| Position | Point guard |
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| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Weight | 167 lb (76 kg) |
| League | Basketball Bundesliga |
| Team | Alba Berlin |
| Born | September 29, 1985 Detroit |
| Nationality | American |
| High school | Crockett High School |
| College | Wright State University |
| Draft | Undrafted, 2007 |
| Pro career | 2007–present |
| Career history | Pallacanestro Cantù (2007-08) Pallacanestro Treviso (2008-09) Skyliners Frankfurt (2010-11) |
| Awards | Horizon League Player of the Year 2006-07 Bundesliga MVP 2010-11 |
DaShaun Wood (born September 29, 1985 in Detroit) is an American basketball player. As of 1 July 2011[update], he's under contract with Bundesliga club Alba Berlin. A point guard, Wood was named Horizon League Player of the Year in 2007 and Bundesliga MVP in 2011.
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DaShaun Lynch grew up in Detroit, were he went to Crockett High School. Soon after joining the Wright State Raiders in 2003, he changed his family name from "Lynch" to "Wood", his father's name.[1][2] In his senior year, Wood led the Raiders to the Horizon League championship and, subsequently, its second-ever NCAA tournament appearance. He had also been the league's top scorer during the regular season and was named its Player of the Year, the first Raider to achieve that feat.[3]
After being left unselected in the 2007 NBA Draft, Wood began his professional career by signing with the Italian club Pallacanestro Cantù. He soon emerged as one of the best players in the Lega Basket Serie A and finished the season as one of only two players in the league scoring more than 600 points during that year.[4] The following year, Wood played for another Italian club, Pallacanestro Treviso, but, soon after joining Treviso, suffered a sore tendon caused by a bone spur in the knee, which forced him to sit out for two months and continued to hamper him for the rest of the season.[5] In order to fully recover from the injury, he did not play for any professional team during the 2009-10 season. Wood joined the German club Skyliners Frankfurt in 2010, leading the Bundesliga in points scored and claiming the MVP award for the 2010-2011 season.[6] After the departure of coach Gordon Herbert, Wood joined him at his new club Alba Berlin.[7]
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