Dominic Waters

Dominic Waters
Free agent
Position Point guard
Personal information
Born (1986-09-28) September 28, 1986
Portland, Oregon
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight 180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
High school Grant (Portland, Oregon)
College
NBA draft 2010 / Undrafted
Playing career 2010–present
Career history
2010 Portland Showtime
2010–2011 VOO Verviers-Pepinster
2011–2012 Liège Basket
2012 Union Olimpija
2012–2013 Hapoel Holon
2013–2014 Bàsquet Manresa
2014 s.Oliver Baskets
2014 Grand Rapids Drive
2014–2015 Kolossos Rodou
2015–2016 Aris Thessaloniki
2016 Pallacanestro Cantù
2016–2017 Olympiacos
Career highlights and awards

Dominic Wayne Waters (born September 28, 1986) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Olympiacos of the Greek Basket League. Standing at 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in), he plays at the point guard position.

High school career

Waters played high school basketball at Grant High School, in Portland, Oregon.

College career

Waters played college basketball at the University of Hawaii, where he played with the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors and at Portland State University, where he played with the Portland State Vikings.

Professional career

After graduating from Portland State, Waters joined the Portland Showtime for the 2010 NABL season. He went on to go undrafted in the 2010 NBA draft, and subsequently joined the Utah Jazz for the NBA Summer League. In August 2010, he signed with STB Le Havre of France for the 2010–11 season.[1] However, he was later released by Le Havre a month later, after the team was not satisfied with him.[2] In October 2010, he signed with VOO Verviers-Pepinster of the Belgian Basketball League.

On May 29, 2011, Waters signed with the Belgian club Liège Basket for the 2011–12 season.[3]

On July 29, 2012, Waters signed a one-year deal with Union Olimpija of the Slovenian Basketball League and ABA League.[4] In December 2012, he left Olimpija.[5] On January 2, 2013, he signed with Hapoel Holon of Israel, for the rest of the 2012–13 season.[6]

On August 12, 2013, Waters signed with the Liga ACB club Bàsquet Manresa of Spain for the 2013–14 season.[7] On January 14, 2014, he parted ways with Manresa.[8] Three days later, he signed with the Basketball Bundesliga club s.Oliver Baskets, of Germany, for the rest of the 2013–14 season.[9]

On November 1, 2014, Waters was selected by the Grand Rapids Drive in the third round of the 2014 NBA Development League Draft.[10] On November 21, 2014, he was released by the Drive, after averaging 3.0 points and 3.5 rebounds in two games.[11] On December 17, 2014, he signed with Kolossos Rodou of Greece for the rest of the Greek Basket League's 2014–15 season.[12]

On July 29, 2015, he signed a one-year deal with Aris Thessaloniki of Greece.[13]

On August 2, 2016, Waters signed with the VTB United League club Yenisey Krasnoyarsk of Russia.[14] On September 11, 2016, he left the team because he didn't pass his physical tests.[15] On September 22, 2016, he joined the German club Bayern Munich's training camp.[16]

On October 6, 2016, he signed with the LBA club Pallacanestro Cantù of Italy.[17] On December 27, 2016, he left Cantù, and signed with the Greek team Olympiacos for the rest of the 2016–17 season.[18][19] Waters played in 21 EuroLeague games with the Reds, including an appearance in the championship game of the 2017 EuroLeague Final Four versus Fenerbahçe, and counted 4.1 points plus 1.5 assists per game on average. On March 2 2017, he achieved a career-high by scoring 14 points at Menora Mivtachim Arena of Tel Aviv against Israeli powerhouse Maccabi. At the end of the season, Waters left Olympiacos after team's failure to defend the national league title in a dramatic best-of-five finals series versus rivals Panathinaikos.

Personal

Waters is a good personal friend of NFL star defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh.[20]

References

  1. ↑ St Thomas Basket : l'Américain Dominic Waters signe au Havre (in French).
  2. ↑ Basket : Dominic Waters quitte l'équipe de STB, Yohann Sangaré signe (in French).
  3. ↑ Belgacom Liege tabs Dominic Waters
  4. ↑ "Union Olimpija signs Waters.". Euroleague.net. July 29, 2012. Retrieved August 29, 2012.
  5. ↑ Dominic Waters heading to Hapoel Holon?
  6. ↑ Dominic Waters signs with Hapoel Holon.
  7. ↑ Dominic Waters officially signs with Manresa.
  8. ↑ Dominic Waters leaves Manresa.
  9. ↑ S.Oliver Baskets sign Dominic Waters, part ways with Tweety Carter.
  10. ↑ Grand Rapids DRIVE: 2014-15 Draft. Archived November 14, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.
  11. ↑ Grand Rapids Adds Center Willie Reed.
  12. ↑ Kolossos Rodou signed Dominic Waters.
  13. ↑ Στα κίτρινα του ΑΡΗ ο Dominic Waters. Archived August 1, 2015, at the Wayback Machine. (in Greek)
  14. ↑ Enisey Krasnoyarsk lands Dominic Waters.
  15. ↑ BC Enisey parted ways with Dominic Waters, Tony Taylor will replace him.
  16. ↑ Dominic Waters joins Bayern Munich training camp.
  17. ↑ "La Pallacanestro Cantù ingaggia Dominic Waters." (in Italian). Pallacanestro Cantù. October 6, 2016.
  18. ↑ Olympiacos bolsters backcourt with Waters.
  19. ↑ "Olympiacos signs Dominic Waters.". Sportando.com. December 27, 2016. Retrieved December 27, 2016.
  20. ↑ Ένας σούπερ σταρ του NFL στο ΣΕΦ (in Greek).


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