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Duane Washington

Duane Washington

American basketball player (born 1964)

For his son, also a basketball player, see Duane Washington Jr. For other people with similar names, see Dwayne Washington.

Duane Eddy Washington Sr. (born August 31, 1964)[1] is an American former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and in other professional basketball leagues.

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College career

Washington played basketball at Laredo College[2] and Middle Tennessee State University.[1]

Professional career

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 also played professionally overseas with stints in France, Spain, Colombia, Venezuela, Israel and Germany.[2]

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.[5] 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.[6]

Personal life

Washington is the older brother of basketball coach and former player Derek Fisher[7][8] and the father of professional basketball player Duane Washington Jr.[9]

References

  1. [1]
    "Duane Washington Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft Status and more". Basketball-Reference.com.
  2. [2]
    "Duane Washington; TRAYECTORIA Y LOGROS". www.acb.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on June 16, 2020. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
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    "1987 NBA Draft". Basketball-Reference.com.
  4. [4]
    Sibor, Angel Diaz, Doug. "A History of NBA Players That Were Banned Due to Drug Abuse". Complex.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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    "Ex-NBA player charged in I-96 hit-run – WOOD TV8". Archived from the original on October 6, 2012.
  6. [6]
    Tunison, John (July 8, 2013). "Former NBA player Duane Washington gets 60 days jail for hit-and-run crash that injured pedestrian". mlive.
  7. [7]
    "Duane Washington, ex-NBA player, jailed in hit-and-run". USA TODAY.
  8. [8]
    "Ex-Net and Clipper Duane Washington, brother of Derek Fisher, charged in hit-and-run of 70-year-old Mich. woman". Yahoo Sports. September 20, 2012.
  9. [9]
    Quinn, Brendan. "Reclaiming a name: The Trials of two Duane Washingtons". The Athletic.
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