Derrick Byars

Derrick Byars
Player information
Full name	Derrick JaVaughn Byars
birthday	April 25, 1984
place of birth	Memphis (TN), USA
size	201 cm
position	Shooting Guard / Small Forward
college	Vanderbilt
NBA draft	2007 , 42nd Pick, Portland Trail Blazers
Club information
society	Krasny Oktyabr Volgograd
league	VTB United League
Clubs as active
2002–2004 Virginia Cavaliers ( NCAA ) 2005–2007 Vanderbilt Commodores (NCAA) 2007 Cologne 99ers 2008 Chorale Roanne Basket 2008–2009 Bakersfield Jam 2009–2010 ALBA Berlin 2010 Panellinios Athens 2011 Bakersfield Jam 2011 Cholet Basket 2012 Bakersfield Jam 2012 San Antonio Spurs 2012 –2013 ALBA Berlin 2013 Caciques de Humacao Since 2014 Krasny Oktjabr Volgograd 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 0

Derrick JaVaughn Byars (born April 25, 1984 in Memphis , Tennessee ) is an American basketball player . After studying in his home country, he played as a professional for several clubs in Europe , including the Köln 99ers and ALBA Berlin in the German basketball league , where he won the Beko BBL Cup 2013 with the Berliners . Since 2014 he has been playing in the Eastern European VTB United League for the newcomer Krasny Oktjabr from Volgograd.

Career

After a few games in the NBA Summer League , including at Orlando Magic and the New Orleans Hornets , he moved to the Cologne 99ers in Germany in November 2007, where he played eight games. In January 2008 he moved to the French club Chorale Roanne Basket , where he was used in a game in the top European division ULEB Euroleague , and was with him national runner-up in France. The following season Byars played in the NBA Development League for the Bakersfield Jam . He reached the first playoff round with them and was elected to the All-NBDL Second Team . After further games in the NBA Summer League for the Chicago Bulls , he moved back to the BBL at Alba Berlin in early November 2009, with whom he was able to reach the German Cup final. The following summer, he tried again by participating in the NBA Summer League for the Chicago Bulls to get a professional contract with an NBA club. After this failed again, he signed a contract with Panellinios Athens in the Greek A1 Ethniki for the 2010/11 season . After only five games this contract was terminated and Byars played from January 2011 again for Bakersfield Jam in the Development League.

For the 2011/12 season he initially returned to Europe and played for Cholet Basket in France. There he completed only one Euroleague qualifier and one championship game before the contract was canceled. In the NBA preseason shortened due to a lockout , he was then briefly under contract with the Miami Heat in December 2011 , before playing again for the Bakersfield Jam in the D-League in 2012. At the end of the 2012 season he finally got a contract with the NBA and played his first game for the San Antonio Spurs.

For the 2012/2013 season, Byars did not receive a new contract in the NBA and finally joined Alba Berlin again in November 2012 . There he received a fixed-term contract until the end of December 2012, which was extended until the end of the season, and reached the intermediate round of the 16 best teams in the top-ranking European club competition ULEB Euroleague 2012/13 with the German club . In the national competitions, however, after winning the Beko BBL Cup 2013 in the first round of the play-offs for the championship, the Berlin team retired early. After the early end of the season in Europe, Byars joined the caciques from Humacao in the Puerto Rican Baloncesto Superior Nacional . Then Byars was in the pre-season squad of the Memphis Grizzlies in his hometown, but was again released from the squad shortly before the start of the season. It was not until the beginning of 2014 that he signed a new contract and switched to "Krasny Oktjabr" ( German  Red October ) from Volgograd , who were newly included in the VTB United League 2013/14 for this season .

Web links

• Derrick Byars - player profile on NBA.com
• Derrick Byars - player profile on basketball-reference.com
• BYARS, DERRICK - player profile on the ULEB Euroleague website
• easyCredit BBL - Derrick Byars - player profile on the easyCredit Basketball-Bundesliga website
• Derrick Byars Stats - Vanderbilt Commodores - College season stats on statsheet.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ HEAT Signs Derrick Byars. NBA , December 10, 2011, accessed April 26, 2012 (Miami Heat press release). 
2. ↑ Spurs Sign Derrick Byars. NBA , April 25, 2012, accessed April 26, 2012 (San Antonio Spurs press release). 
3. ↑ Wood and Byars leave Berlin. (No longer available online.) ALBA Berlin , June 4, 2013, archived from the original on June 8, 2013 ; accessed on June 4, 2013 (media info). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.