DeMarcus Nelson

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Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". DeMarcus De'Juan Nelson (born November 2, 1985) is an American former professional basketball player. Standing at 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) he played at the point guard position. He also holds Serbian citizenship as of 2014.

College career

Nelson played at the shooting guard position on the Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team. He was also the lone captain of the team for the 2007–2008 season, which was his senior year.

College statistics

College Year[1] GP MIN SPG BPG RPG APG PPG FG% FT% 3P%
Duke 2004–05 33 19.2 0.8 0.3 4.5 0.8 6.2 .400 .532 .319
Duke 2005–06 24 21.5 0.8 0.1 3.4 1.2 7.1 .452 .649 .410
Duke 2006–07 33 31.9 1.3 0.5 5.4 2.0 14.1 .478 .593 .364
Duke 2007–08 34 30.9 1.6 0.3 5.8 2.9 14.5 .490 .601 .388

Professional career

Nelson was not drafted in the 2008 NBA draft, but he was signed by the Golden State Warriors on September 9, 2008. He became the first undrafted rookie to start on opening night in the history of the NBA.[2] On November 14, 2008, he and teammate Richard Hendrix were assigned to the Bakersfield Jam of the NBA D-League. He was recalled by the Warriors on December 16, 2008, but he was waived on January 6, 2009, to make room for Jermareo Davidson.[3]

Nelson joined the Croatian Adriatic League club KK Zagreb in January 2009, but only played a single game.[4] In March 2009, Nelson returned to the NBA D-League as a member of the Austin Toros.

On April 9, 2009, Nelson signed with the Chicago Bulls.[5] On July 30, 2009, he was waived by the Bulls.[6]

On August 29, 2009, he was signed by Scandone Avellino of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A for the 2009–10 season.[7]

He played for the Milwaukee Bucks in the NBA Summer League in 2010.[8]

On August 23, 2010, he was signed by Cholet Basket of France.[9] Cholet Basket is qualified for the Euroleague for the 2010–11 season.

In July 2011 he signed with BC Donetsk in Ukraine.[10] On November 15, 2011, he returned to Cholet Basket by signing a contract for the rest of the season.[11]

In September 2012, he signed a one-year contract with the Serbian team Crvena zvezda.[12] In June 2013 he re-signed with them for one more season, with an option for a second year.[13] He became the first foreign player to stay at the club for two seasons.

In November 2013, he was named EuroLeague MVP for Round 4.[14] In April 2014, along with his teammate Boban Marjanović, he was selected to the Ideal Team of the 2013–14 ABA League season.[15][16] He was also named to the All-EuroCup First Team in 2014.[17]

On July 22, 2014, Panathinaikos announced the signing of Nelson, on a 1+1 year-deal.[18][19]

On September 25, 2015, he signed a one-month deal with the French team Monaco, with the role to replace injured Larry Drew II.[20] On December 23, 2015, he signed for the rest of the season with the Spanish team Unicaja, with the role to replace injured Stefan Marković.[21]

On October 15, 2016, Nelson signed with ASVEL Basket for the rest of the 2016–17 season.[22] On July 8, 2017, he re-signed with ASVEL for two more seasons.[23]

On January 29, 2020, he has signed with Limoges CSP of the LNB Pro A.[24] Nelson re-signed with the team to a two-year extension on July 8, 2020.[25]

Career statistics

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NBA

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Template:Nbay Golden State 13 5 13.2 .444 .000 .357 1.8 1.0 .7 .2 4.1
Career 13 5 13.2 .444 .000 .357 1.8 1.0 .7 .2 4.1

Domestic leagues

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2008–09 Bakersfield Jam D-League 9 32.7 .569 .300 .576 4.8 4.0 2.2 .2 16.0
Austin Toros 11 41.4 .564 .450 .803 5.9 4.2 1.2 .5 23.0
KK Zagreb Adriatic League 1 13.0 .333 -- -- .0 .0 .0 1.0 2.0
2009–10 Air Avellino Lega A 28 25.8 .510 .220 .770 3.6 1.2 1.6 .4 9.0
2010–11 Cholet Basket Pro A 34 25.0 .509 .271 .744 3.5 2.4 .9 .4 10.8
2011–12 BC Donetsk SuperLeague 12 22.3 .532 .250 .796 4.4 2.5 1.6 .2 10.6
Cholet Basket Pro A 30 30.0 .516 .265 .804 3.8 3.6 1.3 .2 13.7
2012–13 KK Crvena zvezda Adriatic League 28 26.4 .533 .273 .637 3.8 3.5 1.0 .3 8.6
KLS 19 28.8 .524 .410 .635 4.2 3.8 1.8 .4 11.4
2013–14 Adriatic League 27 25.5 .604 .236 .712 3.2 3.3 1.5 .1 9.8
KLS 18 25.4 .500 .373 .732 3.6 4.0 1.6 .0 10.7
2014–15 Panathinaikos B.C. Greek A1 23 18.4 .505 .259 .527 3.4 2.0 .7 .0 6.5

EuroLeague

Template:Euroleague player statistics start |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2010–11 | style="text-align:left;"| Cholet | 10 || 7 || 25.6 || .423 || .313 || .636 || 3.3 || 1.5 || .5 || .3 || 9.2 || 5.8 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2013–14 | style="text-align:left;"| Crvena zvezda | 10 || 10 || 26.8 || .479 || .286 || .737 || 4.0 || 3.2 || 1.1 || .2 || 11.2 || 13.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2014–15 | style="text-align:left;"| Panathinaikos | 18 || 0 || 17.8 || .402 || .130 || .625 || 2.4 || 2.2 || .6 || .2 || 5.8 || 5.6 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:left;"| Career | style="text-align:left;"| | 38 || 17 || 22.2 || .434 || .239 || .658 || 3.1 || 2.3 || .7 || .2 || 8.1 || 7.6 |}

Personal life

DeMarcus attended high school at Vallejo High School in Vallejo, California and Sheldon High School in Sacramento, California. His Freshman, Sophomore, and Junior years were at Vallejo and his Senior year was at Sheldon.

He attained Serbian citizenship on July 24, 2014, late for a possible extension with Crvena zvezda.[26]

See also

References

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