Brandon Wood (basketball)

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Brandon Wood
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Brandon Wood playing for Michigan State
Free agent
Position Point guard / shooting guard
Personal information
Born (1989-01-05) January 5, 1989 (age 36)
Kokomo, Indiana
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High school Kokomo (Kokomo, Indiana)
College
NBA draft 2012: undrafted
Playing career2012–present
Career history
2012 MZT Skopje
2012–2013 Alba Fehérvár
2013–2014 Pallacanestro Trieste
2014 UBC Güssing Knights
2014–2015Alba Fehérvár
2015 Feni Industries
2015 Lietkabelis Panevėžys
2016 Elitzur Yavne
2016–2017 BBC Monthey
2017–2018 Windy City Bulls
2018 Panionios
2019 AS Salé
2019–2021 Libertadores de Querétaro
Career highlights and awards

Brandon Wood (born January 5, 1989) is an American professional basketball player who is a free agent. He played college basketball at Southern Illinois, Valparaiso and Michigan State.

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High school career

Wood played high school basketball at Kokomo High School, in Kokomo, Indiana.

College career

Wood played college basketball for Southern Illinois, Highland CC, Valparaiso and Michigan State from 2007 to 2012.

Professional career

In January 2016 he signed with Israeli team Elitzur Yavne of the Liga Leumit. [1] In August 2016 Wood signed for Swiss team BBC Monthey. [2]

On November 6, 2018, Wood joined Panionios of the Greek Basket League. [3] He left the team after only one game, but after the departure of head coach Vassilis Fragkias, he briefly returned to the team's squad, only to be dismissed once again. [4]

In August 2019, Woods signed with Mexican club Libertadores de Querétaro of the LNBP. [5]

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References

  1. Velazco, Pedro (February 11, 2016). "Brandon Wood continuing season in Israel". Kokomo Tribune .
  2. "L'Américain Brandon Wood arrive au BBC Monthey" (in French). Sion: Le Nouvelliste.
  3. Brandon Wood sign with Panionios.
  4. "Brandon Wood will remain with Panionios after coach's depature [sic]". 22 November 2018. Archived from the original on 23 November 2018.
  5. "Libertadores ink Brandon Wood, ex AS Sale". Eurobasket LLC. Retrieved 14 November 2019.