Scott Suggs (born November 10, 1989) is an American professional

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player who last played for Iraklis of the

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. He played college basketball for the

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before playing professionally in the

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, France, Spain, Italy, Greece and Israel.

High school career

Suggs attended local Washington High School where he averaged 22.5 points as well as a Gateway Athletic Conference-leading 9 rebounds and 2.8 blocked shots per game as a senior, leading Washington to a 20-5 record and a trip the Class 5 sectional round. For this, he was named Mr. Show-Me Basketball award as the state's top player. When he graduated he was ranked as the 11th best shooting guard and a top-100 overall prospect by Scout.com and Rivals.com.

College career

Suggs played college basketball for

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, where he led the Huskies and was third in the Pac-10 Conference in three-point field goal percentage (45 percent) as a junior. As a senior, Suggs averaged 12.1 points and 2.3 rebounds per game for the Huskies. He ended his career in seventh place all-time in school history in three-point shooting percentage (.401), sixth in free-throw percentage (.821) and sixth all-time with 144 three-pointers made.

Professional career

After going undrafted in the 2013 NBA draft, Suggs joined the

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for the

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. On November 1, 2013, Suggs was selected by the

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with the fifteenth overall pick in the 2013 NBA Development League Draft. Three days later, he was acquired by the Erie BayHawks as part of a multi-team trade. On November 22, he made his professional debut in a 102–91 loss to the

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, recording nine points, one rebound, two assists and one steal in 14 minutes. He averaged 18.5 points, 3.8 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game as a rookie. In July 2014, Suggs played with the

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and the Orlando Magic in the

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. On July 23, 2014, he signed with

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of the French League for the 2014–2015 season, averaging 10.1 points, 2.6 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 0.7 steals in 35 games. After his stint in France, Suggs joined the

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for the

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. On October 31, 2015, he was acquired by the

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. On November 14, he made his debut with the Raptors in an 83–80 loss to the

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, recording 20 points, five rebounds and one steal in 39 minutes. On February 11, 2016, he was named in the East All-Star team for the 2016 NBA D-League All-Star Game as a replacement for

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, after averaging 16.3 points, 3.1 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 34.6 minutes in 32 games. On April 21, he was named the recipient of the 2016 NBA Development League's Jason Collier Sportsmanship Award. On August 5, 2016, Suggs signed with

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of Spain's Liga ACB. On August 15, 2019, Suggs signed with

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of the

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. He averaged 13.7 points, 2.8 rebounds, and 2.1 assists per game. On July 30, 2020, Suggs returned to Greece and signed with

Iraklis Thessaloniki Gymnasticos Syllogos Iraklis ( el, Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Ηρακλής, en, Gymnastics Club Heracles), commonly referred to as Iraklis, is a Greek multi-sports club based in Thessaloniki. The club was founded in 1908 as "Mace ...

References

External links

Washington Huskies bio

RealGM profile

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