Edward Kobie Stokes (born September 3, 1971) is an American former professional

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player, who played at the

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position. Stokes attended the

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. During his collegiate career, he scored 984 points, grabbed 644 rebounds and blocked 167 shots. He was selected by the

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in the

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(second round, 35th pick overall). Stokes started his professional career in

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, playing for

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. He went on to represent Stefanel Milano,

Aris Thessaloniki Athlitikos Syllogos Aris Thessalonikis, means Athletic Club Aris Thessaloniki
...

, Titanes de Morovis (

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), Telemarket Roma,

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, Pistoia Olimpia, Keravnos (

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Libertad de Sunchales Club Deportivo Libertad (usually called simply Libertad or Libertad de Sunchales) is a sports club from Argentina, with homebase in the Sunchales city of Santa Fe Province. The club is better known for both its association football and basketba ...

STB Le Havre Saint Thomas Basket Le Havre or simply STB Le Havre is a basketball club based in city of Le Havre, France that plays in the Pro B division of the Ligue Nationale de Basket (LNB). Their home arena is Dock Océane.Allen Mack Jr. JPMorgan * ...

and Crabs Rimini. In the

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, the rights to Stokes and Jeff Webster were traded by the Heat to the

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in 1995 for

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and

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, but he was released without appearing for the team in any

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games. He was also under preseason contract with the

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(October 1996) and

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(October 1997 and September–October 2000). He would appear sparingly for the

in 1997–98 (4 games, 0.8 PPG and 1.0 RPG in 4.3 minutes).

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at databasebasketball.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Stokes, Ed 1971 births Living people African-American basketball players American expatriate basketball people in Argentina American expatriate basketball people in Canada American expatriate basketball people in Cyprus American expatriate basketball people in France American expatriate basketball people in Greece American expatriate basketball people in Italy American expatriate basketball people in Portugal American men's basketball players Aris B.C. players Arizona Wildcats men's basketball players Basketball players from Syracuse, New York Basket Rimini Crabs players Centers (basketball) FC Porto basketball players Greek Basket League players Keravnos B.C. players Libertad de Sunchales basketball players Miami Heat draft picks Olimpia Basket Pistoia players Olimpia Milano players Pallacanestro Virtus Roma players Panionios B.C. players STB Le Havre players Toronto Raptors players 21st-century African-American sportspeople 20th-century African-American sportspeople Titanes de Morovis players