O. J. Mayo

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O. J. Mayo

Mayo with the Mavericks in 2013
No. 32 – Zamalek SC
Position	Shooting guard
League	Egyptian Basketball Super League
Personal information
Born	(1987-11-05) November 5, 1987 (age 37) Huntington, West Virginia, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight	210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
High school	Rose Hill Christian (Ashland, Kentucky) North College Hill (North College Hill, Ohio) Huntington (Huntington, West Virginia)
College	USC (2007–2008)
NBA draft	2008: 1st round, 3rd overall pick
Selected by the Minnesota Timberwolves
Playing career	2008–present
Career history
2008–2012	Memphis Grizzlies
2012–2013	Dallas Mavericks
2013–2016	Milwaukee Bucks
2018	Atléticos de San Germán
2018–2019	Dacin Tigers
2019	Hunan Jinjian Rice Industry
2019–2020	Taipei Fubon Braves
2020–2021	Liaoning Flying Leopards
2021–2022	UNICS
2022–present	Zamalek
2023	Al Fateh SC
Career highlights and awards
SBL All-Star (2019) SBL Three Point Contest champion (2019) SBL scoring champion (2019) NBA All-Rookie First Team (2009) First-team All-Pac-10 (2008) Pac-10 All-Freshman team (2008) Mr. Basketball USA (2007) McDonald's All-American (2007) 2× First-team Parade All-American (2006, 2007) Second-team Parade All-American (2005) Bill Evans Award (2007) 2× Ohio Mr. Basketball (2005, 2006)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference

Ovinton J'Anthony Mayo (born November 5, 1987) is an American professional basketball player who plays for Zamalek SC of the Egyptian Basketball Super League and Egyptian Basketball Federation.^[1] He played a single season of college basketball for the USC Trojans while earning first-team All-Pac-10 honors. Mayo entered the 2008 NBA draft and was selected by the Minnesota Timberwolves with the third overall pick. He was later traded to the Memphis Grizzlies, with whom he played four seasons. Mayo signed with the Dallas Mavericks in 2012, and then with the Milwaukee Bucks in 2013.

However, he was retroactively declared ineligible when it was discovered that he had received improper benefits in violation of NCAA rules before he even played a game, and the Trojans vacated all of their 21 wins from the 2007–08 season.^[2] In July 2016, Mayo was banned from the NBA for violating the league's anti-drug program.^[3] After a two-year hiatus, he resumed his career with Atléticos de San Germán of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN) in Puerto Rico.