Dion Waiters

Dion Waiters
Player information
birthday	10th December 1991 (age 28)
place of birth	Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , USA
size	193 cm
Weight	95 kg
position	Shooting Guard
college	Syracuse
NBA draft	2012 , 4th pick , Cleveland Cavaliers
Club information
society	Los Angeles Lakers
league	NBA
Jersey number	18th
Clubs as active
2012–2015 Cleveland Cavaliers 2015–2016 Oklahoma City Thunder 2016–2020 Miami Heat Since 2020 Los Angeles Lakers 0

Dion Waiters (* 10. December 1991 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania ) is an American NBA - Basketball player , who is currently the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA is active.

college

Waiters played for Syracuse University for two years . In his freshman year he scored 6.6 points, 1.5 assists and 1.6 rebounds per game. The following year he increased to 12.6 points, 2.5 assists and 2.3 rebounds. The remarkable thing was that he wasn't on the starting line-up in a single game.

NBA

Waiters was selected fourth by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2012 NBA Draft . During his first season, Waiters scored 14.7 points per game. As a reward, he was appointed to the NBA All-Rookie First Team . He also took part in the Rising Star Challenge as part of the NBA All-Star Weekend and scored 23 points. In his second year Waiters improved to an average of 15.7 points, but the Cavaliers were unsuccessful. With the signing of LeBron James , Waiters slipped off the grid and has been off the bench ever since.

In January 2015, Waiters was transferred from the Cavaliers to the Oklahoma City Thunder in a barter deal . At the Thunder, Waiters was only a bench player and was never entirely convincing. He lost his contract in the summer of 2016. He was then signed by the Miami Heat . Between the start of the 2019/20 season and mid-December 2019, he was given three leave of absence from Miami. According to US media, a recording surfaced in December 2019 showing him on a boat while he was on sick leave. Up to this point he had not played a season game for the team. In October 2019, he had to sit out first because of team-damaging behavior and then in November because of a seizure on the plane that he suffered after consuming a food containing THC .

On March 6, 2020, he signed a contract with the Los Angeles Lakers and will play with the Californians until the end of the season.

Web links

Commons : Dion Waiters  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Dion Waiters - player profile on NBA.com
• Dion Waiters - player profile on basketball-reference.com
• Waiter's profile on ESPN

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Dion Waiters Stats . In: espn.go.com . Retrieved June 19, 2012.
2. ^ Dion Waiter's profile . In: syracuseathletics.com . Retrieved June 19, 2012.
3. ↑ http://www.cleveland.com/cavs/index.ssf/2012/06/cleveland_cavaliers_pick_dion.html
4. ↑ http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2013/2/15/3971642/2013-nba-rising-stars-rookie-sophomore-game-rosters-team-shaq
5. ↑ HEAT Signs Dion Waiters
6. ↑ NBA news: Dion Waiters suspension, Miami Heat, boat, Instagram. In: Fox Sports. December 17, 2019, accessed December 18, 2019 (Australian English).