Rodney Buford

infobox NBA Player
name = Rodney Buford
nickname =


position = Shooting guard
height_ft = 6
height_in = 5
weight_lbs = 189
nationality = American
birth_date = birth date and age|1977|11|2
birth_place = Milwaukee, Wisconsin
college = Creighton
draft = 2nd round, 53rd overall
draft_year = 1999
draft_team = Miami Heat
career_start = 1999
career_end =
former_teams = Miami Heat (1999–2000)
Philadelphia 76ers (2000–2001)
Memphis Grizzlies (2001–2002)
Panathinaikos (2002–2003)
Sacramento Kings (2003–2004)
New Jersey Nets (2004–2005)
Azovmash Mariupol (2005–2006; 2007)
Maccabi Tel Aviv (2006)
awards =

Rodney Alan Buford (born November 2 1977, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an American professional basketball player.

Buford played collegiately for Creighton University and was selected by the NBA's Miami Heat in the second round (53rd overall) of the 1999 NBA Draft. After seeing limited playing time during his rookie season with the Heat, Buford joined the Philadelphia 76ers for the 2000-01 season. He then moved on to the Memphis Grizzlies, the Sacramento Kings, and finally the New Jersey Nets. Buford averaged 6.4 points per game in his NBA career.

Buford has also played overseas for the Greek European giant Panathinaikos BC during the 2002-03 season. He started the 2006-07 season in the Euroleague with the Maccabi Tel Aviv basketball club from Israel, but he was released in December due to discipline violations and poor form. [cite web|url=http://www.safsal.co.il/earticle.aspx?id=7510|title=Maccabi Waives Buford] After a few months, it was discovered that he had failed a drug test during his time in Maccabi Tel-aviv, his third violation in his career. He recently played for the Ukrainian team Azovmash Mariupol, a team for which he played the 2005-06 season, after being banned by FIBA for testing positive in use of cannabis before a Euroleague game while still playing for Maccabi Tel Aviv. [cite web|title=Decision by the FIBA Commission established in accordance with Section H.7.8.3 of the Internal Regulations governing Doping Control in the matter Rodney BUFORD|url=http://www.fiba.com/downloads/v3_expe/medi/Decision_RBuford.pdf|publisher=FIBA] Consequently he left the team in February 2007 after playing just one game.

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External links

* [http://www.nba.com/playerfile/rodney_buford/index.html NBA.com Profile - Rodney Buford]
* [http://www.safsal.co.il/player2303.aspx Safsal.co.il Profile]