Dwight Buycks

Dwight Buycks

Buycks in 2014
Free agent
Position Point guard / Shooting guard
Personal information
Born March 6, 1989
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight 190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High school Bay View (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
College Indian Hills CC (2007–2009)
Marquette (2009–2011)
NBA draft 2011 / Undrafted
Pro career 2011–present
Career history
2011–2012 Tulsa 66ers (D-League)
2012 Oostende (Belgium)
2012–2013 BCM Gravelines (France)
2013–2014 Toronto Raptors
2014 →Bakersfield Jam (D-League)
2014 Valencia (Spain)
2014–2015 Tianjin Ronggang (China)
2015 Oklahoma City Blue (D-League)
2015 Los Angeles Lakers
Career highlights and awards

Dwight Buycks (/ˈbaɪks/; born March 6, 1989) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

High school career

Buycks attended Bay View High School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was a four-year starter on the team and finished his career with 1,312 points. He was the first player in school history to reach 1,000 points. He was named to the All-League Team all four years and the AP and Coaches All-State Team in his senior year. He was voted the top AAU player in the state and lead his team to the state championship.[1]

College career

Junior college

Buycks attended Indian Hills Community College for the 2007–08 and 2008–09 seasons. In his two years he had 1,254 points, the third most in school history. During his time there his team was 58-13. He also had a conference tournament championship and national tournament appearance. He was on the first team All-Region Team in both his seasons. He was also the First Team NJCAA All-American selection in his sophomore year. His team was ranked in the top five all year and were second in the final poll. They finished sixth in the national tournament.

2009–10 season

During the 2009–10 season, Buycks was Marquette's sixth man. He started his first career game with the Golden Eagles. During the season he started 11 games and averaged 24 minutes per game. He averaged 6.3 points per game and 3 rebounds per game while earning his first letter.

2010–11 season

In his senior season, Buycks had an increased role, averaging 28.1 minutes per game. In 36 games, he averaged 8.8 points, 3.1 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 1.1 steals per game.[2]

Professional career

2011–12 season

Buycks went undrafted in the 2011 NBA draft. In November 2011, he was acquired by the Tulsa 66ers of the NBA Development League.[3] On December 11, 2011, he signed with the Phoenix Suns. However, he was later waived by the Suns on December 19, 2011. He then returned to the 66ers. In April 2012, following the conclusion of the D-League season, he signed with Oostende of Belgium for the remainder of the 2011–12 Ethias League season.[4]

2012–13 season

In July 2012, Buycks joined the Oklahoma City Thunder for the Orlando Summer League and the San Antonio Spurs for the Las Vegas Summer League. In August 2012, he signed with BCM Gravelines of France for the 2012–13 season.[5]

2013–14 season

In July 2013, Buycks re-joined the Oklahoma City Thunder for the 2013 Orlando Summer League. On July 16, 2013, he signed a two-year deal with the Toronto Raptors[6] after playing well for them in the Las Vegas Summer League. On January 3, 2014, he was assigned to the Bakersfield Jam.[7] On January 13, 2014, he was recalled by the Raptors.[8] On March 5, 2014, he was reassigned to the Jam.[9] On March 9, 2014, he was recalled by the Raptors.[10]

2014–15 season

On July 19, 2014, Buycks was waived by the Toronto Raptors.[11] Six days later, he signed a one-year deal with Valencia Basket of the Liga ACB.[12][13] On November 7, 2014, he parted ways with Valencia after five Spanish League games and three Euroleague games.[14] Head coach Velimir Perasović said that Buycks' release was consensual and that Valencia wanted to part ways with him due bad results. Perasović pointed to himself as the possible reason as to why Buycks did not fit in with the team.[15]

On December 16, 2014, Buycks signed with Tianjin Ronggang for the rest of the 2014–15 CBA season.[16] Following the conclusion of the CBA season, he returned to the United States, and on March 4, he was acquired by the Oklahoma City Blue of the NBA Development League.[17] On April 3, he signed a 10-day contract with the Los Angeles Lakers to help the team deal with numerous injuries. The Lakers had to use an NBA hardship exemption in order to sign him as he made their roster stand at 16, one over the allowed limited of 15.[18] The Lakers were forced to part ways with Buycks on April 13 after he suffered a broken right hand in the team's loss to the Dallas Mavericks the previous night.[19]

NBA career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2013–14 Toronto 14 0 10.4 .313 .294 .889 1.6 .7 .6 .0 3.1
2014–15 L.A. Lakers 6 0 20.5 .450 .636 .900 2.0 2.3 .5 .0 8.7
Career 20 0 13.5 .375 .429 .895 1.8 1.2 .6 .0 4.8

Personal

Buycks is the son of Maryann Woods, and has a daughter, Sanyha.[1]

Gallery

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Dwight Buycks Bio
  2. ↑ Dwight Buycks Stats
  3. ↑ TULSA 66ERS ADD 10 PLAYERS IN 2011 NBA D-LEAGUE DRAFT
  4. ↑ Telenet Oostende tabs Dwight Buycks
  5. ↑ Gravelines-Dunkerque put Dwight Buycks at point
  6. ↑ Raptors Sign Free-Agent Guard Dwight Buycks
  7. ↑ Buycks Assigned To Bakersfield Jam
  8. ↑ Buycks Recalled From Bakersfield Jam
  9. ↑ Buycks Reassigned To Bakersfield Jam
  10. ↑ Buycks Recalled From Bakersfield Jam
  11. ↑ Raptors request waivers on Dwight Buycks and Diante Garrett
  12. ↑ Valencia Basket announces Dwight Buycks
  13. ↑ Valencia Basket brings on Buycks
  14. ↑ Valencia and Dwight Buycks part ways
  15. ↑ "Perasovic: Esperábamos mucho Buycks, no ha sido así y puede que sea por mí". ABC.es (in Spanish). November 7, 2014. Retrieved November 8, 2014.
  16. ↑ Dwight Buycks signs with TianJin Steel
  17. ↑ Blue Acquires Dwight Buycks
  18. ↑ "Lakers Sign Dwight Buycks to 10-Day Contract". NBA.com. April 3, 2015. Retrieved April 3, 2015.
  19. ↑ Lakers Planned To Re-Sign Buycks Before Injury

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