Dominez Burnett (born October 28, 1992) is an American professional

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player from Flint, Michigan. Burnett last played for MZT Skopje. In 2016, Burnett was named the Bevo Francis National Small College Basketball Player of the Year. Prior to that, in 2015, Burnett was named the NABC NAIA Division II Player of the Year, while playing for

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Professional career

Burnett started his professional career in 2016 with

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and as a rookie lead his team in scoring. He also was the fifth leading scorer in the

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. Burnett shot 58% from the field as a rookie in FIBA and resigned with

for the 2017–18 season. On January 14, 2018, after leading the Czech Basketball League in scoring, Burnett was bought out his contract and joined BK Ventspils of the Latvian Basketball League where he won a Latvian Championship in the 2017–18 season. Burnett won the Italian Serie A2 cup and the Italian Serie A2 Championship with Universo Treviso on June 17, 2019. On August 7, 2019, Burnett signed with Tsmoki-Minsk of the

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References

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