Derrick Walton

Derrick Walton
	Walton with the Michigan Wolverines in 2017
No. 2 – Zhejiang Lions
Position	Point guard
League	CBA
Personal information
Born	April 3, 1995; Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Listed weight	185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High school	Chandler Park Academy; (Harper Woods, Michigan)
College	Michigan (2013–2017)
NBA draft	2017: undrafted
Playing career	2017–present
Career history
2017–2018	Miami Heat
2017–2018	→Sioux Falls Skyforce
2018–2019	Žalgiris
2019	Alba Berlin
2019–2020	Los Angeles Clippers
2019–2020	→Agua Caliente Clippers
2020	Detroit Pistons
2020–2021	ASVEL
2021–2022	Motor City Cruise
2021–2022	Detroit Pistons
2022–2023	Sydney Kings
2023–present	Zhejiang Lions
Career highlights and awards
	NBL champion (2023); NBL Grand Final MVP (2023); All-NBL First Team (2023); NBA G League assists leader (2022); French Cup winner (2021); Second-team All-Big Ten (2017); Third-team All-Big Ten (2016); Big Ten All-Freshman team (2014); Big Ten tournament MOP (2017); First-team Parade All-American (2013); Michigan Gatorade Player of the Year (2013);
	Stats at NBA.com
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Derrick Walton Jr. (born April 3, 1995) is an American professional basketball player for the Zhejiang Lions of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). He played college basketball for the Michigan Wolverines and spent his first professional season as a two-way contract player with the Miami Heat and their G League affiliate, the Sioux Falls Skyforce.

He was a Parade All-American as a high school senior at Chandler Park Academy in 2013. He was the Michigan Boys Basketball Gatorade Player of the Year, and the runner-up for the Mr. Basketball of Michigan award. He was a 2013–14 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season All-Freshman selection in the Big Ten for the 2013–14 team, which won the Big Ten Conference regular-season championship outright. He was a 2015–16 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season All-Big Ten third-team selection by the coaches, and an honorable mention selection by the media as a junior. He was a 2016–17 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season All-Big Ten second-team selection by the coaches and the media as a senior. Walton is the only Wolverine with 1,000 points, 500 rebounds and 400 assists, and he holds the school's single-game assist record (16). He was the Most Outstanding Player of the 2017 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament for the tournament champion 2016–17 Wolverines.

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