Qyntel Deon Woods (born February 16, 1981) is an American former professional

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player. He played mainly at the

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position, but he also played at the shooting guard position, on occasion.

Early life and college career

Woods was born in Memphis, and grew up in the Mallory Heights neighborhood. After attending Carver High School, he spent one season of

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each at

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and Northeast Mississippi Community College. Coming out of college, Woods was known to pro scouts as a player with exceptional potential (and was sometimes compared to

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), but with a history of off-court problems. He was an early entry candidate in the 2002 NBA Draft, and he had committed to play at the

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, before making himself available for draft selection.

Professional career

NBA

Woods was selected by the NBA's

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, with the 21st pick of the 2002 NBA draft. In his first two seasons with the Trail Blazers, Woods played in 115 games (53 and 62 respectively), averaging 2.4 and 3.6 points per game, and appearing sparingly in the 2003 postseason. The 2004–05 season was packed with off-court trouble for Woods, as he was charged with animal cruelty, following an investigation. He pleaded guilty to first-degree animal abuse, for staging dog fights in his house, some involving his

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named Hollywood. Both Hollywood and Woods' other pit bull, Sugar, were confiscated, and Woods was given 80 hours of

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, and he also agreed to donate $10,000 to the Oregon Humane Society. In response to these events, the Trail Blazers suspended and eventually released Woods, in a settlement that involved pay withheld from Woods in 2004–05, when he was supposed to be paid $1.1 million for the third year of a three-year contract. The Trail Blazers kept about $500,000, said spokesman Art Sasse. Upon finally leaving Portland in January 2005, Woods subsequently joined the

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. He played with them in three regular season games (with averages of 3.3 points and 2 rebounds per game), but he was not used in the

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. He was part of a 13-player mega deal that sent him to the

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, on August 2, 2005. He ended up being waived by the Celtics, after having played in only three exhibition games with the team, and he was subsequently signed by the

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, on December 6, 2005. Woods' final NBA game was on April 19, 2006 in a 90 - 83 win over the

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where he recorded 2 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 steal. He played more under then Knicks head coach Larry Brown, starting sixteen games and averaging career highs in minutes per game,

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, rebounds, and assists. However, he was not kept for the following season, and he would end up playing a month (from February to March) in the

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, with the

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Europe

Woods signed a two-year contract with

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team Olympiacos on July 16, 2007. In 10 appearances in the Greek League regular season, he averaged 12.5 points per game in 26.3 minutes per game. In the Greek League's 2007–08 playoffs, his numbers went down (8.1 points, 2.1 rebounds, in 20.7 minutes per game). Woods was caught using

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during the Greek League finals, and thus committed a breach of his contract, which led to Olympiacos terminating the final year of his deal. Subsequently, he signed with the Italian league's

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, after being released by Olympiacos. Woods played with Asseco Prokom Gdynia in Poland, where he contributed to their seventh straight Polish national league championship. Wood played a leading role in Asseco's run to the EuroLeague's Top 8 in the 2009–10 season. In the same season, he was awarded the Polish League MVP award. In November 2010, Woods signed a one-year contract with the Russian club

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, but he was waived in December. because of an unsatisfactory performance. On January 30, 2011, he returned to play with Asseco Prokom Gdynia, with whom he had the best years of his career in Europe. In the summer of 2011, he signed with the Israeli squad

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. One year later, he signed with Lagun Aro GBC of Spain. On July 8, 2013, Woods signed with the French club

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. On September 5, 2013, he left Le Mans, after he failed to pass the team's physical, due to a knee injury. In August, 2014 Woods signed with

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, of the Polish Basketball League. On July 16, 2015, Woods signed with the French club

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. On October 15, 2017, Woods signed with AZS Koszalin, returning to the club for a second stint.Qyntel Woods inks with AZS Koszalin.
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Career statistics

Domestic leagues

References

External links

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