Duane Washington

{{for-multi|his son, also a basketball player|Duane Washington Jr.|other people with similar names|Dwayne Washington (disambiguation){{!}}Dwayne Washington}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Duane Washington

| image =

| image_size =

| caption =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|08|31}}

| birth_place = Eschwege, West Germany

| nationality = American

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 4

| weight_lb = 195

| high_school = Parkview Arts and Science Magnet
(Little Rock, Arkansas){{Cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/w/washidu01.html|title=Duane Washington Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft Status and more|website=Basketball-Reference.com}}

| college= Laredo College; Middle Tennessee

| draft_year = 1987

| draft_round = 2

| draft_pick = 36

| draft_team = Washington Bullets

| career_start = 1987

| career_end = 2000

| career_position = Shooting guard

| career_number = 14, 10, 7, 4

| years1 = 1987–1988

| team1 = Rapid City Thrillers

| years2 = {{nbay|1987|end}}

| team2 = New Jersey Nets

| years3 = 1988

| team3 = New Haven Skyhawks

| years4 = 1988–1990

| team4 = Tulsa Fast Breakers

| years5 = 1990–1992

| team5 = Columbus Horizon

| years6 = 1992

| team6 = Miami Tropics

| years7 = 1992–1993

| team7 = Rockford Lightning

| years8 = {{nbay|1992|end}}

| team8 = Los Angeles Clippers

| years9 = 1993

| team9 = Rockford Lightning

| years10 = 1993

| team10 = Miami Tropics

| years11 = 1993–1994

| team11 = Rapid City Thrillers

| years12 = 1994

| team12 = Grand Rapids Hoops

| years13 = 1994

| team13 = BG Bramsche/Osnabrück

| years14 = 1994

| team14 = Le Mans Sarthe

| years15 = 1994

| team15 = Grand Rapids Mackers

| years16 = 1994–1995

| team16 = Trotamundos de Carabobo

| years17 = 1995

| team17 = Sabios de Manizales

| years18 = 1995–1996

| team18 = Murcia

| years19 = 1996

| team19 = Trotamundos de Carabobo

| years20 = 1996–1997

| team20 = Murcia

| years21 = 1997

| team21 = Granada

| years22 = 1998

| team22 = Grand Rapids Hoops

| years23 = 1998

| team23 = Panteras de Miranda

| years24 = 1998

| team24 = Maccabi Rishon LeZion

| years25 = 1998–1999

| team25 = Dragons Rhöndorf

| years26 = 1999–2000

| team26 = Skyliners Frankfurt

| highlights = * CBA champion (1989)

USBL Playoffs MVP (1992){{citation needed|date=January 2024}}

}}

Duane Eddy Washington Sr. (born August 31, 1964) 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 and Middle Tennessee State University.

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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/draft/NBA_1987.html|title=1987 NBA Draft|website=Basketball-Reference.com}} Washington's brief NBA career consisted of 19 games; he played for the New Jersey Nets and the Los Angeles Clippers.{{Cite web|url=https://www.complex.com/sports/a/angel-diaz/nba-players-banned-drug-abuse|title=A History of NBA Players That Were Banned Due to Drug Abuse|first=Angel Diaz, Doug|last=Sibor|website=Complex}}

In 1988, Washington was suspended for two years for violating the league's substance-abuse agreement by using cocaine.

Washington won a Continental Basketball Association (CBA) championship with the Tulsa Fast Breakers in 1989.{{cite web |title=1988-89 Tulsa Fast Breakers Statistics |url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbasketball/stats/t-CBATFB/y-1988 |website=Stats Crew |access-date=March 11, 2025}}

Washington also played professionally overseas with stints in France, Spain, Colombia, Venezuela, Israel and Germany.{{Cite web|title=Duane Washington; TRAYECTORIA Y LOGROS|url=http://www.acb.com/jugador/trayectoria-logros/id/20201437|url-status=live|access-date=2021-06-05|website=www.acb.com|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200616114734/http://www.acb.com/jugador/trayectoria-logros/id/20201437 |archive-date=June 16, 2020 }}

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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/local/ottawa_county/Ex-NBA-player-Duane-Washington-charged-in-I-96-hit-run|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006104247/http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/local/ottawa_county/Ex-NBA-player-Duane-Washington-charged-in-I-96-hit-run|title=Ex-NBA player charged in I-96 hit-run – WOOD TV8|archivedate=October 6, 2012}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2013/07/former_nba_player_duane_washin.html|title=Former NBA player Duane Washington gets 60 days jail for hit-and-run crash that injured pedestrian|last=Tunison |first=John |date=July 8, 2013|website=mlive}}

Personal life

Washington is the older brother of basketball coach and former player Derek Fisher{{Cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/2013/07/08/duane-washington-hit-and-run-jail-sentenced-new-jersey-nets-los-angeles-clippers-derek-fisher/2499717/|title=Duane Washington, ex-NBA player, jailed in hit-and-run|website=USA TODAY}}{{Cite web|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/ex-net-clipper-duane-washington-brother-derek-fisher-191756336--nba.html|title=Ex-Net and Clipper Duane Washington, brother of Derek Fisher, charged in hit-and-run of 70-year-old Mich. woman|date=September 20, 2012|website=Yahoo Sports}} and the father of professional basketball player Duane Washington Jr.{{Cite web|last=Quinn|first=Brendan|title=Reclaiming a name: The Trials of two Duane Washingtons|url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/85507/2017/08/17/reclaiming-a-name-the-trials-of-two-duane-washingtons/|website=The Athletic}}

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20150906070829/http://www.basketballreference.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=WashiDu01 College & NBA stats] @ basketballreference.com

Category:1964 births

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Category:21st-century African-American sportsmen

Category:American expatriate basketball people in Colombia

Category:American expatriate basketball people in France

Category:American expatriate basketball people in Germany

Category:American expatriate basketball people in Israel

Category:American expatriate basketball people in Spain

Category:American expatriate basketball people in Venezuela

Category:American men's basketball players

Category:CB Granada players