Bill Edwards (basketball)

William Allen Edwards (born August 28, 1971) is an American former professional basketball player. He was a 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) tall small forward-power forward. During his playing career, his nickname was "Dollar Bill" Edwards.^[1]

Bill Edwards

Personal information
Born	(1971-08-28) August 28, 1971 (age 53) Middletown, Ohio, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight	215 lb (98 kg; 15.4 st)
Career information
High school	Carlisle (Carlisle, Ohio)
College	Wright State (1989–1993)
NBA draft	1993: undrafted
Playing career	1993–2006
Position	Small forward / power forward
Number	40
Career history
1993–1994	Sioux Falls Skyforce
1994	Philadelphia 76ers
1994–1995	Scaligera Basket Verona
1995–1996	Cagiva Varese
1996–1997	AEK Athens
1997–1998	Calze Pompea Roma
1998–1999	Kinder Bologna
1999–2000	PAOK Thessaloniki
2000–2001	ASVEL Villeurbanne
2002	PAOK Thessaloniki
2002	Casademont Girona
2003	Hapoel Jerusalem
2004–2005	Koln Rein Energy
2005–2006	EWE Baskets Oldenburg
Career highlights
Italian Cup winner (1999) 2× Greek League All-Star (1996 II, 1999) French Cup winner (2001) French League Foreign MVP (2001) German Cup winner (2005) CBA All-Rookie First Team (1994) Mid-Con Player of the Year (1993) 2× First-team All-Mid-Con (1992, 1993) Mid-Con tournament MVP (1993)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference
Medals Representing  United States FIBA World Cup 1998 Greece National team

College career

Edwards played college basketball at Wright State University, with the Wright State Raiders, where he became one of the school's legends. He was voted the Summit League Player of the Year in 1993.

Professional career

Edwards was never drafted by an NBA franchise. He spent his rookie season with the Sioux Falls Skyforce of the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) and was selected to the CBA All-Rookie First Team in 1994.^[2] Despite having played a few games with the Philadelphia 76ers during the 1993–94 season, it was in Europe that he had a significant 12-year career. He played in the EuroLeague with the Greek club PAOK, in the 1999–00 season, and in the FIBA SuproLeague, with the French club ASVEL, in the 2000–01 season.

National team career

Edwards was a member of the bronze medal-winning senior men's Team USA at the 1998 FIBA World Championship.

Personal life

Edwards is the father of former Middletown High School standouts Bill Edwards Jr., who on May 6, 2009, signed a Letter of Intent to play college basketball for Penn State,^[3] and Vincent Edwards, a former NBA player, who played college basketball for Purdue.

Career pro stats (national domestic leagues)

Season	League	Team	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG
1993–94	CBA	Sioux Falls Skyforce	52	35.2	20.2	7.1	2.3
1993–94	NBA	Philadelphia 76ers	3	14.7	2.0	4.7	1.3
1994–95	LBA	Scaligera Verona	27	36.1	19.6	9.0	1.1
1995–96	LBA	Cagiva Varese	34	37.4	23.3	7.2	0.8
1996–97	GBL	AEK Athens	34	35.9	17.8	6.6	2.7
1997–98	LBA	Calze Pompea Roma	25	35.4	20.5	5.1	2.0
1998–99	LBA	Kinder Bologna	15	29.4	14.3	4.6	1.2
1999–00	GBL	PAOK Thessaloniki	26	35.8	15.3	5.9	2.0
2000–01	Pro A	ASVEL Villeurbanne	19	33.8	19.0	5.2	0.0
2001–02	GBL	PAOK Thessaloniki	12	35.2	17.8	5.5	2.0
2002–03	ACB	Casademont Girona	3	14.6	6.0	1.6	0.3
2003–04	ISBL	Hapoel Jerusalem	5	17.6	5.4	3.2	1.2
2004–05	BBL	Koln Rein Energy	33	33.9	16.5	7.8	1.8
2005–06	BBL	EWE Oldenburg	31	30.2	14.4	5.8	1.6