Matthew Vincent Walsh (born December 2, 1982) is an American former professional

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player who played in several leagues across the world for ten seasons. Listed at , he could play both shooting guard and

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. He played college basketball at

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Early years

Walsh was born in

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. He attended Germantown Academy, a private preparatory school in

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, where he played high school basketball for the Germantown Academy Patriots.

College career

Walsh accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the

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in Gainesville, Florida, where he played for coach Billy Donovan's Florida Gators basketball team for three seasons from 2002 to 2005. As a junior, Walsh suffered torn left ankle ligaments and missed several games, but recovered to lead the Gators to the

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(SEC) tournament championship and the second round of the

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Professional career

The

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originally signed Walsh as an

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out of the University of Florida in 2005. He was then waived on November 18, 2005, after playing in two NBA regular season games. In the 2006 NBA preseason, he was signed by the

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, and they then released him in October. In the 2006-07 season, Walsh played with Olympia Larissa in the Greek League, having a successful year for both the team and himself. He was considered one of the most valuable players in the Greek League that year, and he was also the second best scorer of the competition, averaging 17.8 points per game.Matt Walsh, el hombre afortunado
ACB.com. Walsh also played with the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA Summer League in 2007, and he later signed a one-year contract with

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of the

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. In August 2009, Walsh signed with the

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. In February 2010, he joined the Greek League club

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. On October 25, 2010 he signed a one-year contract with

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in France. In November 2011 Walsh signed with UCAM Murcia in Spain. On January 6, 2012, he signed with Saski Baskonia, also in Spain. In August 2012, Walsh signed with Spirou Charleroi of Belgium. In February 2013, he joined

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. On August 2, 2013, he signed a two-year deal with

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. On August 13, 2014, he signed with

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. On September 24, 2015, Walsh officially announced his retirement from professional basketball. On February 25, 2018, it was announced that Walsh was heading a consortium to purchase the

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of the NBL, along with business partners Adam Goodman, Romie Chaudhari, former NBA All-Star

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, and

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bloggers Dan "Big Cat" Katz, PFT Commenter, and Hank Lockwood.

Career statistics

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Regular season

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