height_ft nationality birth_date career_start years draft_year team draft_pick number college name high_school weight_lb birth_place draft_team career_end position draft_round letter height_in bbr article_title
6 american 25 february 1980 2004 2004 -- 2008 2009 start -- 2005 end 2006 -- 2007 2007 2004 memphis grizzlies red star belgrade lukoil academic czarni słupsk 36 1 memphis -lrb- 2001 -- 2004 -rrb- antonio burks booker t. washington -lrb- memphis , tennessee -rrb- 200 memphis , tennessee orlando magic 2009 point guard 2 b 1 burksan01 antonio burks

antonio burks

antonio cornell burks -lrb- born february 25 , 1980 -rrb- is an american former professional basketball player who played in the nba and europe .
at 6 ' 0 '' -lrb- 1.83 m -rrb- and 185 lb -lrb- 88.5 kg -rrb- , he played as a guard .
burks played at booker t. washington high school in memphis , then one year at hiwassee junior college in madisonville , tennessee before joining the university of memphis as an invited walk-on .
he helped the tigers win the nit in 2002 .
his senior year he was named the conference usa player of the year .
after a career at the university of memphis , he was a second round draft pick of the orlando magic in the 2004 nba draft .
he was then traded to his hometown memphis grizzlies in exchange for cash considerations .
burks averaged three points in 24 games in his rookie season .
after appearing in four games for the miami heat during the 2006 preseason , he was signed by them on october 2 , 2006 .
but was waived on october 26 , prior to the beginning of the 2006 -- 07 nba season .
burks later played with red star belgrade -lrb- kk crvena zvezda -rrb- of the serbian basketball league .
he signed with lukoil academic in bulgaria in august 2007 .
according to a eurobasket.com report , burks was banned for a season from fiba , because kk crvena zvezda had informed them that burks had broken the rules of his contract by leaving 20 days earlier .
on july 20 , 2009 , burks was shot by a robber in memphis .
burks underwent several surgeries and recovered in the hospital .
the man who shot him was convicted of attempted second degree murder and other charges and was sentenced to 97 years in prison ; he will be eligible for parole after serving 51 years .
he had been released on probation for another crime only a month before shooting burks .
burks became an assistant coach for lemoyne-owen college in 2010 .
burks formed a lawn care business , antonio burks star maintenance and lawn services , in 2013 .
