Leslie Vernard McDonald, Junior. is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Erie BayHawks of the National Basketball Association Development League.
Education
Born in Memphis, Tennessee to Leslie Senior and Wanda, McDonald attended Briarcrest Christian School in Eads, Tennessee where he played for coach John Harrington, and is a two-time Tennessee Division 2 Associate of Arts Mr. Basketball and the all-time leading scorer in Memphis private school history with 2,353 points.
Career
He played collegiately for the North Carolina Tar Heels. As a junior in 2007-2008, he averaged 21.5 points per game and led led Briarcrest to the state title. As a senior in 2008-2009, he averaged 20.7 points, 6.5 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game.
McDonald committed to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on June 9, 2008 after also receiving scholarship offers from Duke, Georgetown, Georgia Technical, Louisville, Memphis, Ohio State, Tennessee, Wake Forest.
In his four-year career at North Carolina (he redshirted the 2011-2012 season with a knee injury), McDonald played 125 games (19 starts) while averaging 6.7 points and 1.9 rebounds in 17.0 minutes per game. McDonald went undrafted in the 2014 National Basketball Association draft.
On August 20, 2014, he signed with Hapoel Kfar Saba of Israel for the 2014-2015 season. However, he left Hapoel in November 2014 after appearing in just five games.
On January 9, 2015, he was acquired by the Erie BayHawks of the National Basketball Association Development League.
On March 3, 2015, he was waived by the BayHawks after appearing in 12 games. On April 4, he was acquired by the Oklahoma City Blue, but didn"t play for them.