Sean Areon Dockery (born January 5, 1983) is a retired American professional

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player. He has played professionally in Canada, France, Romania and Germany, as well as in the U.S. Dockery was regarded as one of the nation's top high school point guards when he came to

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. He split time at point guard with

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in his senior year.

Senior year

Dockery shot 46.5% in his last season, while averaging 7.1 points, 3.0 rebounds, 2.6 assists, and a team-leading 1.7 steals per game, while starting in 32 of 36 games. His 194 career steals rank him 11th in Duke history. Dockery is perhaps best remembered for his half-court shot at the buzzer to beat Virginia Tech at Cameron Indoor Stadium during his senior year.

Professional career

Before the 2006 NBA Draft, Dockery was invited to the Portsmouth Invitational Tournament soon after the Blue Devils' loss to

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. Dockery posted averages of 13.7 points, 8.3 assists, 3.0 rebounds and 1.3 steals in the PIT. Dockery also played in the Orlando Pre-Draft Camp. He posted averages of 3.7 points, 4.3 assists and 1.7 steals while playing through a pulled

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. Due to these performances, some considered Dockery a potential late second round draft pick. However, Dockery was not drafted and has never played for an NBA team. He has played mostly in

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. On May 5, 2008, the

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of the

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announced that it released Dockery.Chill To Release Former Blue Devil
''OurSports Central'' Retrieved August 2, 2008 Since Dockery's last season playing professional basketball overseas he returned to his hometown of Chicago, IL where he has established himself as a Personal Trainer/ Basketball Skills & Development Instructor founding "Dockery University". In 2016, Dockery returned to the hardwood to compete in "TBT" aka The Basketball Tournament with the Midwest Dream Squad. In 19 minutes of play Dockery scored 10 points and added 1 steal in 19 minutes of play. As of the 2016–2017 NBA season Dockery can now be seen behind the bench of the San Antonio Spurs as he has been hired on as an Advance Scout for the 5 time NBA Champions.

References

External links

Duke University page

Career Statistics
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dockery, Sean 1983 births Living people American expatriate basketball people in Canada American expatriate basketball people in France American expatriate basketball people in Germany American expatriate basketball people in Romania American men's basketball players Artland Dragons players Basketball players from Chicago Brose Bamberg players CSU Asesoft Ploiești players Duke Blue Devils men's basketball players Étendard de Brest players Fort Worth Flyers players McDonald's High School All-Americans Point guards