| Duane Washington | |
| Birth Date: | 31 August 1964 |
| 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)[1] |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
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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.
Washington played basketball at Laredo College and Middle Tennessee State University.[1]
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.[2] Washington's brief NBA career consisted of 19 games; he played for the New Jersey Nets and the Los Angeles Clippers.[3]
In 1988, Washington was suspended for two years for violating the league's substance-abuse agreement by using cocaine.[3]
Washington also played professionally overseas with stints in France, Spain, Colombia, Venezuela, Israel and Germany.[4]
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]
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]