A. J. Slaughter
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Slaughter with Poland at EuroBasket 2015
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No. 6 – Banvit | |
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Position | Shooting guard |
League | TBL Eurocup |
Personal information | |
Born | Louisville, Kentucky |
August 3, 1987
Nationality | American / Polish |
Listed height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) |
Listed weight | 80 kg (176 lb) |
Career information | |
High school | Shelby County (Shelbyville, Kentucky) |
College | Western Kentucky (2006–2010) |
NBA draft | 2010 / Undrafted |
Playing career | 2010–present |
Career history | |
2010–2011 | Angelico Biella |
2011–2012 | Dexia Mons-Hainaut |
2012–2013 | Cholet Basket |
2013–2014 | Élan Chalon |
2014–2015 | Panathinaikos |
2015–present | Banvit |
Career highlights and awards | |
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A. J. Slaughter (born August 3, 1987) is an American born naturalised-Polish professional basketball player who plays for Banvit of the Turkish Basketball League (TBL).
Prior to his professional career, he played college basketball for Western Kentucky in the NCAA Division I.
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High school
Slaughter started every game of his high school career at Shelby County, averaging 14.5 points, 3.3 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 2.7 steals per game. He posted 14 points, 4 rebounds and 2 steals per game during his sophomore year as the Rockets won the district championship, earning District MVP honors and a First-Team All-Region selection as well. Another district title followed in his junior year (18 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 steals per game) with a second First-Team All-Region selection. He contributed 19.7 points, 4.3 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 3.7 steals per game as a senior to help Shelby County reach the state Sweet 16, leading the Louisville Courier-Journal to name him as their Player of the Year, with a third First-Team All-State selection added.[1]
Rated a three-star recruit by Scout.com,[2] Slaughter received scholarship offers from Vanderbilt and West Virginia but chose Western Kentucky (WKU) of the Sun Belt Conference in the NCAA Division I. Signing his letter of intent on 26 August 2005,[3] he was the first verbal commitment of the 2006 Western Kentucky recruiting class.[4]
Name | Home town | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date | |
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A.J. Slaughter SG |
Shelbyville, Kentucky | Shelby County High School (KY) | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | 170 lb (77 kg) | Aug 26, 2005 | |
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College
Freshman year
For Slaughter's collegiate debut, he registered 20 minutes and scored a year-high 18 points in a 96-55 defeat of Kennesaw State on 11 November 2006, ending his season with 5 points in the 2007 Sun Belt Men's Basketball Tournament semifinal defeat against Arkansas State.[5] He appeared in all 33 games played, starting a 11 January 2007 game against Florida International University after starter Courtney Lee got injured, playing two more games that season. He finished with 15.9 minutes per game, contributing 200 points (10th best for WKU freshmen) with per game averages of 6.1 points (7th in the team), 1.7 rebounds, 0.9 assists and 0.9 steals (3rd in team).[6][1][7]
Sophomore year
Slaughter scored in excess of 10 points on 12 occasions as a sophomore, including a season-high 17 points in a 31 January 2008 game against Arkansas-Little Rock. He helped Western Kentucky win the 2008 Sun Belt Men's Basketball Tournament, eaning a place in the 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.[1][8][9] In the first round game against Drake on 21 March 2008, Slaughter posted 10 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists to help the team progress.[10][1] In the Sweet Sixteen loss to top-seeded UCLA on March 27, he added 7 points, 3 assists and 2 steals.[11][1]
Professional career
After going undrafted in the 2010 NBA Draft, Slaughter played for the Detroit Pistons in the NBA Summer League.[12]
On July 26, 2010, he signed a one-year deal with Angelico Biella of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A.[13]
For the 2011–12 season he moved to Belgium and signed with Dexia Mons-Hainaut.
In July 2012, he signed with Cholet Basket of the French LNB Pro A.[14]
In June 2013, he signed a one-year deal with another Pro A side, Élan Chalon.[15]
On July 16, 2014, he signed a two-year deal with Greek giants Panathinaikos.[16][17] On June 30, 2015, he officially terminated his contract with the team.[18]
On July 16, 2015, Slaughter signed with the Turkish club Banvit.[19]
International career
It was announced in June 2015 that Slaughter had become a Polish citizen, in order for him to play for the Poland national basketball team at EuroBasket 2015.[20]
Personal
His father, Anthony "Tony" Slaughter, played basketball for Murray State from 1980 to 1981.[21] His two sisters Toni and Anotinita also played basketball collegiately, both for Louisville, the latter is a Graduate Assistant at Drury University as of 2015.[22][23]
Honors
- Greek Cup: winner (2015)
References
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External links
- Euroleague Profile Retrieved 23 June 2015
- Ligue Nationale de Basket profile Retrieved 23 June 2015 (French)
- Lega Basket Serie A profile Retrieved 23 June 2015 (Italian)
- FIBA game center Profile Retrieved 23 June 2015
- Pages with broken file links
- College athlete recruit end with broken rivals school link
- Articles with French-language external links
- Articles with Italian-language external links
- 1987 births
- Living people
- American expatriate basketball people in Belgium
- American expatriate basketball people in France
- American expatriate basketball people in Greece
- American expatriate basketball people in Italy
- Basketball players from Kentucky
- Cholet Basket players
- Elan Chalon players
- Pallacanestro Biella players
- Panathinaikos B.C. players
- Shooting guards
- WKU Hilltoppers basketball players
- Sportspeople from Louisville, Kentucky