Michael Edward Davis (born October 21, 1988) is an American professional

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player. He played college basketball for

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High school career

Davis attended T. C. Williams High School under coach Ivan Thomas. As a senior, he averaged 17.3 points, 9.0 rebounds and 3.5 blocks helping T. C. Williams to reach a 25–4 record, Region and Patriot District titles and the quarterfinals of the Virginia Group AAA state tournament. For that he won the Northern Region Player of the Year award and a second-team All-Metro selection by the Washington Post.

College career

After graduating high school, Davis attended

. In his senior season, he was the only Illini to start all 34 games where he averaged 12.5 points, 7.2 rebounds and 1.7 assists in 33 minutes, being second in the team in scoring. When he graduated, he was second on Illinois' all-time rebounding list with 909 boards, No. 22 on Illini all-time scoring list with 1,279 points and third in school history in games played with 138.

College statistics

Professional career

After going undrafted in the

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, Davis signed with

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of the Ukrainian SuperLeague on August 3, 2011. In 31 games, he averaged 11.2 points, 8.4 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 0.8 blocks in 28.2 minutes. In November, 2012, Davis was selected with the 5th overall pick of the 2012 NBA Development League draft by the

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and was traded later to the

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. In 49 games, he averaged 7.4 points, 6.2 rebounds, 1.1 assists and 0.8 steals in 23.1 minutes. Later, he joined the Maratonistas de Coamo of

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, where he averaged 12.1 points, 7.8 rebounds and 1.1 assists in seven games. On August 30, 2013, Davis signed with BC Kyiv where he averaged 15.1 points and 6.6 rebounds in Superleague and 10.7 points and 8.7 rebounds in Eurochallenge. On February 27, 2014, Davis was waived by Kyiv. On May 3, Davis signed with

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. In July, 2014, Davis signed with

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of the

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. In 36 games, he averaged 20.7 points, 9.2 rebounds, 2.2 assists, 0.9 steals and 0.8 blocks in 35.6 minutes. In July, 2015, Davis signed with Best Balıkesir of the Turkish Basketball First League, where he averaged 14.3 points, 9.7 rebounds, 1.6 assists, 0.9 steals and 0.9 blocks in 32.1 minutes. On November 30, 2016, Davis was acquired by the

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. On December 10, he made his debut for the Knicks in a 105–94 loss to the

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, recording three rebounds in 11 minutes off the bench. On February 28, 2017, he was waived by the Knicks. For the 2017–18 season, Davis was added to the training camp roster of the Capital City Go-Go of the

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. On November 5, 2018, Davis was waived by the Capital City Go-Go.

Personal life

The son of Steven and Tangie Davis, he has a sister. He majored in recreation, sport and tourism-sport management.

References

External links

Illinois bioProfile on realgm.comProfile on eurobasket.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Davis, Mike 1988 births Living people Adanaspor Basketbol players American expatriate basketball people in Turkey American expatriate basketball people in Ukraine American men's basketball players Basketball players from Alexandria, Virginia BC Kyiv players Best Balıkesir B.K. players Capital City Go-Go players Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball players Power forwards Sioux Falls Skyforce players Small forwards Westchester Knicks players T. C. Williams High School alumni Metros de Santiago players