| Intro | American basketball player | ||
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Athlete Basketball player |
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| From | United States of America | ||
| Type | Sports | ||
| Gender | male | ||
| Birth | 29 September 1971, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A. | ||
| Age: | 48 years | ||
| Star sign | Libra | ||
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Tanoka Dwight Beard (born September 29, 1971) is an American former professional basketball player. During his career, he was able to play both the power forward and center positions. He earned the All-EuroLeague Second Team selection in 2005, while leading the competition in rebounds, with an average of 10.6 per game. He won various European national domestic league championships and national domestic cups, from various different European basketball leagues.
Professional career
Beard was twice named the Liga ACB’s (Spain’s top-tier level league)) Most Valuable Player, in 1999 and 2002. He also holds the EuroLeague record since the 2000–01 season in Performance Index Rating (PIR), in a single game, with 63.
Awards and accomplishments
Championships
- 1994–95 Turkish National Championship (Ülkerspor)
- 1996–97 Spanish National Cup (Joventut Badalona)
- 2002–03 Lithuanian National Championship (Žalgiris Kaunas)
- 2003–04 Lithuanian National Championship (Žalgiris Kaunas)
- 2004–05 Lithuanian National Championship (Žalgiris Kaunas)
- 2004–05 Baltic League Championship (Žalgiris Kaunas)
- 2006–07 Lithuanian National Championship (Žalgiris Kaunas)
- 2006–07 Lithuanian National Cup (Žalgiris Kaunas)
Personal achievements and awards
- 1998–99 Spanish League MVP (Real Madrid)
- 2001–02 Spanish League MVP (Joventut Badalona)
- 2003–04 Lithuanian League MVP (Žalgiris Kaunas)
- 2004–05 Baltic League Player of the Year (Žalgiris Kaunas)
- 2004–05 Baltic League Final Four MVP (Žalgiris Kaunas)
- 2004–05 All-EuroLeague Second Team (Žalgiris Kaunas)
- 2004–05 Lithuanian League Player of the Year (Žalgiris Kaunas)
- 2006–07 Lithuanian League Player of the Year (Žalgiris Kaunas)
Musical career
During 2005–06 season with Žalgiris, Beard recorded a track and a music video, with duo Linas and Simona, named “I Love U”. This song was released in the album with the same name, on 22 July 2005, and in two weeks, it reached number 1 on the M-1 radio station. Lead singer from the duo Linas Adomaitis, produced Beard’s album, which never been released.
EuroLeague career statistics
| Legend | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game | ||
| FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage | ||
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game | ||
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | PIR | Performance Index Rating | ||
| Bold | Career high | ||||||
Note: The EuroLeague is not the only competition in which the player participated for the team during the season. He also played in domestic competition, and regional competition if applicable.
| Led the league |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | PIR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002–03 | Žalgiris Kaunas | 3 | 2 | 30.0 | .629 | .000 | .875 | 13.3 | 1.7 | 1.7 | .3 | 17.0 | 27.3 |
| 2003–04 | Žalgiris Kaunas | 20 | 10 | 26.0 | .561 | .000 | .696 | 7.6 | .7 | 1.1 | .8 | 14.6 | 17.4 |
| 2004–05 | Žalgiris Kaunas | 20 | 20 | 32.5 | .578 | .333 | .771 | 10.6 | 1.3 | 1.5 | .4 | 18.0 | 21.9 |
| 2005–06 | Žalgiris Kaunas | 14 | 13 | 27.8 | .429 | .130 | .781 | 8.1 | 2.1 | .9 | .3 | 13.6 | 15.4 |
| 2006–07 | Žalgiris Kaunas | 14 | 14 | 31.0 | .547 | .214 | .667 | 9.9 | 1.6 | .9 | .6 | 14.5 | 18.3 |
| 2007–08 | Žalgiris Kaunas | 2 | 0 | 19.7 | .308 | .000 | .500 | 4.0 | .5 | 1.5 | .5 | 5.5 | 4.0 |
| Career | 73 | 59 | 29.1 | .536 | .188 | .730 | 9.1 | 1.3 | 1.1 | .5 | 15.2 | 18.5 |