Nationality American Role Basketball player Career end 1991 Name Leon Wood Career start 1984 | Listed weight 185 lb (84 kg) Weight 84 kg Listed height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Height 1.91 m | |
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NBA draft 1984 / Round: 1 / Pick: 10th overall Education University of Arizona, California State University, Fullerton Position | ||
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Osie Leon Wood III (born March 25, 1962), is an American former professional basketball player. A college All-American, he was a first round NBA draft pick, and both an Olympic and Pan-Am Games gold-medalist. He is currently in his 22nd season as an NBA referee.
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- Leon woods referee attack real sports with bryant gumbel hbo sports
- Leon Wood vs Bulls Highlights
- Career
- References
Leon Wood vs. Bulls Highlights
Career
A 6'3" point guard from Saint Monica Catholic High School, Wood was an All-American at California State University-Fullerton. He was selected by the Philadelphia 76ers as the 10th pick in the first round of the 1984 NBA draft and played in six NBA seasons for six different teams: the 76ers, Washington Bullets, New Jersey Nets, San Antonio Spurs, Atlanta Hawks and Sacramento Kings.
In his NBA career, Wood played in 274 games and scored a total of 1,742 points (6.4 points per game). He had a short European professional league stint in Germany for MTV 1846 Giessen, where he was signed for the playoffs and appeared in three games, scoring a total of 77 points. He also played for CAI Zaragoza (ACB League) in the 1988–1989 season. Wood played four seasons in the Continental Basketball Association, averaging 18.1 points and 8.5 assists in 118 games, being named second-team All-CBA in 1990.
Wood is a two-time International gold-medalist, winning at the 1983 Pan American Games and as a member of the 1984 U.S. Olympic basketball team coached by Bobby Knight.
He became an NBA official in 1996 and is in his 22nd season as a referee in 2016-2017.