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American basketball player (1964–2013)

José Waitman
Personal information
Born	(1964-04-28)April 28, 1964 Milton, Florida, U.S.
Died	April 17, 2013(2013-04-17) (aged 48)
Listed height	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Career information
College	South Alabama (1982–1986)
Playing career	1986–2000
Position	Forward
Career highlights and awards
Eredivisie MVP (1987)

José Waitman (born April 28, 1964 – April 17, 2013) was an American professional basketball player. Standing at 6 ft 8 (2.03 m) and 220 lbs (100 kg), he was a forward. He played four seasons of collegiate basketball for South Alabama, from 1982 to 1986.

In the 1986–87 season, Waitman played professionally in the Dutch Eredivisie for Den Helder (then named Direktbank Noordkop). He won the Most Valuable Player award of the league.

From 1988 to 1989, Waitman played for Elitzur Netanya of the Israeli Basketball Premier League, where he averaged 18.8 points per game. In the same season, he also played in France with Toulouse of the LNB Pro A. The next season, Waitman played for Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez of the second-tier LNB Pro B.

In 1998–99, Waitman played with Maccabi Ra'anana, averaging 10.9 points and 6.1 rebounds a game.

His son Corliss Waitman also attended South Alabama. Instead of playing basketball, Corliss ended up in the NFL as a punter. He currently plays for the Pittsburgh Steelers.

References

"Geen enkele twijfel over de MVP, Lance Jeter. DBL week 25 | Leon Kersten" (in Dutch). 2017-04-09. Retrieved 2022-06-30.
Bolster, Sven De. "José Waitman". This Is Basketball. Retrieved 2022-06-30.
"Jose Waitman College Stats". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2022-06-30.
"Jose Waitman Basketbal statistieken Spelers Dossier - NBB Database, basketball statistieken". db.basketball.nl. Retrieved 2022-06-30.
^ "ISRAEL BASKETBALL SUPER LEAGUE | Israel Basketball | 1998-99 Season | Maccabi Ra'ananna | Jose Waitman". basket.co.il. Retrieved 2022-06-30.
FFBB. "Fiche de présentation de Jose Waitman | CDF". Coupe de France (in French). Retrieved 2022-06-30.

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DBL Most Valuable Player Award

1975 Rogers
1976 Smith
1977 Moore
1978 Collins
1979 Lister
1980 Akerboom
1981 Akerboom
1982 Washington
1983 Lawrence
1984 Beck
1985 Akerboom
1986 van Helfteren
1987 Waitman
1988 Reddick
1989 Jones
1990 McDuffie
1991 Howell
1992 Howell
1993 Jennings
1994 van Poelgeest
1995 Nixon
1996 Huger
1997 Huijbens
1998 Thomas
1999: Biggs
2000: Spinks
2001: McGuthrie
2002: Tuck
2003: Spinks
2004: Reed
2005: Rodgers
2006: Rodgers
2007: Rodgers
2008: Van Paassen
2009: Van Paassen
2010: Gibson
2011: Dourisseau
2012: Boxley
2013: Young
2014: Slagter
2015: Jeter
2016: De Jong
2017: Jeter
2018: Curry
2019: Thompson
2021: Nzekwesi

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