Timothy Lenard Pickett (born April 18, 1981) is an American professional

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player. He played collegiately at Florida State University, and was drafted in the 2nd round of the

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by the

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Career

In February 2006 he signed for Coopsette Rimini in the Italian second league,

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. After five games he was suspended for doping (

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), but in September 2006 returned to Rimini after the disqualification. For the 2007/08 season, he was signed with

team

Andrea Costa Imola Andrea Costa Imola is an Italian professional basketball team based in Imola, Emilia-Romagna. The side is playing in the second division Serie A2 as of the 2015-16 season. History Andrea Costa Basket was founded on 4 October 1967, with the name a ...

. Following that Pickett has also played for

PBC Lukoil Academic BC Academic Metropol Region ( bg, БК "Академик" Метропол-Рийджън) is a reestablished Bulgarian professional basketball club based in the capital Sofia. In April 2022, Academic has been reborn and rebranded by the new ow ...

from Bulgaria,

Shaanxi Gaitianli Kylins The Guangzhou Loong Lions () are a Chinese professional basketball team based in Guangzhou, Guangdong. They play in the Southern Division of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). History The team was founded in November 2000 as Shaanxi Gait ...

from China and

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from Puerto Rico. On September 14, 2010, Pickett signed with Ironi Ashkelon from

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. In July 2011, he was signed by the

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. However, he was only able to play a couple of games because of an injury at the 2nd quarter of their game against Talk 'N Text. On January 6, 2012, Picket signed with the Xinjiang Guanghui Flying Tigers of the

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, replacing

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on the roster. He scored 35 points in his first game with Xinjiang. He has signed with the Hacettepe Üniversitesi B.K. of the Turkish Basketball Association for 2013–2014 season. He scored 11 points(3/9 FG, 1/5 3PT, 2/2 FT) in his first game with Hacettepe. However, he was released by Hacettepe after the first game.

Personal life

Pickett was arrested in June, 2014 for soliciting a prostitute in

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, Florida.

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