Josh Duncan (born May 12, 1986) is an American professional

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player for

Chiba Jets Funabashi Chiba Jets Funabashi ( ja, 千葉ジェッツふなばし) is a Japanese professional basketball team located in Funabashi, Chiba. The team joined the JBL Super League in 2005 and currently competes in the B.League. The 31,000sqm Lala Arena Toky ...

of the Japanese

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College career

After playing high school basketball at

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, in

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, Duncan played 4 seasons of

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for

Xavier University Xavier University ( ) is a private Jesuit university in Cincinnati and Evanston (Cincinnati), Ohio. It is the sixth-oldest Catholic and fourth-oldest Jesuit university in the United States. Xavier has an undergraduate enrollment of 4,860 studen ...

Professional career

Duncan went undrafted in the 2008 NBA draft. In July 2008, he signed his first professional contract with

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of France. In July 2009, he signed with

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 ...

of Belgium. With them he won the

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in 2009. From 2010 to 2012 Duncan played with

Maccabi Ashdod Maccabi Ashdod B.C. ( he, מכבי אשדוד) is a professional basketball team based in the port city of Ashdod, Israel. The team currently plays in the Israeli National League. History The team was founded in 1961 by "Maccabi Ashdod Sports ...

of the

Israeli Basketball Super League Ligat HaAl ( he, ליגת העל, lit., ''Supreme League or Premier League''), or the Israeli Basketball Premier League, is the top-tier level league of professional competition in Israeli club basketball, making it Israel's primary basketball co ...

. In June 2012, he signed with another Israeli team

Hapoel Jerusalem Hapoel Jerusalem is a sport organization in Jerusalem as a local branch of the Hapoel movement. The branch was established in the 1920s and represents the city in more sports than any other sport organization in Jerusalem. Today, the club's leadi ...

. On July 2, 2014, Duncan signed a two-year deal with the German team

Brose Baskets Brose Bamberg is a German professional basketball team from Bamberg, Franconia / North Bavaria. The club has won the German Championship title nine times and the German Cup five times. The club currently plays in the German top tier Basketba ...

. On July 7, 2015, he left Brose and returned to Hapoel Jerusalem. On July 4, 2016, Duncan signed with

Eskişehir Basket Eskişehir Basket was a professional basketball team based in the city of Eskişehir in Turkey. Their home arena was the Anadolu Üniversitesi Sport Hall with a capacity of 5,000 seats. Founded in 2006, the club played in the highest tier Basket ...

of the

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. On July 20, 2017, he re-signed with Eskişehir for one more season.

References

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at realgm.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Duncan, Josh 1986 births Living people American expatriate basketball people in Belgium American expatriate basketball people in France American expatriate basketball people in Germany American expatriate basketball people in Israel American expatriate basketball people in Japan American expatriate basketball people in Turkey American men's basketball players Basketball players from Cincinnati Brose Bamberg players Chiba Jets Funabashi players Élan Béarnais players Eskişehir Basket players Hapoel Jerusalem B.C. players Liège Basket players Maccabi Ashdod B.C. players Xavier Musketeers men's basketball players Power forwards (basketball)