Deron Washington

Deron Washington is an American former professional basketball player, born on 12 December 1985, who last played for Mitteldeutscher in the German Basketball Bundesliga. He is the son of Lionel Washington, a former National Football League cornerback, and Denise Washington, a former Xavier University of Louisiana women's basketball player. After two years at Notre Dame Academy in Green Bay he attended National Christian Academy in Fort Washington, Maryland, and then played college basketball at Virginia Tech under Seth Greenberg, starting 30 games as a freshman and finishing his senior season with career bests of 13.5 points, 6.5 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game. The Detroit Pistons selected him 59th overall in the 2008 NBA draft. He spent 2008-09 with Hapoel Holon, winning the Israeli Basketball State Cup, and after the Pistons waived him in October 2009 the Los Angeles D-Fenders drafted him third overall in the 2009 NBA D-League draft.