William Sidney Davis II (born November 9, 1992) is an American professional

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player for the

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of the

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. He played

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Early life and high school

Davis was born and grew up in

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, and attended

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. He was 5-foot-9 as a freshman but grew to 6-5 by the end of his sophomore year. Davis played on the junior varsity basketball until his junior year and did not see significant playing time until his senior season, when he averaged 9.1 points and 8.2 rebounds per game. After receiving interest from only one Division I basketball program, Davis opted to complete a fifth year at the

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College career

Davis played four seasons for the

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and was the team's starting

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for his final three. As a freshman, Davis set the school record for blocks in a season with 55. He was named the

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Defensive Player of the Year as a sophomore and broke his previous school record and led the conference with 88 blocked shots. As a senior, Davis was named first team All-Big West and led the team with 12.9 points and 7.1 rebounds per game. He was named the Most Valuable Player of the 2015 Big West Conference tournament as UC Irvine won its first conference championship and received its first-ever bid to the

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. He finished his career with a school-record 208 blocks (4th most in Big West history), 852 career rebounds (2nd in school history) and 8th in scoring with 1,384 points.

Professional career

Kolossos Rodou (2015–2016)

Davis signed with

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of the

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(GBL) on August 20, 2015. In his first professional season, Davis averaged 7.0 points and 4.0 rebounds and 18.2 minutes played in 28 games (six starts).

Reno Bighorns (2016–2018)

Davis was selected by the

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in the second round of the 2016 NBA Development League draft. He averaged 9.7 points, 4.3 rebounds, and 1.1 blocks over 42 games for the Bighorns during the 2016–17 G League season and finished 6th in the G-League in field goal percentage with .611 and 8th with an

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of 124.9. In his second season with Reno, Davis averaged 8.6 points, 4.3 rebounds and 18.6 minutes per game in 32 games before being traded.

Windy City Bulls (2018)

The Bighorns traded Davis to the

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on February 22, 2018. He averaged 4.4 points and 2.2 rebounds in 14 games with the Bulls and 7.4 points and 3.7 rebounds in 46 total G-League games. Davis was selected in the 2018 NBA G League Expansion Draft by the

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Larnaca (2018)

Following the G-League season, Davis signed with

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of the

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on August 6, 2018. Davis only appeared in two games with Larnaca before leaving the team, both in the qualifying round of the

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, scoring 28 points and grabbing 8 rebounds.

Al Wasl (2018–2019)

After leaving Larnaca, Davis signed with Al Wasl of the

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on February 20, 2019. Davis played in 10 regular season games with the Nets, averaging 4.6 points and 3.0 rebounds with 11.5 minutes played per game and appeared sparingly in two

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games as Long Island eventually lost in the G-League Finals to the

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Steaua București (2019–2020)

Davis signed with Steaua București of the Romanian Liga Națională on September 24, 2019.

South Bay Lakers (2021–2022)

On December 30, 2021, Davis was acquired by the

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of the

. Davis was then later waived on February 2, 2022.

Raptors 905 (2022)

On February 7, 2022, Davis was acquired via the available player pool by the

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. On February 12, 2022, Davis was waived by the Raptors 905.

College Park Skyhawks (2022)

On February 24, 2022, Davis was acquired via available player pool by the

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NBA G League Ignite (2023–present)

On November 9, 2023, Davis was acquired by the

References

External links

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