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Scottie Wilbekin
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He played college basketball for the Florida Gators. Wilbekin accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played for coach Billy Donovan"s Florida Gators men"s basketball team from 2010 to 2014. In addition, The Sporting News named him a third-team All-American.
With Wilbekin as the team"s senior leader, the Gators advanced to the 2014 National Collegiate Athletic Association Final Four.
2014-2015 season
After going undrafted in the 2014 National Basketball Association draft, Wilbekin joined the Memphis Grizzlies for the Orlando Summer League and the Philadelphia 76ers for the Las Vegas Summer League. On August 22, 2014, he signed with the Cairns Taipans for the 2014-2015 NBL season.
On October 14, 2014, he was named Player of the Week for Round 1 after scoring 23 points against Adelaide on October 10 and 27 points against Melbourne on October 12. On November 6, 2014, he was named Player of the Month for October after guiding the Taipans to a 6–0 unbeaten start to the season.
After sweeping the Perth Wildcats in the semi-finals, the Taipans faced the Breakers in the Grand Final series, going on to lose the series 2–0 following a game-winning shot by Ekene Ibekwe in Game 2.
Wilbekin appeared in all 32 games for the Taipans and averaged 15.2 points, 3.7 rebounds, 4.3 assists and 1.1 steals per game. On March 12, 2015, Wilbekin signed with the Greek Basket League club AEK Athens, for the rest of the 2014-2015 Greek Basket League season. In nine games with AEK, he averaged 8.0 points, 2.3 rebounds and 3.9 assists per game.
2015-2016 season
On June 30, 2015, Wilbekin joined the Orlando Magic white team for the Orlando Summer League.
On July 3, 2015, he re-signed with the Taipans for the 2015-2016 NBL season. Later that month however, after a stint with the Philadelphia 76ers at the Las Vegas Summer League, Wilbekin opted out of his deal with the Taipans in order to sign in the National Basketball Association. On July 24, 2015, he signed a four-year deal with the 76ers.
However, he was later waived by the team on October 26 after appearing in five preseason games. On October 31, he signed with Darüşşafaka & Doğuş of Turkey for the 2015-2016 season.
Wilbekin"s younger brother, Mitchell, currently plays college basketball for Wake Forest University while his other younger brother, Andrew, is still in high school.
Achievements
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During his 2013-2014 senior season, he led the Florida Gators to the Southeastern Conference (Securities and Exchange Commission) regular season championship and the Securities and Exchange Commission Tournament title, and he was named the Securities and Exchange Commission Player of the Year by the conference"s coaches and the Associated Press. On February 16, 2015 at the Taipans" annual awards night, Wilbekin was named the club Defensive Player of the Year and Most Valuable Player. He and the Taipans went on to defeat the New Zealand Breakers in the final game of the regular season on February 22 to finish on top of the ladder for the first time in club history with a win/loss record of 21–7. He was subsequently named Player of the Week for Round 20 after scoring 18 of his 25 points in the second half of the Taipans" 81–77 win over the Breakers which helped them secure the club"s first ever minor premiership.
