Dion Dixon Explained

Dion Dixon
Position:Point guard
Height Ft:6
Height In:3
Weight Lbs:195
Birth Date:24 December 1989
Birth Place:Chicago, Illinois
Nationality:American
Highschool:Crane (Chicago, Illinois)
College:Cincinnati (2008–2012)
Draft Year:2012
Career Start:2012
Years1:2012–2013
Team1:AEK Larnaca
Years2:2014
Team2:Homenetmen Beirut
Years3:2014–2015
Team3:MZT Skopje
Years4:2015
Team4:Homenetmen Beirut
Years5:2015
Team5:Marinos de Anzoátegui
Years6:2015–2016
Team6:Club Sagesse
Years7:2016
Team7:Marinos de Anzoátegui
Years8:2017
Team8:Kymis
Years9:2017
Team9:Club Africain
Years10:2017–2018
Team10:Al-Ittihad Tripoli
Years11:2018
Team11:Urunday Universitario
Years12:2018
Team12:Indios de San Francisco
Years13:2018–2019
Team13:Obras Sanitarias
Years14:2019
Team14:Al Wahda
Years15:2020
Team15:CD Valdivia
Years16:2020
Team16:Broncos de Caracas
Years17:2020–2021
Team17:KB Peja
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Diontae "Dion" Dwayne Dixon (born December 24, 1989) is an American professional basketball player who last played for KB Peja. He played college basketball at the University of Cincinnati.

College career

Dixon played 4 seasons of college basketball at the University of Cincinnati, with the Cincinnati Bearcats. He graduated in 2012 with a criminal justice major. Playing a total of 137 games for the Bearcats, including all 37 games in his senior year, he became the team second best scorer for the final season with 481 points (13.0 ppg) in the Big East conference of the NCAA. He tallied a college career 1,281 points, ranking 22nd in school all-time history.[1]

Professional career

Dixon went undrafted in the 2012 NBA draft. For the 2012–13 season he signed with AEK Larnaca of Cyprus. With AEK he won the Cypriot Championship.[2] In 26 Division A games he recorded 11.4 points, 3.5 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game.

On November 1, 2013, Dixon was selected in the 2013 NBA D-League draft by the Idaho Stampede.[3] However, he was later waived by the Stampede on November 18, 2013.[4]

In February 2014, he signed with Homenetmen Beirut of the Lebanese Basketball League. In 17 games he averaged 23.9 points, 4.5 rebounds and 5.5 assists per game. In Asiabasket.com county awards, he was named "Player of the Year", "Guard of the Year", "Best Import of the Year" and "Best Newcomer" in the website's "All-Lebanese League Awards 2014".[5]

On October 29, 2014, he was signed by Macedonian club MZT Skopje.[6] On February 27, 2015, he was released by MZT.[7] On March 1, 2015, he re-signed with Homenetmen Beirut of the Lebanese Basketball League after a successful spell the year before.[8] On April 28, 2015, he signed with Marinos de Anzoátegui of Venezuela.[9]

In late October 2015, he signed with Club Sagesse in Lebanon.[10] In February 2016, he re-joined the Marinos de Anzoátegui.[11] He left Marinos after appearing in eleven games.

On February 11, 2017, Dixon signed with Kymis for the rest of the 2016–17 Greek Basket League season.[12] On September 29, 2017, he joined Club Africain of the Tunisian League.[13]

In November 2017, he signed with Libyan club Al-Ittihad Tripoli of the Libyan League.[14] moving in 2018 to the Uruguay league playing for the Urunday Universitario. As of 2018, he played for the Indios de San Francisco.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: GoBearcats: Dion Dixon page . 2014-05-22 . 2016-03-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303214026/http://www.gobearcats.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/dixon_dion00.html . dead .
  2. http://basketball.eurobasket.com/Cyprus/news/313570 Petrolina AEK is the new champion
  3. Web site: Stampede Draft Pierre Jackson in First Round . . 2014-11-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160610055831/http://www.nba.com/dleague/idaho/stampede_draft_pierre_jackson__2013_11_02.html . 2016-06-10 . dead .
  4. Web site: IDAHO STAMPEDE WAIVE FOUR PLAYERS . . 2014-11-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141110083906/http://www.nba.com/dleague/idaho/stampede_waive_four_players_2013_11_18.html . 2014-11-10 . dead .
  5. https://www.asia-basket.com/Lebanon/basketball.aspx?NewsID=361451 Asia-basket.com Asia-Basket.com All-Lebanese League Awards 2014
  6. http://www.sportando.com/en/cups/adriatic-league/139303/dion-dixon-new-player-of-mzt-skopje.html Dion Dixon new player of MZT Skopje
  7. http://www.mztskopjeaerodrom.mk/index.php/novosti/vo-vrska-so/razno/item/246-dion-dikson-go-napushti-mzt-skopje Дион Диксон го напушти МЗТ Скопје
  8. https://www.asia-basket.com/Lebanon/basketball.aspx?NewsID=396458 Dixon comes back to Homenetmen Beirut, ex MZT Skopje
  9. http://www.asia-basket.com/Lebanon/news/402897/Marinos-add-Dixon-to-their-roster,-ex-Homenetm.-B Marinos add Dixon to their roster, ex Homenetm. B
  10. http://www.court-side.com/news/dion-dixon-to-play-for-sagesse/ Dion Dixon to play for Sagesse
  11. https://www.asia-basket.com/Lebanon/basketball.aspx?NewsID=438458 Dixon is back at Marinos, ex Sagesse
  12. http://www.gskimis.gr/news/198-dion-dixon-seajets Ο Dion Dixon παίκτης της Κύμης SEAJETS!
  13. http://basketball.eurobasket.com/Greece/news/508136/Dion-Dixon-(ex-Kymis)-signs-at-C-Africain Dion Dixon (ex Kymis) signs at C Africain.
  14. http://www.afrobasket.com/Libya/news/514245/Al-Ittihad-signs-Dion-Dixon-to-play-African-qualify- Al Ittihad signs Dion Dixon to play African qualify