Dewarick Antwain Spencer (born May 4, 1982) is an American and Egyptian professional

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player who plays for

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of the

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. Nicknamed "Dee," he is tall and plays both point guard and shooting guard positions. From Mobile, Alabama, he played in college at Iowa Western CC from 2000–2001, Faulkner State CC from 2001–2002 and

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in the

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from 2003–2005.

Professional career

Spencer made a name for himself in Europe after winning the French League championship, the French League scoring title, the French League Foreign Player's MVP, and the French All-Star Game

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during the 2006-07 season while he was with Chorale Roanne. In 2008, Spencer transferred from the Italian League club

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to the Turkish League club Efes Pilsen, after Efes released Drew Nicholas for refusing to travel with the team to

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. For the 2008-09 season, he returned to France after signing with the EuroLeague club Le Mans. With Le Mans he won the French Semanes de As and French Cup in 2009. In 2010, he joined BC Budivelnyk in

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. In 2011 Dee Spencer won the gold of the Ukrainian championship with Budivelnik. He averaged 20,3 mpg, 10,4 ppg, 1,8 apg, 3,8 rpg with 9,5 EFF. During 2013, he played in the Lebanese league with

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basketball club. In August 2013, he signed with Petrochimi Bandar Imam. In December 2013, he was loaned to

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. In March 2014, he came back to play in the Lebanese league but this time with Sagesse. In December 2014, he signed with Al Mouttahed Tripoli. In April 2015, he left Al Mouttahed and signed with Guaros de Lara of Venezuela. In September 2017, Spencer signed with the

Goyang Orions Goyang Carrot Jumpers (Korean: 고양 캐롯 점퍼스) is a professional basketball club based in Goyang, South Korea which plays in the Korean Basketball League. Before the change of ownership in 2022, they were called Orions. History Dayo ...

of the Korean Basketball League. In December 2017, he left Goyang and signed with Lebanese club

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. On January 16, 2022, Spencer was announced by Egyptian club

ahead of the

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