Basketball-Reference.com has stats. Toney Bernard Douglas (born March 16, 1986) is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for Darussafaka in the Turkish Basketbol Super Ligi (BSL) and the EuroLeague. He usually comes off the bench for his team.
He first played college basketball for Memphis State University, where he stayed for three seasons. During that time he earned All-America honors twice. After graduating from Memphis State in 2009, Douglas tried out for the New York Knicks during their rookie camp but did not make the final roster. He then went on to play in France, Israel, and Turkey before coming back to America to join the Brooklyn Nets for the start of the 2015-16 season. Since then he has won two championships with Darussafaka and was also named MVP of the 2017 Turkish Cup.
Douglas is a versatile forward/center who can also play small forward when needed. He is best known for his shooting skills, especially from long range, but also acts as a solid rebounder and defender. Dougie is the second son of former NBA player Toney Murray. His older brother Toddy is also a professional basketball player. They both attended Memphis State University together.
Toney Douglas' career scoring average is 12.1 points per game, which is third among active players who have appeared in at least one playoff game.
Toney Bernard Douglas (born March 16, 1986) is a professional basketball player from the United States who currently plays for Sakarya BB in the Turkish Basketball Super League. He played one year of collegiate basketball for Auburn before becoming dissatisfied with his role on the team as a shooting guard. After one season, he declared for the NBA draft where he was not selected in the first round but did receive an invitation to attend the Los Angeles Clippers training camp. There he impressed coaches and players enough to earn a contract with the team's developmental league, the Reno Bighorns.
Douglas is a native of Marietta, Georgia and attended Westlake High School in Atlanta. As a senior at Westlake, he averaged 26 points, six rebounds, and three assists per game. After high school, he committed to play college basketball for Auburn University.
He had originally planned to enter the 2005 NBA draft, but after spending one season playing in Auburn's program, he decided to return for his sophomore campaign. As a freshman, he started all 39 games for the Tigers and helped them reach the NIT Championship Game where they lost to North Carolina. That same season, he became just the third player in NCAA history to score 1000 points during a single season. As a sophomore, Douglas improved his scoring average to 14.4 points per game while also adding 5.4 rebounds and 2.0 assists.
Douglas was born in Tampa, Florida to Harry and Stephanie Douglas, but relocated to Jonesboro, Georgia as a child with his parents.
Basketball-Reference.com has stats. Toney Bernard Douglas (born March 16, 1986) is a professional basketball player from the United States who currently plays for Sakarya BB in the Turkish Basketball Super League. He played one year of collegiate basketball for Auburn before becoming dissatisfied with his role on the team as a shooting guard.
Douglas was taken by the Los Angeles Lakers with the 29th overall choice in the 2009 NBA draft on June 25, 2009, making him the first Seminole guard drafted in the first round since Bob Sura (1995).
Douglas ended the season with 12.7 points, 2.9 assists, and 2.7 rebounds per game on average. In three games at the 2007 National Invitation Tournament (NIT), he averaged 11.7 points and 3.7 rebounds as Florida State won twice before falling in the semifinals against Mississippi State University.
There are eight seasons Toney played in the NBA for eight seasons, all with the franchise that picked him. Toney was a member of Sixers teams that included Julius Erving, Moses Malone, Maurice Cheeks, and, subsequently, Charles Barkley. He was an NBA champion in 1982–83, averaging 15.9 points and 4.2 assists per game during his career.
Toney was drafted by the Philadelphia 76ers in the first round (seventh pick overall) of the 1977 NBA draft. He played only one season with the team before being traded to the Portland Trail Blazers for a draft choice which was used to select Walt Williams. He spent five seasons with Portland, winning the 1980 NBA championship, before being traded to the Utah Jazz. Toney finished his NBA career with the Jazz; he retired after the 1983 season.
After leaving the NBA, Toney returned home to England where he worked as a security guard. In 1989, he moved back to America and lived in Baltimore until his death in 2014 at the age of 61.
Andrew Toney played in the NBA for nine seasons and averaged 15.9 points and 4.2 assists per game. He started two games for the Sixers in 1982–83, recording 26 points and 10 assists. After retiring from playing, Toney became an assistant coach under Paul Silas at Boston University. He died in 2014 at the age of 61.
Ron Baker's Primary Focus Is CSKA Moscow, But He Understands That The NBA Isn't Going Away. Ron Baker, a 26-year-old guard from Scott City, Kansas, is in his fourth professional season and his first in Europe with CSKA Moscow. This past summer, he joined an elite group of players that include Kevin Durant, Stephen Curry, Russell Westbrook And James Harden as the only players to average at least five assists and five rebounds this season.
Baker played one game for Russia at the 2012 Olympics, scoring four points off the bench in an 82-72 loss to USA. Before joining CSKA last year, he spent two seasons with Dynamo Moscow of the Russian Premier League, where he averaged 14.1 points, 5.0 assists and 4.3 rebounds over 69 games (27 starts).
Baker originally signed with Maccabi Tel Aviv of Israel, but was eventually sent home after he failed a drug test before the start of the season. He admitted fault for the incident and returned to Moscow.
After failing the drug test, Baker had words for those who think that basketball isn't real or doesn't matter: "People don't understand that I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for basketball. This is what I do. This is my life."
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