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{{Short description|American basketball player (born 1971)}}
{{for|the Florida politician|J. Ed Stokes}}
{{other people|Edward Stokes}}
{{BLP sources|date=October 2023}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name            = Ed Stokes
| image           = 
| image_size      = 
| caption         = 
| height_ft       = 7
| height_in       = 0
| weight_lb       = 264
| birth_date      = {{birth date and age|1971|09|03}}
| birth_place     = [[Syracuse, New York]], U.S.
| death_date      = 
| death_place     = 
| high_school     = [[St. Bernard High School (Los Angeles)|St. Bernard]]<br />([[Los Angeles|Los Angeles, California]])
| college         = [[Arizona Wildcats men's basketball|Arizona]] (1989–1993)
| draft_year      = 1993
| draft_round     = 2
| draft_pick      = 35
| draft_team      = [[Miami Heat]]
| career_start    = 1993
| career_end      = 2002
| career_number   = 41
| career_position = [[Center (basketball)|Center]]
| years1          = 1993–1994
| team1           = [[Panionios B.C.|Panionios]]
| years2          = 1994
| team2           = [[Olimpia Milano|Olimpia Stefanel Milano]]
| years3          = 1995–1996
| team3           = [[Aris B.C.|Aris]]
| years4          = 1996
| team4           = [[Titanes de Morovis]]
| years5          = 1996–1997
| team5           = [[Pallacanestro Virtus Roma|Telemarket Roma]]
| years6          = 1997
| team6           = Titanes de Morovis
| years7          = {{nbay|1997|start}}
| team7           = [[Toronto Raptors]]
| years8          = 1998
| team8           = [[Olimpia Basket Pistoia|Mabo Pistoia]]
| years9          = 1998–1999
| team9           = [[Keravnos B.C.|Keravnos]]
| years10         = 2000–2000
| team10          = [[F.C. Porto (basketball)|F.C. Porto]]
| years11         = 2001
| team11          = [[Libertad de Sunchales]]
| years12         = 2001–2002
| team12          = [[STB Le Havre]]
| years13         = 2002
| team13          = [[Basket Rimini Crabs|Rimini Crabs]]
| highlights      =
*[[HEBA Greek All Star Game|Greek League All-Star]] (1994 I)
| medal_templates = 
{{MedalSport | Men's [[basketball]] }}
{{MedalCountry | {{bk|United States}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[FIBA Under-19 World Championship|FIBA U19 World Championship]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[FIBA Under-19 World Championship|1991 Edmonton]] | [[United States men's national under-19 basketball team|Team competition]] }}
}}

'''Edward Kobie Stokes'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/10498/sid/2894/tid/379/tid2//_/1991_World_Championship_for_Junior_Men/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120814163119/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/10498/sid/2894/tid/379/tid2//_/1991_World_Championship_for_Junior_Men/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 14, 2012|title=Edward Kobie Diallo Stokes's profile|publisher=[[FIBA]].com}}</ref> (born September 3, 1971) is an American former professional [[basketball]] player, who played at the [[center (basketball)|center]] position.

==College career==
Stokes attended the [[University of Arizona]], where he played [[college basketball]] with the [[Arizona Wildcats men's basketball|Arizona Wildcats]], from 1989 to 1993. During his collegiate career, he scored 984 points, grabbed 644 rebounds, and blocked 167 shots. 

==Professional career==
Stokes was selected by the [[Miami Heat]], in the second round of the [[1993 NBA draft]], with the 35th overall pick.Stokes started his professional career in the [[Greek Basket League]], playing with [[Panionios BC|Panionios]]. During his pro career, Stokes went on to represent the following [[sports club|clubs]]: [[Stefanel Milano]], [[Aris BC|Aris Thessaloniki]], [[Titanes de Morovis]], [[Pallacanestro Virtus Roma|Telemarket Roma]], the [[Toronto Raptors]], [[Olimpia Basket Pistoia]], [[Keravnos B.C.|Keravnos]], [[FC Porto (basketball)|FC Porto]], [[Libertad de Sunchales]], [[STB Le Havre]], and [[Basket Rimini Crabs|Crabs Rimini]].

In the [[National Basketball Association|NBA]], the player rights to Stokes and [[Jeff Webster]], were traded by the Miami Heat, to the [[Washington Bullets]], in 1995, in exchange for [[Rex Chapman]] and [[Terrence Rencher]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1998/01/05/chapman-recalls-years-in-washington/34bf7393-9e68-4c32-8f91-669d1521b94f/|title=Chapman Recalls Years In Washington|first=Ric|last=Bucher|newspaper=Washington Post|date=January 5, 1998|accessdate=January 18, 2022}}</ref> However, Stokes was released without appearing for the team in any [[regular season]] games. Stokes was also under preseason contracts with the [[Denver Nuggets]], in October 1996, and with the [[Seattle SuperSonics]] (October 1997 and September–October 2000). He appeared sparingly for the [[Toronto Raptors]] in the [[1997–98 NBA season|1997–98 season]], in which he averaged 0.8 points and 1.0 rebounds, in 4.3 minutes per game, in 4 games played.

== References ==
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==External links==
* {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20060310113539/http://www.databasebasketball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=STOKEED01 College & NBA stats]}} at databasebasketball.com

{{1993 NBA draft}}

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