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Edward Richard Basden (born February 15, 1983) is an American professional basketball player who formerly played in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Basden, born in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, played competitive basketball in Greenbelt, Maryland at Eleanor Roosevelt High School, where he played against former Chicago Bulls teammate Mike Sweetney. He verbally committed to play college basketball at UMass, choosing them over Villanova, Maryland, Georgetown and George Mason.〔(UMass gets Basden )〕 He was released from his letter of intent following the resignation of Minutemen head coach Bruiser Flint,〔(Duquesne, 'Nova land top big men )〕〔(Charlotte 49ers (2001: 22-11) )〕 and Basden then committed to play for Charlotte. During his career with the 49ers he was named Conference USA Player of the Year in 2005, and Defensive Player of the Year in 2004 and 2005. In his senior season he was also named National Defensive Player of the Year by many college basketball analysts. He is the Conference USA all-time leader in career steals,〔(Charlotte 91, Houston 71 )〕 and holds the all-time Charlotte record for steals.〔(Charlotte 83, St. Louis 78 (OT) )〕 His #13 jersey was retired on February 19, 2009.〔(Xavier falls to Charlotte in third straight road loss )〕 Basden went undrafted in the 2005 NBA Draft, but was invited to play on the Chicago Bulls Reebok Summer League team, where a strong performance earned him a two-year contract with the Bulls. He appeared in 19 games for the Bulls in 2005-06, averaging 2.1 points per game. On August 18, 2006, Basden was traded by the Bulls to the Cleveland Cavaliers for center Martynas Andriuskevicius. He was later signed by Fenerbahçe of Turkey. He averaged 8.4 points, 5.3 rebounds and 3.3 assists in 25 minutes for Fenerbahçe in the Euroleague and was one of key players in the team's 2007 Turkish Basketball League championship. Basden later played for the Austin Toros of the NBA D-League.〔(Eddie Basden D-League profile )〕 After finishing his contract with the Toros, he went to play for the Alaska Aces of the Philippine Basketball Association, but was ultimately rejected for exceeding the league's height limit.〔(History repeats itself: Alaska's PBA import exceeds height limit ), ''gmanews.tv''. Retrieved February 19, 2011.〕 In March 2011 he signed with Maroussi BC in Greece.〔(Μπάσντεν ο αντι-Χουέρτας στο Μαρούσι ) 〕 In October 2011 he signed with Franca Basquetebol Clube in Brazil.〔(Franca sign Edward Eddie Basden )〕 In 2012, he signed as an import with the Petron Blaze Boosters of the Philippine Basketball Association.〔(Petron confident with full lineup )〕 He later played for various teams in Latin America.〔(Eddie Basden ). Latin-Basket.〕 ==Career highlights== * 2004 Conference USA Defensive Player of the Year * 2005 Conference USA Defensive Player of the Year * 2005 Conference USA Player of the Year * 2005 Conference USA All-Time Steals Leader * 2005 ESPN National Defensive Player of the Year * 2007 Turkish Basketball League Champion with Fenerbahçe 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Eddie Basden」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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