Dontaye Dominic Draper (born August 10, 1984) is an American-Croatian former professional

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player who last played for Real Betis Energía Plus of the Liga ACB. Standing at , he played at the point guard position.

High school

Draped played high school basketball at

Walbrook High School Walbrook High School formerly known as Walbrook Senior High School (1971–1998) and Walbrook Uniform Services Academy (1999–2005), was a public high school located in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. History Establishment Walbrook was foun ...

, in

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. He averaged 18 PPG in his first year. In his second year he averaged 34 PPG highschool high for PPG. Later touring his ACL. Made a come back though.

College career

Draper played

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at the

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, with the

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, from 2003 to 2007.

Professional career

Draper began his professional career in 2007–08 with the

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of the Australian National Basketball League (NBL). He then joined the French League club Hyeres-Toulon for the start of the 2008–09 season. In December 2008, he joined the

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club

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. He then signed with the Italian Second Division club

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for the 2009–10 season. He next joined the

Adriatic League The ABA League, renamed to the ABA League First Division in 2017, is the 1st-tier regional men's professional basketball league that originally featured clubs from the former Yugoslavia (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, North Mac ...

club

Cedevita Zagreb Košarkaški klub Cedevita Junior ( en, Cedevita Junior Basketball Club), also known as Cedevita Junior, is a men's basketball club based in Zagreb, Croatia. The club is named after its main sponsor Cedevita, and competes in the Croatian HT ...

for the 2010–11 season. He was named the EuroCup MVP in 2011. After two seasons with Cedevita Zagreb, he was signed by

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. On July 2, 2014, Draper signed a two-year deal with the Turkish team Anadolu Efes. On August 3, 2015, he left Efes, and signed a one-year deal with the Russian club

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. On July 20, 2016, Draper returned to Real Madrid for the 2016–17 season. On November 14, 2017, Draper signed with Real Betis Energía Plus for the rest of the

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. On February 13, 2018, he parted ways with Sevilla after appearing in eight games.

Croatian national team

While in the process of acquiring his Croatian citizenship, Draper made the list of 25 players who were senior Croatian national team candidates for the

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. In July 2011, shortly after having received his Croatian citizenship, Draper played his first game for the national team. He also played at the

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. He also represented Croatia at the

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, where they were eliminated in the round of final 16 by the

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High school

College career

Professional career

Croatian national team

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