Bill Edwards (basketball)

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William Allen Edwards (born August 28, 1971) is an American former professional basketball player. He was a Script error: No such module "convert". tall small forward-power forward. During his playing career, his nickname was "Dollar Bill" Edwards.[1]

College career

Edwards played college basketball at Wright State University, with the Wright State Raiders, where he became one of the school's legends. He was voted the Summit League Player of the Year in 1993.

Professional career

Edwards was never drafted by an NBA franchise. He spent his rookie season with the Sioux Falls Skyforce of the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) and was selected to the CBA All-Rookie First Team in 1994.[2] Despite having played a few games with the Philadelphia 76ers during the 1993–94 season, it was in Europe that he had a significant 12-year career. He played in the EuroLeague with the Greek club PAOK, in the 1999–00 season, and in the FIBA SuproLeague, with the French club ASVEL, in the 2000–01 season.

National team career

Edwards was a member of the bronze medal-winning senior men's Team USA at the 1998 FIBA World Championship.

Personal life

Edwards is the father of former Middletown High School standouts Bill Edwards Jr., who on May 6, 2009, signed a Letter of Intent to play college basketball for Penn State,[3] and Vincent Edwards, a former NBA player, who played college basketball for Purdue.

Career pro stats (national domestic leagues)

Season League Team GP MPG PPG RPG APG
1993–94 CBA Sioux Falls Skyforce 52 35.2 20.2 7.1 2.3
1993–94 NBA Philadelphia 76ers 3 14.7 2.0 4.7 1.3
1994–95 LBA Scaligera Verona 27 36.1 19.6 9.0 1.1
1995–96 LBA Cagiva Varese 34 37.4 23.3 7.2 0.8
1996–97 GBL AEK Athens 34 35.9 17.8 6.6 2.7
1997–98 LBA Calze Pompea Roma 25 35.4 20.5 5.1 2.0
1998–99 LBA Kinder Bologna 15 29.4 14.3 4.6 1.2
1999–00 GBL PAOK Thessaloniki 26 35.8 15.3 5.9 2.0
2000–01 Pro A ASVEL Villeurbanne 19 33.8 19.0 5.2 0.0
2001–02 GBL PAOK Thessaloniki 12 35.2 17.8 5.5 2.0
2002–03 ACB Casademont Girona 3 14.6 6.0 1.6 0.3
2003–04 ISBL Hapoel Jerusalem 5 17.6 5.4 3.2 1.2
2004–05 BBL Koln Rein Energy 33 33.9 16.5 7.8 1.8
2005–06 BBL EWE Oldenburg 31 30.2 14.4 5.8 1.6

References

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  3. ↑ Bill Edwards – Basketball Recruiting, http://basketballrecruiting.rivals.com/viewprospect.asp?Sport=2&pr_key=54840 Template:Webarchive

External links

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