Josh Pittman

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Josh Pittman
Personal information
Born (1976-07-14) July 14, 1976 (age 47)
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High school East Forsyth
(Kernersville, North Carolina)
College UNC Asheville (1994–1998)
NBA draft 1998: undrafted
Playing career1998–2014
Position Shooting guard
Career history
1998–2002 Peñarol de Mar del Plata
2002Bignami Castlmaggiore
2003 Quilmes de Mar del Plata
2003–2004 Asociación Deportiva Atenas
2005Gatos de Monagas
2005Peñarol de Mar del Plata
2005–2006Delfines de Miranda
2006–2007Peñarol de Mar del Plata
2007 Libertad de Sunchales
2008–2009Halcones UV Córdoba
2010–2011 Obras Sanitarias
2011–2012Libertad de Sunchales
2012–2014 Juventud Sionista
Career highlights and awards

Abdul Joshua "Josh" Pittman (born July 14, 1976) is an American former professional basketball player. He played in numerous countries throughout his career. Pittman played college basketball at University of North Carolina at Asheville, and was named the Big South Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year twice, in 1997 and 1998. At 6'6" tall, 200-pounds, he played at the shooting guard position. On May 2, 2018 he was named the new head coach for the Lexington Yellow Jackets in the Central Carolina Conference.

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College career

Pittman, a native of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, stayed in his home state to play college basketball. He attended UNC Asheville between 1994–95 and 1997–98 after graduating from high school in 1994. Through his first two seasons he only accumulated approximately 400 points and had an otherwise typical college career. Then, in his junior season with the Bulldogs, Pittman averaged 18.4 points, 4.3 rebounds and 1.8 steals per game. The Bulldogs won the regular season Big South Conference championship behind Pittman's league-leading scoring average, which was also the sixth-highest average in school history. In his senior season, he averaged 18.0 points, 4.9 rebounds and 1.9 steals per game. For the first time in UNC Asheville history, the men's basketball team repeated as the regular season conference champions. Consequently, Pittman became just the second Big South player (at the time) to be named the conference player of the year twice. He finished his college career with 1,547 points—the most in the program's history—and his 175 steals were a then-school record as well.

Professional career

Pittman never made it to the National Basketball Association, so he decided to play professionally overseas. From 1998 until December 2001 he played in Argentina for Peñarol de Mar del Plata. He then signed with Italy's Bignami Castelmaggiore in January 2002, for whom he played 18 games. Pittman headed back to Argentina after signing with Quilmes de Mar del Plata. Over the course of the next 10 years, he played for various squads in Argentina, Venezuela and Mexico. In the 2012–13 basketball season, Pittman played for Juventud Sionista in the Liga Nacional de Básquet, Argentina's First Division.

Achievements

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