Tony Woods (basketball) explained

Tony Woods
Height Ft:6
Height In:11
Weight Lb:250
League:Greek A2 Basket League
Team:Maroussi
Nationality:American
Birth Date:24 January 1990
High School:Rome (Rome, Georgia)
College:
Draft Year:2013
Career Start:2013
Years1:2013–2014
Years2:2014
Years3:2014–2015
Years4:2015
Years5:2015–2016
Years6:2017
Years7:2017
Years8:2017
Team8:Panionios
Years9:2018
Years10:2019
Years11:2019–2020
Years12:2023–present
Highlights:

Samuel Antonio "Tony" Woods Jr. (born January 24, 1990) is an American professional basketball player. Standing at 2.11m (06.92feet), he plays at the center position.

High school

Woods attended and played high school basketball Rome High School, in Rome, Georgia and attended Jordan Brand Classic on 2008.[1]

College career

After graduating from Rome High School, Woods played two years of college basketball for Wake Forest University. After the being found guilty of domestic violence, Woods was subsequently expelled and enrolled in Oregon.[2] He had to sit out one season under NCAA rules.

Professional career

On September 11, 2013, Woods joined Nea Kifissia of Greek Basket League.[3]

With Nea Kifissia, he averaged 6.5 points and 4.2 rebounds per game, in 26 games,. He then continued his career in the Greek Basket League with Panionios.[4]

With Panionios, Woods averaged 7 points and 4.9 rebounds per game. He continued his career with Apollon Patras.[5]

Woods was the third leading scorer of Apollon Patras, in the Greek Basket League 2015–16 season, averaging 8.54 points per game.[6]

On September 20, 2016, Woods joined the newly promoted Greek League team of Doxa Lefkadas,[7] but he left the team without appearing in a single game with them. On January 4, 2017, he joined Rilski Sportist of the Bulgarian League.[8] He left the team on March 31, 2017.[9] On June 27, 2017, he joined Soles de Santo Domingo of the Puerto Rican Liga Nacional de Baloncesto.[10]

He returned to Panionios for the 2017–18 season.[11] Woods moved to Cyprus in 2019, signing with Omonoia. In six games he averaged 11.7 points, 11.3 rebounds, 1.2 assists, 1.2 steals and 1.8 blocks per game. Woods spent the 2019–20 season with Žilina of the Slovak Basketball League, averaging 6.3 points and 7.6 rebounds per game. On September 6, 2020, he signed with Ionikos Nikaias of the Greek Basket League.[12]

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://news.nike.com/news/2008-jordan-brand-all-american-team-announced 2008 JORDAN BRAND ALL-AMERICAN TEAM ANNOUNCED
  2. http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/6794586/tony-woods-chooses-play-oregon-ducks Center Tony Woods chooses Oregon
  3. http://www.a1basket.gr/2013/09/nea-kifisia-signed-tony-woods.html A1Basket.gr Nea Kifisia signed Tony Woods.
  4. http://www.a1basket.gr/2014/10/panionios-signed-tony-woods.html A1Basket.gr Panionios signed Tony Woods.
  5. http://www.a1basket.gr/2015/08/apollon-patras-signed-tony-woods.html A1Basket.gr Apollon Patras signed Tony Woods.
  6. http://www.a1basket.gr/2016/04/basket-league-greece-2015-2016-top-scorers-statistics.html A1Basket.gr Basket League Greece 2015-2016 All Teams' Top 3 Scorers.
  7. http://www.a1basket.gr/2016/09/doxa-lefkadas-sign-tony-woods.html A1Basket.gr Doxa Lefkadas sign Tony Woods
  8. https://www.court-side.com/news/tony-woods-signed-rilski/ Tony Woods signed by Rilski.
  9. https://www.court-side.com/news/tony-woods-leaves-rilski/ Tony Woods leaves Rilski.
  10. https://web.archive.org/web/20170929044259/http://www.eurobasket.com/Bulgaria/news/494294/Soles-de-Santo-Domingo-tabs-Tony-Woods,-ex-Rilski Soles de Santo Domingo tabs Tony Woods, ex Rilski.
  11. http://www.a1basket.gr/2017/08/panionios-sign-tony-woods.html Panionios sign Tony Woods.
  12. Web site: Mammides . Chris . Ionikos Nikaias sign Tony Woods, ex Zilina . Eurobasket . September 6, 2020 . September 6, 2020.