John Garfield "Toby" Bailey (born November 19, 1975) is an American

United States

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 professional basketball

Basketball

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 player.

College career

Bailey played four years of college basketball

College basketball

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 at UCLA, being part of the Bruins

UCLA Bruins

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 squad that won the 1995 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

1995 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

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. In the championship game against Arkansas

Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball

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, Bailey scored 26 points and had nine rebounds as a freshman. All of the team's starting lineup - himself, Ed O'Bannon

Ed O'Bannon

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, Tyus Edney

Tyus Edney

Tyus Dwayne Edney is an American professional basketball player. A point guard for UCLA from 1991–1995, Edney led the Bruins to the 1995 NCAA National Championship. He also led Žalgiris Kaunas to the 1999 Euroleague title...

, George Zidek

George Zidek

Jiří Zídek, Jr., generally referred to in English as George Zidek , is a retired Czech professional basketball player. He was selected by the Charlotte Hornets in the 1st round of the 1995 NBA Draft...

 and Charles O'Bannon

Charles O'Bannon

Charles Edward O'Bannon is an American professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the University of California, Los Angeles Bruins men's basketball team, where he was a star small forward/shooting guard, and a starter on the school's 1995 NCAA Championship team...

- went on to play in both the National Basketball Association

National Basketball Association

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 and overseas. Bailey was a first team All-Pacific-10 Conference selection in 1996, 1997, and 1998. He was voted co-Most Valuable Player of the Bruins in 1996 and 1998.

Professional career

Bailey was selected by the Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers

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 in the second round (45th overall) of the 1998 NBA Draft

1998 NBA Draft

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, and played for two seasons with the Phoenix Suns

Phoenix Suns

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, averaging 3.3 points per game in 73 regular season games.

After his NBA career, and following a brief spell in the ABA

American Basketball Association

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, he moved on to Europe

Europe

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, successively representing Fillattice Imola

Andrea Costa Imola

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 (Italy

Italy

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), Panionios BC, Aris Thessaloniki

Aris BC

Aris Basketball Club is the professional basketball team of the Thessaloniki-based Greek sport club Aris Thessaloniki. Aris BC was founded in 1922, eight years after the founding of Aris Thessaloniki....

 and AEK Athens (Greece

Greece

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), Telindus Oostende (Belgium

Belgium

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), Köln 99ers (Germany

Germany

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) and Ricoh Manresa

Basquet Manresa

Bàsquet Manresa, S.A.D., known as Assignia Manresa for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball team based in Manresa, Catalonia, Spain, playing in Liga ACB. The team was founded in 1931. They are currently playing their home games at the Pavelló Nou Congost...

 (Spain

Spain

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).

Bailey returned to the U.S. after nearly one decade away from the country, signing in 2009 with the Los Angeles Lightning of the International Basketball League

International Basketball League

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.

External links

• College & NBA Stats @ BasketballReference.com
• AEK player profile
• Basketpedya career data