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My Take
When I look at Dion Waiters, I see a player whose talent always seemed to run ahead of the noise around him. Taken fourth overall out of Syracuse in 2012, he had the swagger and shot-making to be a scoring guard the league dreams about, and I think that's exactly why his eight NBA seasons feel a little bittersweet. The fearlessness that made him fun to watch could also work against him. What stays with me is the confidence: a kid from Philadelphia who genuinely believed he could take, and make, the biggest shot in the building. That self-belief is rarer than it looks.
Overview
Dion Waiters Jr. (born December 10, 1991) is an American former professional basketball player who played 8 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 2012 to 2020. He played college basketball for the Syracuse Orange and was selected with the fourth overall pick in the 2012 NBA draft by the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Dion Waiters
- Name (Japanese)
- ディオン・ウェイターズ
- Reading
- でぃおん・うぇいたーず
- Born
- December 10, 1991 (age 34)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Sagittarius / Goat
- Origin
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 193 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- basketball player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Syracuse University
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.