Tyrone Sidney Nash (born September 24, 1988) is an American professional
basketball
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player who last played for
Rasta Vechta
Sports Club Rasta Vechta is a German basketball club based in Vechta, Lower Saxony. The club plays in the ProA, the second tier of professional Basketball in Germany.
Founded in 1979, the club spent the majority of its history in the lower-tie ...
of the German
ProA
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. He played
college basketball
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for the
University of Notre Dame
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before playing professionally in Germany, France, Dominican Republic, Israel, Turkey and Lithuania.
Woodmere, New York
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, where he averaged 17 points, 14 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 blocks during his senior season. Nash helped lead his team to three consecutive regional championships during his sophomore, junior and senior campaigns and earned All-Long Island first-team honors.
Nash played
college basketball
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for
University of Notre Dame
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's
Fighting Irish
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, where he averaged 9.5 points and 5.9 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game in his senior year.
Professional career
Tübingen (2011–2014)
Nash went undrafted in the
2011 NBA Draft
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. On July 6, 2011, Nash signed with the German team
Walter Tigers Tübingen
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for the 2011–2012 season. That season, on March 21, 2012, Nash signed a two-year contract extension with Tübingen. In his second season with the team, Nash participated in the 2013 BBL Slam Dunk Contest.
Daequan Cook
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. However, on August 24, 2014, he parted ways with Rouen due to a leg injury that occurred while playing for the
New Orleans Pelicans
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in the
2014 NBA Summer League
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. On January 19, 2015, Nash returned to Rouen for the remainder of the season.
Braunschweig (2015–2016)
On August 10, 2015, Nash returned to Germany for a second stint, signing with
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for the 2015–2016 season. On December 6, 2015, Nash recorded a season-high 26 points, shooting 9-of-12 from the field, along with eight rebounds in 90–83 win over Mitteldeutscher.
Ironi Nahariya (2016–2017)
On September 15, 2016, Nash signed with the Israeli team
Ironi Nahariya
Ironi Nahariya Basketball Club ( he, מועדון הכדורסל עירוני נהריה; ) known for sponsorship reasons as Ironi Rain Nahariya () is a professional basketball club based in city of Nahariya in northern Israel. The team plays in t ...
Hapoel Jerusalem
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2–3 in a playoff series.
Akhisar Belediyespor (2017)
On July 4, 2017, Nash signed with the Turkish team
Akhisar Belediyespor
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for the 2017–18 season. In November 2017, he parted ways with the team after appearing in five league games.
Return to Nahariya (2017–2018)
On November 10, 2017, Nash returned to Ironi Nahariya for a second stint, signing for the rest of the 2017–18 season.
Prienai (2018)
On October 29, 2018, Nash signed a one-year deal with
BC Prienai
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of the
Lithuanian Basketball League
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. In December 2018, he parted ways with Prienai after appearing in two league games.
Rasta Vechta (2018–2019)
On December 8, 2019, Nash signed with
Rasta Vechta
Sports Club Rasta Vechta is a German basketball club based in Vechta, Lower Saxony. The club plays in the ProA, the second tier of professional Basketball in Germany.
Founded in 1979, the club spent the majority of its history in the lower-tie ...
for the rest of the season. In 18 games played for Rasta Vechta, he finished the season as the league third-leading in field goal percentage (70.8), along with 10 points and 5.1 rebounds per game. Nash helped Rasta Vechta reach the 2019 BBL Playoffs as the fourth seed, but they eventually were eliminated by
Bayern Munich
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in the Semifinals.
CD Valdivia (2021)
On January 9, 2021, he has signed with
CD Valdivia
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Return to Rasta Vechta (2021–2022)
On October 14, 2021, he has signed second time with
Rasta Vechta
Sports Club Rasta Vechta is a German basketball club based in Vechta, Lower Saxony. The club plays in the ProA, the second tier of professional Basketball in Germany.
Founded in 1979, the club spent the majority of its history in the lower-tie ...
of the German
ProA
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.
The Basketball Tournament
Nash was a member of the Notre Dame Fighting Alumni team that competed in the inaugural
The Basketball Tournament
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, a winner-take-all competition, winning the 2014 tournament, with Nash being named MVP.
In TBT 2018, Nash suited up for Team Sons of Westwood. In three games, he averaged 11.0 points per game and 5.7 rebounds per game on 83 percent shooting. Team Sons of Westwood ALS made it to the Super 16 before falling to Team Challenge ALS.
Tübingen
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BBL
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2015
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Rouen
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Braunschweig
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BBL
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Nahariya
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Etymology
Nahariya takes its name from the stream of Ga'aton (river is ''nahar'' in Hebrew), which bisects it.
Hist ...
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IPL
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TBL
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Nahariya
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Etymology
Nahariya takes its name from the stream of Ga'aton (river is ''nahar'' in Hebrew), which bisects it.
Hist ...
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IPL
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2018
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Prienai
Prienai () is a city in Lithuania situated on the Nemunas River, south of Kaunas. In 2011 the city had 9,867 inhabitants. The name of the city is a derivative from a surname ''Prienas''. Pociūnai Airport is associated with the city.
History
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Rasta Vechta
Sports Club Rasta Vechta is a German basketball club based in Vechta, Lower Saxony. The club plays in the ProA, the second tier of professional Basketball in Germany.
Founded in 1979, the club spent the majority of its history in the lower-tie ...
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BBL
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