Personal information | |
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Born | Eschwege, West Germany | August 31, 1964
Nationality | German / American |
Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
Listed weight | 195 lb (88 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Parkview Arts and Science Magnet (Little Rock, Arkansas) [1] |
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NBA draft | 1987: 2nd round, 36th overall pick |
Drafted by | Washington Bullets |
Playing career | 1987–2000 |
Position | Shooting guard |
Number | 14, 10, 7, 4 |
Career history | |
1987–1988 | Rapid City Thrillers |
1988 | New Jersey Nets |
1988 | New Haven Skyhawks |
1988–1990 | Tulsa Fast Breakers |
1990–1992 | Columbus Horizon |
1992 | Miami Tropics |
1992–1993 | Rockford Lightning |
1993 | Los Angeles Clippers |
1993 | Rockford Lightning |
1993 | Miami Tropics |
1993–1994 | Rapid City Thrillers |
1994 | Grand Rapids Hoops |
1994 | BG Bramsche/Osnabrück |
1994 | Le Mans Sarthe |
1994 | Grand Rapids Mackers |
1994–1995 | Trotamundos de Carabobo |
1995 | Sabios de Manizales |
1995–1996 | Murcia |
1996 | Trotamundos de Carabobo |
1996–1997 | Murcia |
1997 | Granada |
1998 | Grand Rapids Hoops |
1998 | Panteras de Miranda |
1998 | Maccabi Rishon LeZion |
1998–1999 | Dragons Rhöndorf |
1999–2000 | Skyliners Frankfurt |
Career highlights | |
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Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball Reference |
Duane Eddy Washington Sr. (born August 31, 1964) [1] is a German-American former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and in other professional basketball leagues.
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Washington played basketball at Laredo College from 1983 to 1985 and Middle Tennessee State University from 1985 to 1987. [2]
Washington was chosen in the second round of the 1987 NBA draft by the Washington Bullets. The Bullets selected him with the 36th overall pick in the draft. [3] Washington's brief NBA career consisted of 19 games; he played for the New Jersey Nets and the Los Angeles Clippers. [4]
In 1988, Washington was suspended for two years for violating the league's substance-abuse agreement by using cocaine. [4]
Washington won a Continental Basketball Association (CBA) championship with the Tulsa Fast Breakers in 1989. [5]
Washington also played professionally overseas with stints in France, Spain, Colombia, Venezuela, Israel and Germany. [6]
On September 19, 2012, Washington was charged with failing to stop at the scene of an accident causing injury after allegedly hitting a 70-year-old woman with his car on September 18 and leaving the scene of the accident. The accident occurred along I-96 in Crockery Township, Michigan, near Spring Lake. [7] In July 2013, Washington was sentenced to sixty days in jail. He was also placed under probation for eighteen months and ordered to perform community service. [8]
Washington is the older brother of basketball coach and former player Derek Fisher [9] [10] and the father of professional basketball player Duane Washington Jr. [11]
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