Career
He competed with the German national basketball team at the 2010 International Basketball Federation World Championship. McNaughton played National Collegiate Athletic Association college basketball at Bucknell University. McNaughton was a four-year starter at center for the Bison and averaged over 12 points and five rebounds per game for his career.
McNaughton was a three-time All-Patriot League selection and was named the Patriot League Men"s Basketball Scholar-Athlete of the year twice.
While with the Bison, McNaughton helped lead the team to two consecutive first round victories (Bucknell"s only two National Collegiate Athletic Association Tournament victories to date) in the 2005 and 2006 National Collegiate Athletic Association Men"s Division I Basketball Tournament. McNaughton was the hero of the 2005 upset victory over #3 seeded Kansas Jayhawks when he banked in a hook shot with ten seconds left for the 64-63 victory.
Despite his successful college career, McNaughton received little interest from professional teams in his native Germany. Instead, McNaughton spent three years for three teams in the third tier of Spanish basketball.
Finally, he was picked up by Bundesliga side Black Gold Göttingen for the 2009-2010 season.
With the team, he was a surprise star, averaging 7.4 points per game while helping the team to a third place regular season finish in the Bundesliga. McNaughton scored a game high 22 points while coming off the bench in Black Gold Göttingen"s victory in the final of the EuroChallenge 2009-2010. Following his successful 2009-2010 campaign, McNaughton was signed to a two-year deal by fellow Bundesliga side EWE Baskets Oldenburg, but was released at the end of the 2010-2011 season.
He played the 2011-2012 season with the Bremerhaven Eisbaren where he averaged 12 points and 5 rebounds and was selected to the National All Star Team.
He then spent the next two seasons in Wurzburg, where he was named team captain for the second season. In June 2014, he signed a two-year deal with MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg.
McNaughton first played with the German national basketball team as a junior for the Under-20 national team McNaughton was named to the German senior national team for the first time right before the 2010 International Basketball Federation World Championship in Turkey following his strong 2009-2010 season.