Antonio Davis

Antonio Davis ( born October 31, 1968 in Oakland, California ) is a former American professional basketball player.

He began his career Antonio Davis at the University of Texas at El Paso, where he played for the UTEP Miners. For the Miners, he ran 122 times and scored 9.2 points and 6.1 rebounds on average. After Davis was at the NBA Drafts selected in 1990 to 45 out of the Indiana Pacers, he moved to Europe, where he stood for a season at Panathinaikos Athens and Philips Milano under contract. In 1993 he moved to the NBA and played in the following years with four different teams. Up to end of his career in 2006, Davis came to 859 games in which he was able to achieve 10.3 points on average and collect 7.6 rebounds. 2001 Davis, was named player of the Toronto Raptors as an NBA All-Star.

On 18 January 2006 Davis was disqualified in a match between his team the New York Knicks and the Chicago Bulls, as he went during the game the whistle and there with an audience (Michael Axelrod, son of David Axelrod ) docked. Davis was to have been, of which he thought they had been toppled and addressed by person affected spectators worried about his wife. His wife stated that Axelrod use a failing language in the presence of her child. When she asked it to refrain from him, he shall be their opposite become personally. Axelrod gave his hand to have been attacked at Davis woman. From the NBA Davis has been locked due to this incident for five championship games.

From 2005 to 2006 Davis was president of the players union National Basketball Players Association.

National

With the national team of the United States Antonio Davis participated in the 2002 World Cup. Playing at home, the team started 3-0 wins in the first round in the tournament and there he met, among others, to the national team of Germany. In the second round lost Davis team on 4 September 2002 against Argentina 87-80. This was the first defeat of a national of the United States, if NBA players were used. Previously, the U.S. had remained unbeaten in 57 games. After one and finally in the match for fifth place defeated the Spanish in the quarter-final against Yugoslavia, jumped at the end only a disappointing sixth place out.

Awards

  • NBA All-Star: 2001
  • Participation in World Championships: 2002
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