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.
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]
Legal issues
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
- ^ a b c "Duane Washington Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft Status and more". Basketball-Reference.com.
- ^ a b "Duane Washington; TRAYECTORIA Y LOGROS". www.acb.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on June 16, 2020. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
- ^ "1987 NBA Draft". Basketball-Reference.com.
- ^ a b 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) - ^ "Ex-NBA player charged in I-96 hit-run – WOOD TV8". Archived from the original on October 6, 2012.
- ^ Tunison, John (July 8, 2013). "Former NBA player Duane Washington gets 60 days jail for hit-and-run crash that injured pedestrian". mlive.
- ^ "Duane Washington, ex-NBA player, jailed in hit-and-run". USA TODAY.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Quinn, Brendan. "Reclaiming a name: The Trials of two Duane Washingtons". The Athletic.
External links
- College & NBA stats @ basketballreference.com