Tony Crocker

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Tony Crocker

| image = Tony Crocker 8 Tofaş SK 20180326 (4) (cropped) (cropped).jpg

| width =

| caption = Crocker with Tofaş SK in 2018

| number =

| position = Shooting guard / small forward

| league =

| team = Free agent

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1987|1|17}}

| birth_place = Lawton, Oklahoma, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 6

| weight_lb = 216

| high_school =

William H. Taft
(San Antonio, Texas)
Earl Warren
(San Antonio, Texas)
The Patterson School
(Lenoir, North Carolina)

| college = Oklahoma (2006–2010)

| draft_year = 2010

| career_start = 2010

| career_end =

| years1 = 2010–2011

| team1 = Albacomp

| years2 = 2011–2012

| team2 = KTP

| years3 = 2012–2013

| team3 = Keravnos

| years4 = 2013–2014

| team4 = Nea Kifissia

| years5 = 2014–2015

| team5 = Hapoel Holon

| years6 = 2015–2016

| team6 = Yeşilgiresun Belediye

| years7 = 2016–2018

| team7 = Tofaş

| years8 = 2018–2019

| team8 = Khimki

| years9 = 2019–2020

| team9 = Pınar Karşıyaka

| years10 = 2020–2021

| team10 = Adelaide 36ers

| years11 = 2021

| team11 = SIG Strasbourg

| years12 = 2021–2022

| team12 = Metropolitans 92

| highlights =

TBL All-Star (2016)
Hungarian All-Star MVP (2011)
Hungarian All-Star Slam Dunk Champion (2011)

}}

Antonio Lamar Crocker (born January 17, 1987) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Metropolitans 92 of the LNB Pro A. He played college basketball for the Oklahoma Sooners. Crocker has had significant stints in Europe and Turkey.

A native of Lawton, Oklahoma, he excelled at basketball while attending Earl Warren High School in San Antonio, Texas before attending prep school at The Patterson School.

High school career

Crocker attended Earl Warren High School in San Antonio, Texas, his final three years of high school after attending William Howard Taft High School as a freshman. While attending Warren High he was a 2005 Texas Association of Basketball Coaches First-Team 5A All-State selection and named the 2005 San Antonio Player of the Year by the San Antonio Express-News in his senior season. He averaged 22.0 points, 10.0 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game as a senior and scored a career-high 44 points against Bowie High School his senior season. He earned all-city and all-district honors as a junior and recorded a triple-double as a junior against James Madison High School (21 points, 14 rebounds, 11 assists). He was coached by Jay Keller at Warren HS and by Mike Carillo at Taft HS.

Crocker played prep school basketball after his senior year at Warren High. He spent the majority of his prep school career battling an ankle injury, but finished the season averaging 15.2 points, 5.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game for The Patterson School in Lenoir, North Carolina. Coming out of prep school he was rated as the No. 80 overall player in the class of 2006 by Rivals.com and ranked as the country's 18th-best shooting guard by Rivals and Scout.com. He was also rated as the 25th-best post-graduate prep school player in the country by HoopScoopOnline.com. At Patterson School he helped his team to a 34–3 record and a No. 3 national prep school ranking despite being limited to 10 games due to injury. At The Patterson School he was coached by Chris Chaney.

College career

Crocker signed a letter of intent to play college basketball at the University of Oklahoma under Kelvin Sampson, and stuck to his commitment when coach Sampson left to Indiana University and coach Jeff Capel III became the new coach of the Sooners.

Crocker burst onto the scene at the University of Oklahoma, where he was named to the starting lineup in his first collegiate game under Capel. Crocker started 25 out of 31 games as a true freshman at Oklahoma and established himself as one of the top freshmen in the country. He ended his debut season at Oklahoma averaging 8.6 points and 3.7 rebounds per game.

Professional career

Crocker played for the Houston Rockets in the NBA Summer League in 2010.[http://www.ridiculousupside.com/2010/6/28/1540775/nba-summer-league-rosters-vegas 2010 Las Vegas NBA Summer League Rosters]

In 2010, he signed with Albacomp in Hungary.

On June 11, 2016, Crocker signed with Yeşilgiresun Belediye of the Turkish BSL for the 2015–16 season.[http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/turkey/163701/yesilgiresun-signs-tony-crocker-with-a-dollars170000-contract.html Yesilgiresun signs Tony Crocker with a $170.000 contract]

On July 30, 2016, Crocker signed with Jilin Northeast Tigers of the Chinese Basketball Association.[http://www.asia-basket.com/China/news/456419/Jilin-Tigers-tab-Tony-Crocker,-ex-Yesilgiresun Jilin Tigers tab Tony Crocker, ex Yesilgiresun] However, he left the club before appearing in a game for them, and on October 20, 2016, he signed with Turkish club Tofaş.[http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/turkey/214879/tony-crocker-inks-with-tofas-bursa.html Tony Crocker inks with Tofas Bursa]

On August 8, 2018, Crocker signed a one-year deal with Russian club BC Khimki.[https://en.bckhimki.ru/news/clubnews/2018/august/1335/ Tony Crocker will continue his career in BC Khimki]

On July 19, 2019, he signed a two-year contract with Pınar Karşıyaka of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi.{{Cite news|url=https://sportando.basketball/en/pinar-karsiyaka-signs-tony-crocker/|title=Pinar Karsiyaka signs Tony Crocker|date=July 19, 2019|newspaper=Sportando|language=En|access-date=July 29, 2019|last1=Carchia |first1=Emiliano }}

On December 1, 2020, Crocker signed a one-year contract with the Adelaide 36ers of the Australian National Basketball League (NBL).{{cite web |title=Adelaide Complete Roster with Tony Crocker |url=https://nbl.com.au/news/adelaide-complete-roster-with-tony-crocker |website=NBL.com.au |access-date=December 1, 2020 |date=December 1, 2020}} He averaged 10.8 points, 2.8 rebounds, and 1.3 assists per game.

On October 7, 2021, Crocker signed with SIG Strasbourg of the LNB Pro A to replace injured Jarrell Eddie.{{Cite news|url=https://sportando.basketball/en/strasbourg-tabs-tony-crocker-after-jarrell-eddie-injury/|title=Strasbourg tabs Tony Crocker after Jarrell Eddie injury|last=|first=|date=October 7, 2021|website=|newspaper=Sportando|language=En|access-date=October 8, 2021|last1=Borghesan |first1=Ennio Terrasi }}

On December 14, 2021, Crocker signed a three-month deal with Metropolitans 92 of the LNB Pro A, to replace the injured Jordan McRae.{{Cite web|url=https://www.metropolitans92.com/fr/actualites/2021-12-14/recrutement-tony-crocker-pigiste-medical-de-jordan-mcrae|title=Recrutement - Tony Crocker pigiste médical de Jordan McRae|last=|first=|date=December 14, 2021|website=metropolitans92.com|publisher=|language=fr|access-date=December 14, 2021}}

References

External links

[http://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Tony_Crocker/116074 Eurobasket.com profile]
[http://esake.gr/en/action/EsakeplayerView?idplayer=83E81253&mode=1&idchampionship=46F7BA21 Greek League profile] {{in lang|el}}
[http://www.basket.fi/english/competitions/players/player/?season_id=15653&player_id=1180043&league_id=4 Finnish League profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304025838/http://www.basket.fi/english/competitions/players/player/?season_id=15653&player_id=1180043&league_id=4 |date=2016-03-04 }}
[https://web.archive.org/web/20160131015659/http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/gamecent/p/pid/6049950/playerview.html FIBA.com profile]
[https://www.tblstat.net/player/2682 TBLStat.net Profile]

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