Scott Suggs

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Scott Suggs
Iraklis Thessaloniki
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Scott Suggs (born November 10, 1989

Iraklis of the Greek Basket League. He played college basketball for the University of Washington before playing professionally in the NBA G League
, France, Spain, Italy, Greece and Israel.

High school career

Suggs attended local Washington High School where he averaged 22.5 points as well as a Gateway Athletic Conference-leading 9 rebounds and 2.8 blocked shots per game as a senior, leading Washington to a 20-5 record and a trip the Class 5 sectional round.[2] For this, he was named Mr. Show-Me Basketball award as the state's top player. When he graduated he was ranked as the 11th best shooting guard and a top-100 overall prospect by Scout.com and Rivals.com.[3]

College career

Suggs played college basketball for Washington, where he led the Huskies and was third in the Pac-10 Conference in three-point field goal percentage (45 percent) as a junior. As a senior, Suggs averaged 12.1 points and 2.3 rebounds per game for the Huskies. He ended his career in seventh place all-time in school history in three-point shooting percentage (.401), sixth in free-throw percentage (.821) and sixth all-time with 144 three-pointers made.[2][3][4]

Professional career

After going undrafted in the

Canton Charge, recording nine points, one rebound, two assists and one steal in 14 minutes.[6] He averaged 18.5 points, 3.8 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game as a rookie.[7]

In July 2014, Suggs played with the

French League for the 2014–2015 season,[7] averaging 10.1 points, 2.6 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 0.7 steals in 35 games.[1]

After his stint in France, Suggs joined the

Fort Wayne Mad Ants, recording 20 points, five rebounds and one steal in 39 minutes.[12] On February 11, 2016, he was named in the East All-Star team for the 2016 NBA D-League All-Star Game as a replacement for Keith Appling, after averaging 16.3 points, 3.1 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 34.6 minutes in 32 games.[13] On April 21, he was named the recipient of the 2016 NBA Development League's Jason Collier Sportsmanship Award.[14]

On August 5, 2016, Suggs signed with ICL Manresa of Spain's Liga ACB.[15]

On August 15, 2019, Suggs signed with

Iraklis Thessaloniki.[17]

References

  1. ^ a b "Scott Suggs Player Profile". RealGM.com. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
  2. ^ a b c Vonder Haar, Craig (July 3, 2013). "Suggs to Play in NBA Summer League for Milwaukee Bucks". EMissourian.com. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Scott Suggs bio". GoHuskies.com. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
  4. ^ a b "BayHawks Complete Training Camp Roster". NBA.com. November 4, 2013. Archived from the original on October 7, 2015. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
  5. ^ Parham, Nate (November 4, 2013). "Santa Cruz Warriors trade the rights of Jeremy Tyler, Scott Suggs, Shane Gibson to Erie Bayhawks". GoldenStateOfMind.com. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
  6. ^ "Canton Opens 2013-14 Season with Victory Over Erie". NBA.com. November 22, 2013. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
  7. ^ a b "Elan Chalon adds Scott Suggs". Sportando.com. July 23, 2014. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
  8. ^ "HEAT Announce Summer League Information". NBA.com. July 1, 2014. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
  9. ^ Allen, Percy (July 2, 2014). "Scott Suggs heads to NBA summer league in Orlando". SeattleTimes.com. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
  10. ^ Castillo, Jorge (July 2, 2015). "Wizards announce summer league minicamp roster". WashingtonPost.com. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
  11. ^ "Raptors 905 Announces NBA D-League Draft Results, Training Camp". OurSportsCentral.com. October 31, 2015. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
  12. ^ "Thames' Buzzer-Beater Spoils Raptors 905's First-Ever Game". NBA.com. November 14, 2015. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
  13. ^ "RAPTORS 905'S SCOTT SUGGS NAMED AS A REPLACEMENT IN THE 2016 NBA D-LEAGUE ALL-STAR GAME PRESENTED BY KUMHO TIRE". NBA.com. February 11, 2016. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
  14. ^ "Raptors 905's Scott Suggs Receives NBA D-Leagues's Jason Collier Sportsmanship Award". NBA.com. April 21, 2016. Retrieved April 21, 2016.
  15. ^ "Scott Suggs: talent i anotació per a l'ICL Manresa". BasquetManresa.com (in Catalan). August 5, 2016. Retrieved August 7, 2016.
  16. ^ "Scott Suggs joins Maccabi Haifa". Sportando. August 15, 2019. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
  17. ^ "Iraklis Thessaloniki signs Scott Suggs". Sportando. July 30, 2020. Retrieved July 30, 2020.

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