Diontae "Dion" Dwayne Dixon (born December 24, 1989) is an American professional basketball player who last played for KB Peja. He played college basketball at the University of Cincinnati.
College career Dixon played 4 seasons of college basketball at the University of Cincinnati, with the Cincinnati Bearcats. He graduated in 2012 with a criminal justice major. Playing a total of 137 games for the Bearcats, including all 37 games in his senior year, he became the team second best scorer for the final season with 481 points (13.0 ppg) in the Big East conference of the NCAA. He tallied a college career 1,281 points, ranking 22nd in school all-time history.
Professional career Dixon went undrafted in the 2012 NBA draft. For the 2012–13 season he signed with AEK Larnaca of Cyprus. With AEK he won the Cypriot Championship.Petrolina AEK is the new champion In 26 Division A games he recorded 11.4 points, 3.5 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game.
On November 1, 2013, Dixon was selected in the 2013 NBA D-League draft by the Idaho Stampede. However, he was later waived by the Stampede on November 18, 2013.
In February 2014, he signed with Homenetmen Beirut of the Lebanese Basketball League. In 17 games he averaged 23.9 points, 4.5 rebounds and 5.5 assists per game. In Asiabasket.com county awards, he was named "Player of the Year", "Guard of the Year", "Best Import of the Year" and "Best Newcomer" in the website's "All-Lebanese League Awards 2014".Asia-basket.com Asia-Basket.com All-Lebanese League Awards 2014
On October 29, 2014, he was signed by Macedonian club MZT Skopje.Dion Dixon new player of MZT Skopje On February 27, 2015, he was released by MZT.Дион Диксон го напушти МЗТ Скопје On March 1, 2015, he re-signed with Homenetmen Beirut of the Lebanese Basketball League after a successful spell the year before.Dixon comes back to Homenetmen Beirut, ex MZT Skopje On April 28, 2015, he signed with Marinos de Anzoátegui of Venezuela.Marinos add Dixon to their roster, ex Homenetm. B
In late October 2015, he signed with Club Sagesse in Lebanon.Dion Dixon to play for Sagesse In February 2016, he re-joined the Marinos de Anzoátegui.Dixon is back at Marinos, ex Sagesse He left Marinos after appearing in eleven games.
On February 11, 2017, Dixon signed with Kymis for the rest of the 2016–17 Greek Basket League season.Ο Dion Dixon παίκτης της Κύμης SEAJETS! On September 29, 2017, he joined Club Africain of the Tunisian League.Dion Dixon (ex Kymis) signs at C Africain.
In November 2017, he signed with Libyan club Al-Ittihad Tripoli of the Libyan League.Al Ittihad signs Dion Dixon to play African qualify moving in 2018 to the Uruguay league playing for the Urunday Universitario. As of 2018, he played for the Indios de San Francisco.
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External links Eurobasket.com profile RealGM.com profile