Qyntel Woods

Early life and college career

He was born in Memphis and grew up in the Mallory Heights neighborhood. After attending Carver High School, and having one season each at Moberly Area Community College and Northeast Mississippi Community College, Woods was selected by the NBA's Portland Trail Blazers with the 21st pick of the 2002 NBA draft. Coming out of college, Woods was known to pro scouts as a player with exceptional potential (sometimes compared to Tracy McGrady), but with a history of off-court problems.

He was an early entry candidate in the 2002 Draft, and committed to the University of Memphis before making himself available for selection.

NBA

In his first two seasons with the Trail Blazers, Woods played in 115 games (53 and 62 respectively), averaging 2.4 and 3.6 points per game and appearing sparingly in the 2003 postseason. The 2004–05 season was packed with off-court trouble for Woods, as he was charged with animal cruelty following an investigation. He pleaded guilty to first-degree animal abuse for staging dog fights in his house, some involving his pit bull named Hollywood. Both Hollywood and Woods' other pit bull, Sugar, were confiscated, and Woods was given 80 hours of community service and also agreed to donate $10,000 to the Oregon Humane Society.

In response to these events, the Trail Blazers suspended and eventually released Woods, in a settlement that involved pay withheld from Woods in 2004–05, when he was supposed to be paid $1.1 million for the third year of a three-year contract. The Trail Blazers kept about $500,000, said spokesman Art Sasse.

Upon finally leaving Portland in January 2005, Woods subsequently joined the Miami Heat, playing in three regular season games (with averages of 3.3 points and 2 rebounds per game), but he was not used in the playoffs. He was part of a 13-player mega deal that sent him to the Boston Celtics on August 2, 2006, being waived after having played in only three exhibition games, and he was subsequently signed by the New York Knicks on December 6, 2005.

He played more under then Knicks head coach Larry Brown, starting sixteen games and averaging career highs in minutes per game, field goal percentage, points per game, rebounds and assists. However, he was not kept for the following season, and he would end up playing a month (from February to March) in the NBA Development League with the Bakersfield Jam.

Europe

Woods signed a two-year contract with Greek league team Olympiacos on July 16, 2007. In 10 appearances in the regular season, he averaged 12.5 points per game in 26.3 minutes per game. In 2007–08's playoffs, his numbers went down (8.1 points, 2.1 rebounds, in 20.7 minutes per game).

Woods was caught using marijuana during the Greek finals, and thus committed a breach of his contract, which led to Olympiacos terminating the final year of his deal. Subsequently, he signed with the Italian league's Fortitudo Pallacanestro Bologna after being released by Olympiacos.

He played with Asseco Prokom Gdynia in Poland, where he contributed to their seventh straight national championship. Wood also was the team's alpha dog in Asseco's run to the Euroleague Top 8 in 2010. In the same year he was awarded the Polish League MVP.

In November 2010 he signed a one-year contract with the Russian club BC Krasnye Krylya Samara, but he was waived in December because of unsatisfactory performance.

On January 30, 2011 he returned to play for Asseco Prokom Gdynia with whom he spent his best years in Europe .

In the summer of 2011, he signed with the Israeli squad Maccabi Haifa. One year later, he signed with Lagun Aro GBC of Spain.

On July 8, 2013, Woods signed with Le Mans Sarthe Basket of France. On September 5, 2013, he left Le Mans after he failed to pass the physicals due to a knee injury.

In August, 2014 Woods signed with AZS Koszalin from Polish Basketball League.

On July 16, 2015, Woods signed with the French club Cholet Basket.