Dwayne Morton
Dwayne Lamont Morton ( born August 8, 1971 in Louisville, Kentucky ) is a retired American professional basketball player. After a short career in the most highly endowed professional league NBA, which included almost an entire season, Morton played as a professional next to " Minor Leagues " in his home country in Europe, Japan and the Dominican Republic. At the end of his career, in which he briefly played in the German Basketball Bundesliga for Bayer Leverkusen Giants, he remained for seven years in Bulgaria before he finished there with 41 years of his active career in 2012.
Career
Morton studied from 1991 in his hometown at the University of Louisville, where he played for the prestigious NCAA college basketball team Cardinals in the former Metro Conference, which later became the Conference USA. The Cardinals were able to qualify in their respective Conference for each of the nationwide NCAA finals and won in 1993 and 1994, both the regular season and the championship tournament of the Metro Conference. Here, Morton was elected " Most Valuable Player " of the Conference Tournament in 1993. In the NCAA final was reached in 1992 after a second round -off in the following two years in a row knockout round of "Sweet Sixteen". In 1994, Morton filed for the Entry Draft of the NBA and was like his teammate Clifford Rozier, previously twice Player of the Year of the Metro Conference, selected by the Golden State Warriors. Morton made his NBA debut in mid-December 1994 and has over 41 missions in half the season games used in the NBA 1994/95 average of just under ten minutes. Then dismissed the Warriors, the NBA career of his longtime teammate Rozier took just under two years longer.
After the Warriors Morton had fired, he played in the 1995/96 season in the Israeli Ligat ha Al Hapoel from Eilat. In the summer of 1996, he returned to his home country and tried to " summer leagues " as United States Basketball League and other recommended again for higher tasks. After he thus had no success, he played 1996/97 in the British Basketball League for the Eagles from Newcastle upon Tyne. The Eagles were able for the first time in six years to qualify for the play-offs where they were eliminated in the first round against the eventual play-off winners London Towers. He then wrote for the 1997/98 season a contract with the Bayer Giants Leverkusen in the German Basketball Bundesliga, but was terminated prematurely. In the 1998/99 season he was back in the British Basketball League active, this time for the Towers of London, who could repeat their success of 1997 in the play- offs in 1999. After the first play-off round re Morton's former club Newcastle Eagles were beaten in the semi-final round of the main First Sheffield Sharks secured and then the title.
From 1999 onwards Morton played two seasons in the Japan Basketball League for Hitachi Honso from Osaka, which then operated under the name the name SunRockers. After playing in the American Basketball Association in 2002, he played in the 2002/03 season in the Bulgarian National League for CSKA from the capital Sofia. After an interlude in the summer of 2003 in the Dominican Republic, he returned to Europe and played in the French LNB Pro A for JA Vichy. The rising stars of the preseason but again missed the play-offs for the championship and retired in European club competition FIBA Europe Cup 2003 /04 in the knockout games against national competitors Hyères- Toulon Var Basket. Morton was the following season in France, but played in the second division for the Pro B Basketball club from Angers, but only reached a 13th place among 17 teams in the final table. Subsequently, Morton presented in summer 2005 again in the Dominican Republic. For the 2005/ 06 season, Morton returned to Bulgaria, where he was the next seven years until his career end remained as an active player in 2012 with changing club. To championship successes it was not enough there for Morton, as all Championship title at the Masters Series BK Lukoil Akademik went.