Baston averaged 15.8 points, 6.7 rebounds and 29.8 minutes in 16 games this season with DKV Joventut in Spain.
Baston played in Italy for Montecatini SC in 2000-01 and in the Continental Basketball Association with the Quad City Thunder during the 1998-99 and 1999-2000 seasons.
The Chicago Bulls selected Baston with the 58th pick in the 1998NBA draft after he finished his career at the University of Michigan as the school’s all-time leader in field goal percentage (.652).
Although Baston has finally established himself as one of the top players in Europe and found a comfort level with Tel Aviv, it was a long road to reach this point.
His father was dying from cancer and Baston left his team in Spain to be with his father.
Although Baston is comfortable in Tel Aviv, he still hopes to return to the NBA and believes that he could contribute to an NBA team if given the opportunity.
Baston, a 6-9, 215-pound forward, spent the last three seasons in Israel playing for Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv, averaging 13.3 points and 6.5 rebounds per game.
In 1998, Baston was drafted by the Chicago Bulls in the second round (58th overall) of the NBA Draft, before spending two seasons with Quad Cities in the CBA.
While in the CBA, he was named the 1999-2000 CBA Defensive Player of the Year and was named to the 1999-2000 All-CBA First Team.
Baston averaged 10.7 points and 6.6 rebounds a game for his Michigan career, which included NCAA Tournament appearances in 1995 and 1998 and an NIT Championship in 1997.
Baston holds the Final Four record for blocks with 6 versus Tau Ceramica.
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Basketball / Maccabi trying to tempt Maceo Baston back to Tel Aviv - Haaretz - Israel News(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Baston signed for the Indiana Pacers last month after three years with Maccabi, but the club hopes the NBA team will cut him before the season starts, paving the way for a move back to Tel Aviv.
Baston's agent Jeff Roth, who also represents Maccabi's new signing Rodney Buford, said he could not see the player returning to Europe.
You have to understand that Maceo's dream is not only to play in the NBA but to make his mark there.
The 6-foot-9, 215-pound forward averaged 13.3 points and 6.5 rebounds per game for Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv, teaming with current Pacer Sarunas Jasikevicius to win two Euroleague titles.
Baston played 16 games for the Toronto Raptors in 2003, averaging 2.5 points and 1.4 rebounds.
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MaceoBaston for two more years in Maccabi, Oded Katash continue in Galil Elyon
According to the Israeli "Sport5", MaceoBaston will continue to play in the team for two more years after reaching an agreement with Maccabi Tel Aviv.
After winning the Israeli league title, the player said to Sport5: "I'm closed for two more years in Maccabi, I'm happy and I love this club and the fans, I'm glad that I'm staying here".
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Maceo Baston Statistics - Basketball-Reference.com (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu)(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
AllSports' NBA News - Raptors make qualifying offer to F Maceo Baston(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
TORONTO (Ticker) - The Toronto Raptors on Monday extended a qualifying offer to restricted free agent forwardMaceoBaston, one of many players signed during an injury-riddled season.
The move allows the Raptors to match any offer Baston receives in free agency, which begins Tuesday.
Signed February 10, the 6-9 Baston averaged 2.5 points and 1.4 rebounds in 16 games for the Raptors, who went just 24-58.
NetsDaily Blog » NBA(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
When the Nets wanted to work out Maccabi Tel Aviv’s MaceoBaston in June, they called the agent for Cory Underwood, a 6′-10″ streetballer from New York, to ask if his client woud bang with the Euroleague star.
A couple of Nets fans, most notably Robert Eick, went out and got some pics of the Nets’ Bar-be-Q & Basketball ticket promotion Saturday at the Meadowlands.
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Hey Maceo, I’m a huge Pacers fan from Australia and i think you’re an awesome basketballer...you were good in the Euroleague and i’m sure you’ll be even better in the NBA at Indiana...good luck for this season From Corey in Australia.
