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{{Short description|American basketball player (born 1979)}}
{{distinguish|LeRoy Baxter}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name         = Lonny Baxter
| image        = Lonny Baxter (2).jpg
| width        =
| caption      =
| height_ft    = 6
| height_in    = 8
| weight_lb    = 264
| birth_date   = {{birth date and age|1979|01|27}}
| birth_place  = [[Silver Spring, Maryland]], U.S.
| high_school  = [[Hargrave Military Academy]]<br/>([[Chatham, Virginia]])
| college      = [[Maryland Terrapins men's basketball|Maryland]] (1998–2002)
| draft_year   = 2002
| draft_round  = 2
| draft_pick   = 43
| draft_team   = [[Chicago Bulls]]
| career_start = 2002
| career_end   = 2013
| career_position = [[Power forward]] / [[Center (basketball)|center]]
| career_number = 35, 3
| years1       = {{nbay|2002|start}}–{{nbay|2003|start}}
| team1        = [[Chicago Bulls]] 
| years2       = {{nbay|2003|full=y}}
| team2        = [[Toronto Raptors]] 
| years3       = {{nbay|2003|end}}
| team3        = [[Washington Wizards]] 
| years4       = 2004
| team4        = [[Yakima Sun Kings]]
| years5       = {{nbay|2004|start}}
| team5        = [[New Orleans Hornets]] 
| years6       = 2005
| team6        = [[Panathinaikos BC|Panathinaikos]]
| years7       = {{nbay|2005|full=y}}
| team7        = [[Houston Rockets]] 
| years8       = {{nbay|2005|end}}
| team8        = [[Charlotte Bobcats]]
| years9       = 2006–2007
| team9        = [[Mens Sana Basket|Montepaschi Siena]]
| years10      = 2007–2008
| team10       = [[Joventut Badalona|DKV Joventut]]
| years11      = 2008–2009
| team11       = [[Panionios BC|Panionios]]
| years12      = 2009–2010
| team12       = [[Beşiktaş Cola Turka]]
| years13      = 2010–2012
| team13       = [[BC Enisey|Enisey Krasnoyarsk]]
| years14      = 2013
| team14       = [[Guaiqueríes de Margarita]]
| highlights   = 
* [[Lega Basket Serie A|Italian League]] champion (2007)
* [[Russian Professional Basketball League Awards|Russian League All-Symbolic Second Team]] (2011)
* [[List of NCAA Men's Division I Basketball champions|NCAA champion]] ([[2002 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament|2002]])
* First-team [[List of All-Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball teams|All-ACC]] (2000)
* 2x Second-team All-ACC (2001, 2002)
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Men's [[Basketball]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{USA}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Summer Universiade]]}}
{{MedalBronze| [[Basketball at the 2001 Summer Universiade|2001 Beijing]] | [[United States national basketball team|Team competition]]}} 
}}

'''Lonny Leroy Baxter''' (born January 27, 1979) is an American former professional [[basketball]] player. He is {{height|ft=6|in=8}} in height, and played the [[power forward]] and [[center (basketball)|center]] positions.

==College career==

While attending the [[University of Maryland, College Park]], Baxter won the 2002 [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] [[NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship|championship]] along with teammates and future [[NBA]] players [[Juan Dixon]], [[Steve Blake]] and [[Chris Wilcox]] by defeating [[Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball|Indiana]].  He was named a regional MVP of the NCAA Tournament twice, in 2001 and 2002.{{Citation needed|date=December 2013}}

==Professional career==

=== NBA ===
Baxter was selected by the [[Chicago Bulls]] with the 15th pick of the second round (44th overall) of the [[2002 NBA draft]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nba.com/draft2002/board/index.html |title=NBA Draft Board |work=nba.com |access-date=2011-01-29}}</ref> On February 9, 2006, Baxter was traded by the [[Houston Rockets]] to the [[Charlotte Bobcats]] for [[Keith Bogans]].

Baxter's final game was played on April 19, 2006, in a 96–86 win over the [[Philadelphia 76ers]] where he played for 7 minutes and the only stat he recorded was 1 rebound.

Baxter has career NBA averages of 3.9 points and 2.9 rebounds in 162 total games from 2002 to 2006.

===Europe===

During the 2004–05 season Baxter played some games for the [[A1 Ethniki|Greek A1 League]] team [[Panathinaikos BC|Panathinaikos]], before getting injured and agreeing with the club for his release. On August 8, 2006, Baxter signed with the [[Serie A (basketball)|Italian League]] team [[Montepaschi Siena]]. In 2008, he joined [[Panionios BC|Panionios]]. In 2009, he moved to [[Beşiktaş Cola Turka]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.turkbasket.com/haber/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4293:kartal-bombay-patlatt&catid=94:bjk-colaturka&Itemid=279|title=Beşiktaş'a süper pivot|date=July 12, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090712123643/http://www.turkbasket.com/haber/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4293:kartal-bombay-patlatt&catid=94:bjk-colaturka&Itemid=279 |archive-date=2009-07-12 }}</ref>

==Personal==
As of 2025, Baxter has the job of Product Specialist for Ourisman Mazda of laurel, MD.
 
On August 16, 2006, Baxter was arrested in [[Washington, D.C.]], only a few blocks from the [[White House]] after firing a .40 caliber [[Glock]] handgun into the air.  On August 23, 2006, Baxter was sentenced to 60 days in prison after pleading guilty to possession of an unregistered firearm and unregistered ammunition charges.  The judge in the case did not accept the plea bargain that had been arranged with the prosecution for a sentence of time served.

"There's no good reason for a person who's not working in law enforcement or presidential protection to be in possession of a loaded weapon within blocks of the White House, let alone to fire it into the air," Iscoe said.

Baxter was later charged with shipping four guns via [[FedEx]] in July 2006 without notifying them that the shipment contained firearms.  Baxter [[plea bargain|pled guilty]] to this crime on July 19, 2007.
<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sportsline.com/collegebasketball/story/10261990|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070823065823/http://sportsline.com/collegebasketball/story/10261990|url-status=dead|title=Ex-Terp, former Bull Baxter pleads guilty to illegally shipping guns.|archivedate=August 23, 2007}}</ref> He was sentenced to 60 days in jail, two years of supervised release and a $2,000 fine on August 31, 2007.
<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/31/AR2007083101175.html Former Terp Baxter Sentenced to 60 Days in Prison.]</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Lonny Baxter}}
*{{Basketballstats |nba= 2437 |bbr= b/baxtelo01 }}
*[http://www.euroleague.net/competition/players/showplayer?clubcode=nio&pcode=KIN Euroleague.net Profile]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080913155027/http://www.panioniosbc.gr/index.asp?a_id=53&u_id=56 Panionios Profile]
*[http://www.eurobasket.com/player.asp?Cntry=EUROL&PlayerID=7313 Eurobasket.com Profile]
*[https://archive.today/20130205105352/http://www.ulebcup.com/ulebcup/home/on-court/players/showplayer?clubcode=nio&pcode=KIN ULEBCup.com Profile]

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