .400 .789 2.8 3.1 1.3 .3 10.2 11.8
2010-11
Roma
 16 13 26.5 .507 .300 .849 3.0 1.9 1.1 .0 13.0 12.3
Career 25 15 25.1 .477 .333 .824 2.9 2.4 1.2 .1 12.0 12.0

NBA

Washington signed with the

NBA D-League in late November.[15] He was called up in early December to take Tony Parker's spot on the roster while he healed from an injury; however, Washington was waived by the Spurs on December 28.[16]
He appeared in 18 games for the Spurs where he averaged 2.9 points and 1.1 rebounds in 8.1 minutes.

He played with the Chicago Bulls during the 2008–09 NBA pre-season, but was waived by the team before the start of the regular season.

Macedonian national team

Washington was granted Macedonian citizenship [

Macedonian national basketball team.[18]

In popular culture

The song "The Line" by

Final Four.[19]

References

  1. ^ "2003-2004 Winners". Florida Dairy Farmers. Retrieved July 20, 2019 – via floridamilk.com.
  2. ^ "For Darius Washington Jr, game winner against Memphis alumni was poetic justice". The Basketball Tournament. Archived from the original on June 17, 2019. Retrieved June 17, 2019 – via thetournament.com.
  3. ^ Well-traveled Washington motors on
  4. ^ "NIT Tournament Bracket, Scores, Stats, Schedule - RealGM".
  5. ^ "Memphis Rosters - RealGM".
  6. ^ ESPN.com - Dick Vitale - Vitale's 2006 All-Undrafted Underclassmen team
  7. ^ Darius Washington Galatasaray Cafe Crown'da
  8. ^ "Nuevo Pirata". Archived from the original on 2013-11-12. Retrieved 2011-07-03.
  9. ^ Darius Washington to Le Mans
  10. ^ Darius Washington (ex Le Mans) is a newcomer at Olin Edirne
  11. ^ CEZ Nymburk announces Darius Washington
  12. ^ Iraklis ink Darius Washington
  13. ^ "Работнички не запира – потпис и со Македонецот Вашингтон" [Rabotnicki does not stop - a signature with the Macedonian Washington]. ekipa.mk (in Macedonian). April 5, 2019. Retrieved April 5, 2019.
  14. ^ "Darius Washington signs with Brussels Basketball". Sportando. May 4, 2020. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
  15. ^ Spurs assign Darius Washington to D-League
  16. ^ Spurs waive Darius Washington
  17. ^ Darius Washington basketball profile Nationality: FYR Macedonia-USA.
  18. ^ Eurobasket2009.org Archived 2009-09-01 at the Wayback Machine
  19. ^ Trey Anastasio, 10/31/13
a.   ^ Macedonian spelling: Дариус Вашингтон, Darius Vašington. He was born as Darius Washington Jr..

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