Leon Wood

Leon Wood
Personal information
Born	March 25, 1962 (age 62); Saint Monica; (Santa Monica, California)
College	Arizona (1979–1980); Cal State Fullerton (1981–1984);
Onyx Caserta
1994	Purefoods TJ Hotdogs
Career highlights and awards
	All-CBA Second Team (1990); Consensus second-team All-American (1984); 3× First-team All-PCAC (1982–1984); No. 20 retired by Cal State Fullerton Titans; Third-team Parade All-American (1979);
	Stats at NBA.com
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Men's basketball
Representing the United States
Olympic Games
Pan American Games

Osie Leon Wood III (born March 25, 1962), is an American former professional

NBA referee

.

Career

A 6'3"

New Jersey Nets, San Antonio Spurs, Atlanta Hawks and Sacramento Kings

.

In his NBA career, Wood played in 274 games and scored a total of 1,742 points (6.4 points per game). He was a contestant in the first NBA 3-point shootout at the All-Star Weekend in Dallas in 1987.[1] Wood had a short European professional league stint in Germany for MTV 1846 Giessen, where he was signed for the playoffs and appeared in three games, scoring a total of 77 points.^[2] He also played for CAI Zaragoza (ACB League) in the 1988–1989 season. Wood played four seasons in the Continental Basketball Association, averaging 18.1 points and 8.5 assists in 118 games, being named second-team All-CBA in 1990.^[3] Wood last played professional basketball in the Philippine Basketball Association in 1994, where he led the Purefoods franchise to a semifinal finish.^[4]

Wood is a two-time International gold-medalist, winning at the

Bobby Knight. Wood averaged 7.9 assists to lead the 1984 Olympic team.^[5]

He became an NBA official in 1996.^[6]

Other facts

Wood filed lawsuit against NBA for violations of antitrust laws. Both District Court and Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled in favor of NBA.^[7]

References

^ Ex-PBA import now NBA ref
^ 46ers Hall of Fame: Leon Wood
^ 1994–95 Official CBA Guide and Register, page 358
^ Notable NBA players who played in the PBA
^ LOOKBACK: How the 1984 NBA Draft made an impact on the PBA
^ NBA Officials: Referee Biographies
^ Wood v. National Basketball Ass'n, vol. 809, January 21, 1987, p. 954, retrieved August 22, 2019

External links

Career statistics and player information from NBA.com and Basketball-Reference.com
Italian League stats
"Wood Sues NBA" @ New York Times

[1] Ex-PBA import now NBA ref

[2] 46ers Hall of Fame: Leon Wood

[3] 1994–95 Official CBA Guide and Register, page 358

[4] Notable NBA players who played in the PBA

[5] LOOKBACK: How the 1984 NBA Draft made an impact on the PBA

[6] NBA Officials: Referee Biographies

[7] Wood v. National Basketball Ass'n, vol. 809, January 21, 1987, p. 954, retrieved August 22, 2019

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