John Garfield "Toby" Bailey (born November 19, 1975) is an American former professional
basketball
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player. He is currently a
sports agent.
College career
Bailey played four years of
college basketball
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at
UCLA
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, being part of the
Bruins squad that won the
1995 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
The 1995 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 16, 1995, and ended with the championsh ...
. In the championship game against
Arkansas
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, Bailey scored 26 points and had nine rebounds as a freshman. All of the team's starting lineup – Bailey,
Ed O'Bannon
Edward Charles O'Bannon Jr. (born August 14, 1972) is an American former professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was a power forward for the UCLA Bruins on their 1995 NCAA championship team. He was selecte ...
,
Tyus Edney
Tyus Dwayne Edney Sr. (born February 14, 1973) is an American basketball coach and former player who is an assistant coach for the San Diego Toreros men's team of the West Coast Conference (WCC). Listed at , he played point guard. He played coll ...
,
George Zidek, and
Charles O'Bannon
Charles Edward O'Bannon Sr. (born February 22, 1975) is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball with the UCLA Bruins. He was a two-time first-team all-conference player in the Pac-10 (now known as the Pac-1 ...
– later played in both the
National Basketball Association
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and overseas. Bailey was a first-team
All-Pacific-10 Conference selection in 1996, 1997, and 1998. He was voted co-Most Valuable Player of the Bruins in 1996 and 1998.
Professional career
Bailey was selected by the
Los Angeles Lakers in the second round (45th overall) of the
1998 NBA Draft
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, and played for two seasons with the
Phoenix Suns, averaging 3.3 points per game in 73
regular season
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games.
After his NBA career, and following a brief spell in the
ABA, he moved on to
Europe
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, successively representing
Fillattice Imola (
Italy
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),
Panionios BC
Panionios B.C. (Greek: Πανιώνιος KAE), known in European competitions as Panionios Athens is the Greek professional basketball club that is based in Nea Smyrni, Athens, and that plays its home games in Palaio Faliro, Athens, Greece. Th ...
,
Aris Thessaloniki
Athlitikos Syllogos Aris Thessalonikis, means Athletic Club Aris Thessaloniki
...
and
AEK Athens
A.E.K ( el, AEK , formally Αθλητική Ένωσις Κωνσταντινουπόλεως; Athlitikí Énosis Konstantinoupόleos, ''Athletic Union of Constantinople''), known as A.E.K, is a major Greek multi-sport club based in Nea Filadel ...
(
Greece
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),
Telindus Oostende
Basketball Club Oostende, for sponsorship reasons Filou Oostende, is a Belgian professional basketball team. The club is based in Ostend and was founded in 1970. The club competes domestically in the BNXT League and internationally in the Baske ...
(
Belgium
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),
Köln 99ers
Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 million inhabitants in the city proper and 3.6 million ...
(
Germany
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), and
Ricoh Manresa (
Spain
, image_flag = Bandera de España.svg
, image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg
, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, i ...
). Toby finished out his career playing for EnBW Ludwigsburg in Ludwigsburg, Germany before retiring in 2013.
Sports agent career
In 2012, Bailey and Dean Walle started a small basketball player representation firm, Sky Sports Management. They joined Rival Sports Group in 2014 as vice presidents of basketball, and report to President of Basketball
Mitchell Butler
Mitchell Leon Butler (born December 15, 1970) is an American sports agent and former professional basketball player. He played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1993 to 2004.
The 6' 5" (1.96 m) shooting guard signed undrafted w ...
, who also played at UCLA.
See also
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1994-95 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team
Notes
References
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External links
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AEK player profileBasketpedya career data
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1975 births
Living people
AEK B.C. players
American expatriate basketball people in Belgium
American expatriate basketball people in Germany
American expatriate basketball people in Greece
American expatriate basketball people in Italy
American expatriate basketball people in Spain
American sports agents
Aris B.C. players
Artland Dragons players
Basketball players from Los Angeles
Bàsquet Manresa players
BC Oostende players
Köln 99ers players
Liga ACB players
Los Angeles Lakers draft picks
Panionios B.C. players
Phoenix Suns players
Shooting guards
UCLA Bruins men's basketball players
American men's basketball players