Loren Gerard Woods (born June 21, 1978) is an American former professional basketball player. He previously played six seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

High school and college career Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Woods attended high school at Cardinal Ritter College Prep. He started his college career at Wake Forest University, where he was supposed to take over the center position once Tim Duncan left. However, he transferred to the University of Arizona.

Professional career Woods was selected by the Minnesota Timberwolves in the second round of the 2001 NBA draft. After leaving the Timberwolves, Woods played for the Miami Heat and the Toronto Raptors, where he appeared in 45 games during the 2004–05 season and posted a career best 3.9 points per game. On 15 August 2006, he signed with the Sacramento Kings as a backup center,Kings sign C Loren Woods.KINGS SIGN LOREN WOODS TO A CONTRACT. but he was waived before the season began.Fantasy basketball: Player notes.

Woods joined the Lithuanian giants Žalgiris Kaunas in 2007.Loren Woods comes back to Zalgiris. In June 2007, he joined the Turkish side Efes Pilsen. He signed two 10-day contracts with the Houston Rockets on 21 March and 1 April 2008.Rockets sign Woods to second 10-day contract.Woods set to sign. He was then waived by the Rockets on 14 July 2008.Rockets release backup center Woods, sign Greene. he signed again with Žalgiris Kaunas on 16 July. His tenure with the Rockets ended up being his last time in the NBA, as his final game was Game 1 of the 2008 Western Conference First Round against the Utah Jazz on April 19, 2008. In his final game, Woods played for only one minute but was able to record 2 points and 1 rebound. Houston would go on to lose the series to Utah in 6 games.

Woods joined CAI Zaragoza in 2009.

In October 2010 he signed with Al Riyadi Beirut in Lebanon,Riyadi signs former NBA center Woods where he averaged 14.3 points and 14.3 rebounds. In 2012, he signed with Al Riyadi Beirut again.Loren Woods. asia-basket.com On 20 December 2014 he was released by Al Riyadi Beirut.Riyadi Beirut cuts Loren Woods

NBA career statistics

Regular season

| align="left" | 2001–02 | align="left" | Minnesota | 60 || 0 || 8.6 || .344 || .000 || .733 || 2.0 || .4 || .3 || .6 || 1.8 |- | align="left" | 2002–03 | align="left" | Minnesota | 38 || 11 || 9.3 || .382 || .333 || .778 || 2.5 || .5 || .3 || .3 || 2.1 |- | align="left" | 2003–04 | align="left" | Miami | 38 || 2 || 13.3 || .458 || .000 || .600 || 3.5 || .3 || .3 || .5 || 3.2 |- | align="left" | 2004–05 | align="left" | Toronto | 45 || 30 || 15.8 || .433 || .000 || .576 || 4.9 || .4 || .2 || .9 || 3.9 |- | align="left" | 2005–06 | align="left" | Toronto | 27 || 4 || 12.0 || .475 || .000 || .429 || 4.1 || .1 || .3 || .9 || 2.3 |- | align="left" | 2007–08 | align="left" | Houston | 7 || 0 || 2.4 || .600 || .000 || .000 || .1 || .3 || .0 || .0 || .9 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career | 215 || 47 || 11.3 || .419 || .143 || .642 || 3.2 || .3 || .3 || .6 || 2.6

Playoffs

| align="left" | 2003 | align="left" | Minnesota | 2 || 0 || 1.0 || .333 || .000 || .000 || .5 || .0 || .0 || .0 || 1.0 |- | align="left" | 2004 | align="left" | Miami | 1 || 0 || 2.0 || .000 || .000 || .000 || .0 || .0 || .0 || .0 || .0 |- | align="left" | 2008 | align="left" | Houston | 1 || 0 || 1.0 || 1.000 || .000 || .000 || 1.0 || .0 || .0 || .0 || 2.0 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career | 4 || 0 || 1.3 || .500 || .000 || .000 || .5 || .0 || .0 || .0 || 1.0

Euroleague

| style="text-align:left;"| 2007–08 | style="text-align:left;"| Efes Pilsen | 16 || 11 || 21.1 || .590 || .000 || .766 || 6.5 || .9 || .8 || 1.4 || 8.0 || 13.8 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2008–09 | style="text-align:left;"| Žalgiris | 8 || 8 || 31.2 || .569 || .000 || .711 || 9.0 || 1.5 || 1.4 || 2.4 || 12.3 || 20.3

National team career In July 2013, Woods became a naturalized Lebanese citizen, and a member of their national basketball team.Cedars bounce back with comfortable win

After the 2013 suspension in which Lebanon were unable to compete FIBA competitions, he was once again called by 2015 head coach Veselin Matić as a solution to the 5 position for the coming 2015 FIBA Asia Championship in September.

Acting career Woods appeared in the 2022 holiday musical movie Spirited as The Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come.

See also List of NCAA Division I men's basketball players with 13 or more blocks in a game

References

External links NBA.com Page

ESPN.com page Euroleague.net profile Basketpedya.com profile