Dominic Wayne Waters (born September 28, 1986) is an American professional

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player, who lastly played for

Ironi Nahariya Ironi Nahariya Basketball Club ( he, מועדון הכדורסל עירוני נהריה; ) known for sponsorship reasons as Ironi Rain Nahariya () is a professional basketball club based in city of Nahariya in northern Israel. The team plays in th ...

of the

Israeli Premier League The Israeli Premier League ( he, ליגת העל, ''Ligat Ha`Al'', ), is a professional association football league which operates as the highest division of the Israeli Football League – the state's league of Israel. The league is contested b ...

. Standing at 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in), he plays at the point guard position. In 2013, he was the Israeli Premier League Assists Leader.

High school career

Waters played high school basketball at Grant High School, in

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College career

Waters played

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at the

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, where he played with the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors and at

Portland State University Portland State University (PSU) is a public research university in Portland, Oregon. It was founded in 1946 as a post-secondary educational institution for World War II veterans. It evolved into a four-year college over the following two decad ...

, where he played with the

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Professional career

After graduating from Portland State, Waters joined the Portland Showtime for the 2010 NABL season. He went on to go undrafted in the

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, and subsequently joined the

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for the NBA Summer League. In August 2010, he signed with

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 * R ...

of France for the 2010–11 season. However, he was later released by Le Havre a month later, after the team was not satisfied with him. In October 2010, he signed with VOO Verviers-Pepinster of the

Belgian Basketball League The Pro Basketball League (PBL), was the highest tier level professional basketball league in Belgium for clubs. In 2021, the league was succeeded by the Belgian-Dutch BNXT League. Through 2014, for sponsorship reasons, the league was previousl ...

. On May 29, 2011, Waters signed with the Belgian club

Liège Basket Liège Basket is a Belgian professional basketball club from Liège. The club competes in the BNXT League. Founded in 1967, the team plays at 5,600 seat Country Hall Ethias Liège. History The club was founded in Fléron as the Fléron Basket Clu ...

for the 2011–12 season. On July 29, 2012, Waters signed a one-year deal with

Union Olimpija Košarkarski klub Olimpija ( en, Olimpija Basketball Club) was a men's professional basketball club based in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Olimpija has won 23 National League championships, including eight consecutive titles between 1992 and 1999. They ...

of the Slovenian Basketball League and

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. In December 2012, he left Olimpija. On January 2, 2013, he signed with

Hapoel Holon Hapoel Holon Basketball Club ( he, מועדון הכדורסל הפועל חולון), known for sponsorship reasons as Hapoel Atsmon Playgrounds Holon (), is a professional basketball club based in Holon, Israel. The team plays in the Israeli ...

of Israel, for the rest of the 2012–13 season. In 2013, he was the Israeli Premier League Assists Leader. On August 12, 2013, Waters signed with the Liga ACB club

Bàsquet Manresa Bàsquet Manresa, S.A.D., also known as Baxi Manresa for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in Manresa, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB and Basketball Champions League. Their home arena is the Pavelló Nou Congost. ...

of Spain for the 2013–14 season. On January 14, 2014, he parted ways with Manresa. Three days later, he signed with the Basketball Bundesliga club s.Oliver Baskets, of Germany, for the rest of the 2013–14 season. On November 1, 2014, Waters was selected by the

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in the third round of the 2014 NBA Development League Draft. On November 21, 2014, he was released by the Drive, after averaging 3.0 points and 3.5 rebounds in two games. On December 17, 2014, he signed with Kolossos Rodou of Greece for the rest of the

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's 2014–15 season. On July 29, 2015, he signed a one-year deal with

Aris Thessaloniki Athlitikos Syllogos Aris Thessalonikis, means Athletic Club Aris Thessaloniki
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of Greece. On August 2, 2016, Waters signed with the

VTB United League VTB United League (russian: Единая Лига ВТБ) is an international professional men's club basketball league that was founded in 2008. It is made up of mostly Russian clubs, along with one each from Belarus and Kazakhstan. Since 2013, it ...

club Yenisey Krasnoyarsk of Russia. On September 11, 2016, he left the team because he didn't pass his physical tests. On September 22, 2016, he joined the German club Bayern Munich's training camp. On October 6, 2016, he signed with the LBA club

Pallacanestro Cantù Pallacanestro Cantù, known for sponsorship reasons as Acqua S.Bernardo Cantù, is an Italian professional basketball club that is based in Cantù, Lombardy. On the European-wide club competition scene, Cantù is second to Real Madrid – again ...

of Italy. On December 27, 2016, he left Cantù, and signed with the Greek team

Olympiacos Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós ( el, Ολυμπιακός Σύνδεσμος Φιλάθλων Πειραιώς, Olympic Club of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a number ...

for the rest of the 2016–17 season. Waters played in 21 EuroLeague games with the Reds, including an appearance in the championship game of the

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versus Fenerbahçe, and counted 4.1 points plus 1.5 assists per game on average. On March 2, 2017, he achieved a career-high by scoring 14 points at

Menora Mivtachim Arena Menora Mivtachim Arena ( he, היכל מנורה מבטחים; also known as the Yad Eliyahu Arena, ; and formerly known as the Nokia Arena, ) is a large multi-purpose sports indoor arena that is located in southeast Tel Aviv, Israel. The arena is ...

Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the ...

against Israeli powerhouse Maccabi. At the end of the season, Waters left Olympiacos after team's failure to defend the national league title in a dramatic best-of-five finals series versus rivals

Panathinaikos Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos ( el, Παναθηναϊκός Αθλητικός Όμιλος, literally in English: "Panathenaic Athletic Club" or Panathinaikos A.C.), also known simply as Panathinaikós , is a major Greek multi-sport club ba ...

. On August 13, 2017, Waters signed with Turkish club

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for the 2017–18 season. On July 20, 2018, Waters signed a one-year deal with the French team

Nanterre 92 Nanterre 92 is a professional basketball club from the city of Nanterre (a western suburb of Paris), France. The club plays in the top-tier level basketball league in France, the Pro A, since 2011. Founded in 2011 as JSF Nanterre, the club plays ...

. In 37 games played for Nanterre, he averaged 11.1 points and 4.1 assists per game, while shooting 46.7 percent from three-point range. Waters led Nanterre to the 2019 Basketball Champions League Quarterfinals, where they eventually were eliminated by

Virtus Bologna Virtus Pallacanestro Bologna, known for sponsorship reasons as Virtus Segafredo Bologna, is an Italian professional basketball club based in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna. The club was founded in 1929, which makes it the oldest club in Italy and one ...

. On August 5, 2019, Waters returned to Israel for a second stint, signing with

for the 2019–20 season. On November 18, 2019, Waters recorded a season-high 26 points, while shooting 9-of-14 from the field, along with nine assists and three rebounds in a 95–76 win over

Hapoel Gilboa Galil Hapoel Gilboa Galil ( he, הפועל גלבוע גליל) is a professional basketball club that is based in north-east Israel. The club plays its home game in the Israeli Basketball Premier League (the top tier of Israeli basketball) in a 2,250- ...

. Two days later, he was named Israeli League Round 6 MVP. Waters averaged 15.1 points, 2.3 rebounds and 6.3 assists per game. He re-signed with the team on October 13, 2020.

Personal

Waters is a good personal friend of NFL star defensive tackle

Ndamukong Suh Ndamukong Ngwa Suh ( , born January 6, 1987) is an American football defensive tackle for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Nebraska, where he earned All-American honors, and was d ...

High school career

College career

Professional career

Personal

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