_(cropped).jpg) Sloan with theIndiana Pacers in 2014 | |||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | (1988-01-15)January 15, 1988 (age 38) Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 205 lb (93 kg) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| High school | Seagoville (Dallas, Texas) | ||||||||||||||
| College | Texas A&M (2006–2010) | ||||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 2010:undrafted | ||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2010–2021 | ||||||||||||||
| Position | Point guard /shooting guard | ||||||||||||||
| Number | 12, 15 | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Reno Bighorns | ||||||||||||||
| 2011 | Barangay Ginebra Kings | ||||||||||||||
| 2011 | Erie BayHawks | ||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Atlanta Hawks | ||||||||||||||
| 2012 | New Orleans Hornets | ||||||||||||||
| 2012 | Erie BayHawks | ||||||||||||||
| 2012 | Cleveland Cavaliers | ||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Sioux Falls Skyforce | ||||||||||||||
| 2013 | New Orleans Hornets | ||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Guangdong Southern Tigers | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–2015 | Indiana Pacers | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Brooklyn Nets | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Guangdong Southern Tigers | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Texas Legends | ||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Guangdong Southern Tigers | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Jiangsu Dragons | ||||||||||||||
| 2020 | Telekom Baskets Bonn | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | Adelaide 36ers | ||||||||||||||
| Career highlights | |||||||||||||||
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| Stats atBasketball Reference | |||||||||||||||
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Donald Wayne Sloan (born January 15, 1988) is an American former professionalbasketball player. He playedcollege basketball for theTexas A&M Aggies. Sloan played parts of five seasons in theNational Basketball Association (NBA) for theAtlanta Hawks,New Orleans Hornets,Cleveland Cavaliers,Indiana Pacers andBrooklyn Nets. He played in theNBA D-League andChinese Basketball Association in between NBA stints.
Sloan attendedSeagoville High School in theDallas, Texas area. Over three seasons Sloan's team was 93–10 and Sloan led Seagoville to the regional championship game as a senior. Sloan received two-time all-state recognition.
Considered a four-star recruit byRivals.com, Sloan was listed as the No. 8 point guard and the No. 55 player in the nation in 2006.[1]
Sloan was recruited by Kansas, Oklahoma, Marquette, SMU, and Georgia Tech. He signed with Texas A&M and CoachBilly Gillispie in November 2005.[2]
Sloan played basketball forTexas A&M University from 2006 to 2010. He was a part of a senior class that won 100 career games at the conclusion of the 2009–10 season, setting the school record for wins by a single class.[3] As a senior during the2009–10 season, Sloan led the Aggies in scoring with a 17.8 points per game average and was a first team All-Big 12 Conference selection.[4]
Sloan appeared in all 34 games in 2006–07 as a true freshman, averaging 5.2 points, 1.9 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game. Sloan earned ESPN player of the game honors with 15 points in a win at Oklahoma State. Texas A&M finished the year with a 27–7 record and advanced to theSweet Sixteen.
As a sophomore, Sloan started all 36 games as A&M finished 25–11 after a second round robbery to UCLA in the NCAA tournament. Sloan was third on the team in scoring at 9.5 points per game and he was second on the team with 123 assists.
Sloan played in all 34 games as the Aggies finished 24–10 following a second round loss to Connecticut in the NCAA tournament. Sloan averaged 11.8 points and 3.6 rebounds per game and led the team with 108 assists.
Sloan, considered by his teammates to be the team's leader,[5][6] was the leading scorer on a Texas A&M team that finished the regular season with a 22–8 record overall and an 11-5 conference mark, tying the team for second place in the Big 12 Conference.[7] Sloan scored a career high 29 points in an 84–81 loss to New Mexico on December 12. He was third in the Big 12 in scoring.[8] Sloan was named to the Big 12's first team all conference by Big 12 coaches, Dallas Morning News,[9] Columbia Daily Tribune, andFort Worth Star Telegram. Sloan also received second team all Big 12 Conference honors from theAssociated Press and Austin American-Statesman.[10] He received national player of the week honors for the week of February 9 by CollegeHoops.net and was a strong contender for the 2009–2010 Big 12 Conference Player of the Year Award.[11] Sloan honored teammate and close friend Derrick Roland, whose season was ended by a broken tibia and fibula, by shaving Roland's #3 into his hair for much of the season.[12]
Following the conference tournament, Sloan was named to the all-tournament team.[13] He finished the 2010 NCAA tournament ranked seventh in Aggie history in career scoring with 1,522 points and eighth in assists with 370.
After going undrafted in the2010 NBA draft, Sloan joined theSacramento Kings for the 2010NBA Summer League.[14] He later signed a one-year, non-guaranteed contract with the Kings.[15] However, he was later waived by the Kings on October 4, 2010.[16] On October 30, 2010, he was acquired by theReno Bighorns of theNBA D-League as an affiliate player.
In July 2011, he signed with theBarangay Ginebra Kings of thePhilippine Basketball Association for the 2011 Governors' Cup.[17]
On November 2, 2011, he was reacquired by the Reno Bighorns. Two days later, he was traded to the Erie BayHawks.
On December 9, 2011, Sloan signed with theAtlanta Hawks. On January 27, 2012, he was waived by the Hawks.[18]
On February 8, 2012, he signed a 10-day contract with theNew Orleans Hornets.[19] On February 18, 2012, he was not offered a second 10-day contract after his first 10-day contract expired.[20]
On March 5, 2012, he returned to the Erie BayHawks.
On March 16, 2012, he signed with theCleveland Cavaliers .[21]
In July 2012, he joined the Cavaliers for the 2012 NBA Summer League. On December 25, 2012, Sloan was waived by the Cavaliers.[22] On the Aussie Hoopla podcast Sloan discussed how he was brought into back-up rookie Kyrie Irving, however Irving become injured as soon as Sloan was signed and then after Irving became healthy the Cavs waived Sloan on Christmas Day.[23]
On January 3, 2013, he was acquired by theSioux Falls Skyforce.[24] On January 7, 2013, he signed a 10-day contract with theNew Orleans Hornets after just two games with the Skyforce.[25][26] After the contract expired, he returned to the Skyforce.
In February 2013, Sloan was released by the Skyforce in order to join theGuangdong Southern Tigers of theChinese Basketball Association.[27][28]
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On July 3, 2013, he signed a two-year deal with theIndiana Pacers and joined them for the2013 NBA Summer League.[29] In July 2014, he re-joined the Pacers for the2014 NBA Summer League.[30] On November 5, 2014, he scored a career-high 31 points in the Pacers' 96–94 overtime loss to the Washington Wizards.[31]
On August 10, 2015, Sloan signed with theBrooklyn Nets.[32] On January 15, 2016, he recorded a near triple-double with 15 points, 9 rebounds and 9 assists in a loss to thePortland Trail Blazers.[33]
On July 20, 2016, Sloan signed with the Guangdong Southern Tigers for the 2016–17 season, returning to the club for a second stint.[34] The Guangdong Southern Tigers advanced to the2017 CBA Finals, but lost to theXinjiang Flying Tigers in a 4–0 sweep.
Sloan signed with theWashington Wizards under a training camp deal. He was waived on October 14 as one of the team's final preseason roster cuts.[35] He then joined theTexas Legends of the NBA G League. On January 22, 2018, Sloan was named theNBA G League Player of the Week after averaging 29.0 points, 4.3 rebounds, and 9.0 assists in three games.[36]
On February 21, 2018,Guangdong Southern Tigers announced the signing of Sloan for a third stint with the team.[37]
Sloan signed with theDenver Nuggets to a training camp contract but was waived on October 13, 2018.[38]
On February 26, 2020, Sloan signed withTelekom Baskets Bonn of the GermanBasketball Bundesliga (BBL).[39] He played in three games and averaged 11.7 points per game until the season was postponed due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.[40]
On August 20, 2020, Sloan signed with theAdelaide 36ers of the AustralianNational Basketball League (NBL).[41] He scored three points in his NBL debut againstMelbourne United on January 15, 2021.[42] Sloan was moved from the starting line-up in favor ofJosh Giddey and scored a season-high 20 points in his first game off the bench on January 22, 2021, against theNew Zealand Breakers.[43] On February 7, 2021, he was granted a release by the 36ers to pursue other international opportunities.[44]
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | Atlanta | 5 | 0 | 4.0 | .375 | .000 | .000 | 1.0 | 1.0 | .2 | .0 | 1.2 |
| 2011–12 | New Orleans | 3 | 0 | 13.7 | .357 | .000 | .500 | 1.0 | 2.7 | .7 | .0 | 4.0 |
| 2011–12 | Cleveland | 25 | 11 | 24.3 | .403 | .091 | .808 | 2.4 | 3.7 | .4 | .1 | 6.6 |
| 2012–13 | Cleveland | 20 | 0 | 12.9 | .346 | .368 | .800 | 1.4 | 1.9 | .3 | .0 | 4.1 |
| 2012–13 | New Orleans | 3 | 0 | 2.0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .0 | .3 | .0 | .0 | .0 |
| 2013–14 | Indiana | 48 | 1 | 8.2 | .376 | .238 | .600 | .9 | 1.0 | .2 | .0 | 2.3 |
| 2014–15 | Indiana | 53 | 21 | 20.9 | .408 | .313 | .779 | 2.7 | 3.6 | .4 | .0 | 7.4 |
| 2015–16 | Brooklyn | 61 | 33 | 21.6 | .440 | .384 | .750 | 2.8 | 4.4 | .5 | .1 | 7.0 |
| Career | 218 | 66 | 17.2 | .409 | .310 | .754 | 2.1 | 3.0 | .4 | .0 | 5.5 | |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Indiana | 4 | 0 | 3.8 | .286 | .250 | .500 | .3 | .8 | .3 | .0 | 1.8 |
| Career | 4 | 0 | 3.8 | .286 | .250 | .500 | .3 | .8 | .3 | .0 | 1.8 | |
