David Walker (basketball)
{{Short description|American basketball player}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = David Walker
| position = Small forward
| image = David Walker - Lliga Catalana 2019 - by unnika.jpg
| caption = Walker in 2019
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 6
| weight_lbs = 196
| number =
| league =
| team = Free Agent
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1993|11|24}}
| birth_place = Stow, Ohio
| nationality = American
| highschool = Stow-Munroe Falls (Stow, Ohio)
| college = Northeastern (2012–2016)
| draft_year = 2016
| career_start = 2016
| career_end =
| years1 = 2016–2020
| team1 = MoraBanc Andorra
| years2 = 2020–2021
| team2 = Medi Bayreuth
| years3 = 2021–2022
| team3 = MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg
| years4 = 2022
| team4 = Bilbao
| years5 = 2022–2023
| team5 = Obradoiro
| years6 = 2024
| team6 = Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski
| highlights =
}}
David Michael Walker (born November 24, 1993) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski of the Polish Basketball League.
College career
A 2012 graduate of Stow-Munroe Falls High School, Walker attended Northeastern University from 2012 to 2016.{{Cite web|url=http://www.gonu.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=3756|title=David Walker – 2015–16 Men's Basketball|access-date=2017-05-06}} He finished his four-year Husky career as the school's eighth all-time leading scorer with 1,631 points, fifth all-time assist man (420 assists) and second all-time leader in three-pointers made (250).{{Cite web|url=http://www.gonu.com/sports/2010/4/6/MBB_individualcareerrecords.aspx?id=521|title=Northeastern Huskies – Men's Basketball – Individual Career Records|website=www.gonu.com|language=en|access-date=2017-05-06}}
Professional career
He represented the Miami Heat in the 2016 NBA Summer League and signed with MoraBanc Andorra of the Spanish Liga ACB in August 2016.{{Cite web|url=http://www.gonu.com/news/2016/8/11/mens-basketball-walker-to-play-for-bc-andorra-of-the-acb.aspx|title=Walker to Play for BC Andorra of the ACB|website=Northeastern University Athletics|language=en|access-date=2017-05-06}} He made 35 ACB appearances as a first-year professional player, averaging 9.0 points as well as 2.6 rebounds and 1.4 assists. Walker led Andorra in made three-pointers (61) over the course of the 2016–17 season.{{Cite web|url=http://www.acb.com/stsacum.php?cod_competicion=LACB&cod_edicion=61&cod_equipo=AND&totales=1|title=ACB.COM|website=www.acb.com|access-date=2017-06-03}}
On July 3, 2018, he re-signed with MoraBanc Andorra.{{cite news |title=ACB.COM – David Walker renueva por una temporada con el MoraBanc Andorra |url=http://www.acb.com/redaccion.php?id=141898 |accessdate=3 July 2018 |work=www.acb.com |date=3 July 2018 |language=es-ES}}{{cite news |title=David Walker re-signs with MoraBanc Andorra |url=https://sportando.basketball/en/spain/acb/279980/david-walker-re-signs-with-morabanc-andorra.html |accessdate=3 July 2018 |work=Sportando |date=3 July 2018}}
On July 31, 2020, he signed with Medi Bayreuth of the Basketball Bundesliga.{{Cite news|url=https://sportando.basketball/en/david-walker-joins-medi-bayreuth/|title=David Walker joins Medi Bayreuth|last=|first=|date=July 31, 2020|website=|newspaper=Sportando|language=En|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=July 31, 2020|last1=Carchia |first1=Emiliano }} In Bundesliga play, Walker was 57–133 from three-point range in the 2020–21 season, averaging 8.4 points per game.{{Cite web|title=easyCredit – 425 BAY|url=https://www.easycredit-bbl.de/de/easycredit-bbl/historie/teams/t/2020-2021/425-bay/|access-date=2021-08-06|website=www.easycredit-bbl.de|language=de}}
He signed a deal with fellow Bundesliga outfit MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg in August 2021.{{Cite web|title=Der Sechste im Bunde: David Walker|url=https://mhp-riesen-ludwigsburg.de/news/der-sechste-im-bunde-david-walker/|access-date=2021-08-06|website=MHP RIESEN Ludwigsburg|language=de-DE}}
On January 17, 2022, he signed with Bilbao Basket of the Liga ACB.{{Cite news|url=https://sportando.basketball/en/surne-bilbao-lands-david-walker/|title=Surne Bilbao lands David Walker|last=|first=|date=January 17, 2022|website=|newspaper=Sportando|language=En|access-date=January 17, 2022|last1=Skerletic |first1=Dario }}
On August 13, 2022, he signed with Monbus Obradoiro of the Spanish Liga ACB.{{Cite news|url=https://sportando.basketball/en/david-walker-joins-obradoiro/|title=David Walker joins Obradoiro|last=|first=|date=August 13, 2022|website=|newspaper=Sportando|language=En|access-date=August 17, 2022|last1=Carchia |first1=Emiliano }}
References
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External links
- [http://www.acb.com/jugador.php?id=513 ACB profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160915140544/http://www.acb.com/jugador.php?id=513 |date=2016-09-15 }}
- [http://www.gonu.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=3756&mobile=skip Northeastern Huskies bio]
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Category:21st-century American sportsmen
Category:American expatriate basketball people in Andorra
Category:American expatriate basketball people in Spain
Category:American men's basketball players
Category:Basketball players from Summit County, Ohio
Category:Northeastern Huskies men's basketball players
Category:Obradoiro CAB players
Category:People from Stow, Ohio