Joshua Dwight Duncan (born May 12, 1986) is an American professional

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player for

Ryukyu Golden Kings The are a Japanese professional basketball team based in Okinawa (city), Okinawa, Okinawa Prefecture. They compete in the B.League, the top-tier professional basketball league of Japan. The Golden Kings have won the Japanese national title f ...

of the Japanese

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College career

After playing high school basketball at

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, in

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, Duncan played 4 seasons of

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for

Xavier University Xavier University ( ) is a private Jesuit university in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. It is the sixth-oldest Catholic and fourth-oldest Jesuit university in the United States. Xavier had an enrollment of approximately 5,600 undergraduate an ...

Professional career

Duncan went undrafted in the 2008 NBA draft. In July 2008, he signed his first professional contract with

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of France. In July 2009, he signed with

Liège Basket Liège Basket was a Belgian professional basketball club from Liège. The club competed in the BNXT League. Founded in 1967, the team played at 5,600 seat Country Hall Ethias Liège. The club was one of the traditional clubs in Belgian basketbal ...

of Belgium. With them he won the

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in 2009. From 2010 to 2012 Duncan played with

Maccabi Ashdod Maccabi Ashdod B.C. () is a professional basketball team based in the port city of Ashdod, Israel. The team currently plays in the Israeli National League. History The team was founded in 1961 by "Maccabi Ashdod Sports Association", with the ...

of the

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. In June 2012, he signed with another Israeli team

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. On July 2, 2014, Duncan signed a two-year deal with the German team

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. On July 7, 2015, he left Brose and returned to Hapoel Jerusalem. On July 4, 2016, Duncan signed with

Eskişehir Basket Eskişehir Basket was a professional basketball team based in the city of Eskişehir in Turkey. Their home arena was the Anadolu Üniversitesi Sport Hall with a capacity of 5,000 seats. Founded in 2006, the club played in the highest tier Basket ...

of the

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. On July 20, 2017, he re-signed with Eskişehir for one more season.

References

External links

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at realgm.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Duncan, Josh 1986 births Living people American expatriate basketball people in Belgium American expatriate basketball people in France American expatriate basketball people in Germany American expatriate basketball people in Israel American expatriate basketball people in Japan American expatriate basketball people in Turkey American men's basketball players Basketball players from Cincinnati Bamberg Baskets players Chiba Jets players Élan Béarnais players Eskişehir Basket players Hapoel Jerusalem B.C. players Liège Basket players Maccabi Ashdod B.C. players Power forwards Ryukyu Golden Kings players Xavier Musketeers men's basketball players Moeller High School alumni