Todd Withers | |
Position: | Small forward / power forward |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 7 |
Weight Lb: | 216 |
League: | NBL1 West |
Team: | Warwick Senators |
Number: | 33 |
Birth Date: | 6 May 1996 |
Birth Place: | Greensboro, North Carolina, U.S. |
High School: | Northeast Guilford (McLeansville, North Carolina) |
College: | Queens (2014–2018) |
Draft Year: | 2018 |
Career Start: | 2018 |
Years1: | 2018–2020 |
Team1: | Grand Rapids Drive |
Years2: | 2020–2021 |
Team2: | Fortitudo Bologna |
Years3: | 2021–2022 |
Team3: | Adelaide 36ers |
Years4: | 2022–2023 |
Team4: | Otago Nuggets |
Years5: | 2022–2023 |
Team5: | Texas Legends |
Years6: | 2023 |
Team6: | Darüşşafaka |
Years7: | 2024–present |
Team7: | Warwick Senators |
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Todd Dwoyne Withers (born May 6, 1996)[1] is an American professional basketball player for the Warwick Senators of the NBL1 West. He played college basketball for the Queens Royals.
Withers was raised by his single mother Kattodda in Greensboro, North Carolina, never meeting his biological father. She brought up him and his three siblings.[2]
Withers attended Northeast Guilford High School in McLeansville, North Carolina, where he was a member of the basketball, football, tennis and track and field teams. He was named All-Mid State Conference as a junior and senior, when he was also named the conference most valuable player.[3]
Withers played four seasons for the Queens Royals, starting the final three years. He was named second team All-South Atlantic Conference (SAC) after averaging 10.7 points and 7.0 rebounds in his junior season. As a senior, Withers averaged 13.6 points, eight rebounds and 1.7 blocks per game and was named first team All-SAC and Division II All-America by the National Association of Basketball Coaches.[4]
On October 11, 2018, Withers signed with the Grand Rapids Drive of the NBA G League.[5] He averaged 6.9 points, 5.6 rebounds, 1.1 assists, 1.0 steals, and 0.8 blocks per game in his rookie season with the Drive. On July 22, 2019, Withers was signed by Grand Rapids' NBA affiliate, the Detroit Pistons, to an Exhibit 10 contract,[6] but was waived near the end of the preseason on October 17, 2019.[7] He returned to Grand Rapids for a second season and averaged 10.7 points, five rebounds and 1.1 assists per game.[8]
On July 2, 2020, Withers signed with Fortitudo Bologna of Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA).[9]
On August 5, 2021, Withers signed with the Adelaide 36ers for the 2021–22 NBL season.[10] He averaged 8.3 points and 3.8 rebounds per game.
On April 22, 2022, Withers signed with the Otago Nuggets for the 2022 New Zealand NBL season.[11] He helped the Nuggets win the championship with an 81–73 win over the Auckland Tuatara in the grand final.[12]
After initially signing in Lithuania with Rytas Vilnius,[13] [14] [15] Wither joined the Texas Legends of the NBA G League on December 26, 2022.[16]
On March 8, 2023, Withers re-signed with the Nuggets for the 2023 New Zealand NBL season.[17] He was named NZNBL All-Star Five.[18]
On July 22, 2023, Withers signed with Darüşşafaka of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL).[19] He left the team in mid December.[20]
In February 2024, Withers signed with the Warwick Senators of the NBL1 West for the 2024 season.[21] He was named to the All-NBL1 West Second Team[22] and NBL1 West All-Defensive Team.[23]