DeMarcus De'Juan Nelson (; born November 2, 1985) is an American-Serbian former professional basketball player. Standing at 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) he played at the

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position. He also holds

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as of 2014.

College career

Nelson played at the

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position on the Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team. He was also the lone captain of the team for the 2007–2008 season, which was his senior year.

College statistics

Professional career

Nelson was not drafted in the 2008 NBA draft, but he was signed by the

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on September 9, 2008. He became the first undrafted rookie to start on opening night in the history of the

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. On November 14, 2008, he and teammate

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were assigned to the Bakersfield Jam of the NBA D-League. He was recalled by the Warriors on December 16, 2008, but he was waived on January 6, 2009 to make room for

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. Nelson joined the Croatian

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club KK Zagreb in January 2009, but only played a single game. In March 2009, Nelson returned to the NBA D-League as a member of the

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. On April 9, 2009 Nelson signed with the Chicago Bulls. On July 30, 2009 he was waived by the Bulls. On August 29, 2009, he was signed by

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of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A for the 2009–10 season. He played for the Milwaukee Bucks in the

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. On August 23, 2010, he was signed by Cholet Basket of France. Cholet Basket is qualified for the Euroleague for the 2010–11 season. In July 2011 he signed with

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in Ukraine. On November 15, 2011, he returned to Cholet Basket by signing a contract for the rest of the season. In September 2012, he signed a one-year contract with the Serbian team Crvena zvezda Belgrade. In June 2013 he re-signed with them for one more season, with an option for a second year. He became the first foreign player to stay at the club for two seasons. In November 2013, he was named EuroLeague MVP for Round 4. In April 2014, along with his teammate

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, he was selected to the Ideal Team of the

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season. He was also named to the

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in 2014. On July 22, 2014,

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announced the signing of Nelson, on a 1+1 year-deal. On September 25, 2015, he signed a one-month deal with the French team Monaco, with the role to replace injured Larry Drew II. On December 23, 2015, he signed for the rest of the season with the Spanish team Unicaja, with the role to replace injured Stefan Marković. On October 15, 2016, Nelson signed with

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for the rest of the 2016–17 season. On July 8, 2017, he re-signed with ASVEL for two more seasons. On January 29, 2020, he has signed with

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of the

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. Nelson re-signed with the team to a two-year extension on July 8, 2020.

Career statistics

NBA

Regular season

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Domestic leagues

EuroLeague

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, 18 , , 0 , , 17.8 , , .402 , , .130 , , .625 , , 2.4 , , 2.2 , , .6 , , .2 , , 5.8 , , 5.6 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:left;", Career , style="text-align:left;", , 38 , , 17 , , 22.2 , , .434 , , .239 , , .658 , , 3.1 , , 2.3 , , .7 , , .2 , , 8.1 , , 7.6

Personal life

DeMarcus attended high school at Vallejo High School in Vallejo, California and Sheldon High School in Sacramento, California. His Freshman, Sophomore, and Junior years were at Vallejo and his Senior year was at Sheldon. He attained

on July 24, 2014, late for a possible extension with Crvena zvezda.

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