Lonny Baxter
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Lonny Leroy Baxter (born January 27, 1979 in Silver Spring, Maryland) is an American professional basketball player currently playing in Italy with Montepaschi Siena.
While attending the University of Maryland, College Park, he won the 2002 NCAA Championship along with teammates and future NBA players Juan Dixon, Steve Blake and Chris Wilcox by defeating Indiana. He was selected by the Chicago Bulls with the 15th pick of the second round (43rd overall) of the 2002 NBA Draft.
During the 2004-05 season he played some games for the Greek giants Panathinaikos, before getting injured and agreeing with the club for his release.
On February 9, 2006, Baxter was traded by the Houston Rockets to the Charlotte Bobcats for Keith Bogans.
On August 8, 2006, Baxter signed to Italian League team Montepaschi Siena.
On August 16, 2006, Baxter was arrested in Washington, DC, only a few blocks from the White House after shooting a .40 caliber glock gun. On August 23, 2006, Baxter was sentenced to 60 days in prison after pleading guilty to possession of an unregistered firearm and unregistered ammunition charges. The judge in the case, Craig Iscoe, did not accept the plea bargain that had been arranged with the prosecution for a sentence of time served.
"There's no good reason for a person who's not working in law enforcement or presidential protection to be in possession of a loaded weapon within blocks of the White House, let alone to fire it into the air," Iscoe said.
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| First Round Yao Ming | Jay Williams | Mike Dunleavy, Jr. | Drew Gooden | Nikoloz Tskitishvili | Dajuan Wagner | Maybyner "Nene" Hilario | Chris Wilcox | Amare Stoudemire | Caron Butler | Jared Jeffries | Melvin Ely | Marcus Haislip | Fred Jones | Bostjan Nachbar | Jiri Welsch | Juan Dixon | Curtis Borchardt | Ryan Humphrey | Kareem Rush | Qyntel Woods | Casey Jacobsen | Tayshaun Prince | Nenad Krstić | Frank Williams | John Salmons | Chris Jefferies | Dan Dickau |
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| Second Round Steve Logan | Roger Mason, Jr. | Robert Archibald | Vincent Yarbrough | Dan Gadzuric | Carlos Boozer | Milos Vujanić | David Andersen | Tito Maddox | Rod Grizzard | Juan Carlos Navarro | Mario Kasun | Ronald Murray | Jason Jennings | Lonny Baxter | Sam Clancy | Matt Barnes | Jamal Sampson | Chris Owens | Peter Fehse | Darius Songaila | Federico Kammerichs | Marcus Taylor | Rasual Butler | Tamar Slay | Mladen Sekularac | Luis Scola | Randy Holcomb | Corsley Edwards |
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