John Garfield "Toby" Bailey (born November 19, 1975) is an American former professional basketball player. He is currently a sports agent.

College career

Bailey played four years of college basketball at UCLA, being part of the Bruins squad that won the

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. In the championship game against Arkansas, Bailey scored 26 points and had nine rebounds as a freshman. All of the team's starting lineup – Bailey, Ed O'Bannon, Tyus Edney,

George Zidek Jiří "George" Zídek Jr. (born 2 August 1973), is a Czech retired professional basketball player and sports commentator. He played college basketball in the United States for the UCLA Bruins men's basketball, UCLA Bruins from 1991 to 1995. He th ...

, and Charles O'Bannon – later played in both the National Basketball Association and overseas. Bailey was a first-team All-Pacific-10 Conference selection in 1996, 1997, and 1998. He was voted co-Most Valuable Player of the Bruins in 1996 and 1998.

Professional career

Bailey was selected by the

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in the second round (45th overall) of the

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, and played for two seasons with the

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, averaging 3.3 points per game in 73 regular season games. After his NBA career, and following a brief spell in the

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, he moved on to Europe, successively representing Fillattice Imola ( Italy), Panionios BC, Aris Thessaloniki and AEK Athens ( Greece), Telindus Oostende ( Belgium), Köln 99ers ( Germany), and Ricoh Manresa ( Spain). Toby finished out his career playing for EnBW Ludwigsburg in Ludwigsburg, Germany before retiring in 2013.

Sports agent career

In 2012, Bailey and Dean Walle started a small basketball player representation firm, Sky Sports Management. They joined Rival Sports Group in 2014 as vice presidents of basketball, and report to President of Basketball

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, who also played at UCLA.

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