DaShaun Sheldon Wood (born September 29, 1985) is an American former professional basketball player. Standing at , he played at the

point guard The point guard (PG), also called the one or the point, is one of the Basketball positions, five positions in a regulation basketball game. A point guard has perhaps the most specialized role of any position and is usually the shortest player ...

position.

College career

DaShaun Lynch grew up in

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, where he went to Crockett High School. Soon after joining the

Wright State Raiders The Wright State Raiders are the athletics teams of Wright State University in Fairborn, Ohio. The school currently participates in ten sports at the Division I level of the NCAA and are members of the Horizon League. The school's mascot is a wol ...

in 2003, he changed his family name from "Lynch" to "Wood", his father's name. 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.

Professional career

After being left unselected in the

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, Wood began his professional career by signing with the Italian club

Pallacanestro Cantù Pallacanestro Cantù, known for sponsorship reasons as Acqua S.Bernardo Cantù, is an Italian professional basketball club that is based in Cantù, Lombardy. On the European-wide club competition scene, Cantù is second to Real Madrid – agai ...

. He soon emerged as one of the best players in the

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and finished the season as one of only two players in the league scoring more than 600 points during that year. The following year, Wood played for another Italian club,

Pallacanestro Treviso Pallacanestro Treviso, named Benetton Basket due to a long running sponsorship by the Benetton Group and widely referred to as Benetton Treviso, is an Italian youth basketball club based in Treviso, Veneto. The club was previously a successful p ...

, 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. 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

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in 2010, leading the

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in points scored and claiming the Bundesliga MVP award for the 2010–11 season. After the departure of coach

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, Wood joined him at his new club

Alba Berlin Alba Berlin is a professional basketball club that is based in Berlin, Germany. The club was founded in 1991, and is today the largest German national basketball club by membership figures. Alba Berlin hosts its home games at the Uber Arena and c ...

. In June 2013, he signed with

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. In July 2014, he signed with

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for the 2014–15 season. From 2015 he plays in France. He played for

Cholet Basket Cholet Basket is a professional basketball club that is based in Cholet, France. The club plays in the LNB Pro A. Their home arena is La Meilleraie. Established in 1975, Cholet won its first French championship in the 2009–10 season. In 1998 and ...

Limoges CSP Limoges Cercle Saint-Pierre, commonly referred to as Limoges CSP or CSP, is a French professional basketball club based in the city of Limoges. History The club was founded in 1929, but its peak was during the 1980s and 1990s, when they became t ...

and from July 2017 for

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. On November 29, 2017, he parted ways with Nancy before appearing in a game for them.DaShaun Wood, SLUC Nancy to part ways
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References

External links

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DaShaun Wood at eurocupbasketball.com
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at College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
DaShaun Wood
at TBLStat.net * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wood, Dashaun 1985 births Living people Alba Berlin players American expatriate basketball people in France American expatriate basketball people in Germany American expatriate basketball people in Italy American expatriate basketball people in Turkey American men's basketball players Basketball players from Detroit Cholet Basket players Le Mans Sarthe Basket players Limoges CSP players Pallacanestro Cantù players Pallacanestro Treviso players Point guards Skyliners Frankfurt players Tofaş S.K. players Wright State Raiders men's basketball players