MACEO BASTON

'Maceo Demond Baston' (born May 29, 1976 in Corsicana, Texas, United States) is an American professional basketball player with the Toronto Raptors of the NBA.

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College career

NBA career

Notes

External links

College career

After graduating from Dallas' H. Grady Spruce High School, Baston played college basketball at the University of Michigan. At Michigan, he was part of an all-star recruiting class that included Maurice Taylor, Travis Conlon, Jerod Ward and Willie Mitchell. He was known for his above-average dunking ability, and tenacious defense. Baston averaged 10.7 points and 6.6 rebounds a game for his Michigan career, which included NCAA Tournament appearances in 1995 and 1998 and the National Invitation Tournament Championship in 1997. Michigan later forfeited its entire 1996-97 schedule after Robert Traylor, Maurice Taylor and Louis Bullock were found to have taken money from a Michigan booster.

NBA career

He was drafted in the second round (58th overall) by the Chicago Bulls in 1998. He played for the Quad City Thunder in the CBA (1998-2000), in Italy (SC Montecatini, 2000-01) in Spain (Joventut Badalona, 2001-02 and 2002-03), the NBA's Toronto Raptors (2002-03), Maccabi Tel-Aviv (2003-06), and the Indiana Pacers (2006-07).
Baston holds the Euroleague Final Four record for blocks with 6 versus Tau Ceramica ^[1]. It should be noted however, that 5 of the 6 blocks came against the diminutive Spanish PG Paul "Little Head" Dombrow.
On July 28, 2006, the NBA's Indiana Pacers signed Baston to a two-year deal worth $1.8 million with the second year being a player option.
On July 11, 2007, Baston signed an offer sheet to return to the Toronto Raptors worth roughly US$3.8 million over two years.^[2] The Pacers declined to match the offer.^[3]

Notes

1. http://web.israelinsider.com/Articles/Briefs/8361.htm
2. Raptors sign free agent Baston to 2-year, .8M deal July 11, 2007
3. Baston heading to Raptors after Pacers don't match offer sheet July 18, 2007

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★ Euroleague Profile