Josh Davis

Joshua Warren Davis (born August 10, 1980) is an American former professional basketball player.

Davis attended the University of Wyoming, where he played college basketball with the Wyoming Cowboys.

As a freshman during the 1998–99 season, Davis first displayed his potential when he recorded the first double-double of his career in the first month of the season against then No. 13 ranked Arizona.

Davis scored 22 points and pulled down 13 rebounds versus the Wildcats.

He ranked third on team in rebounding (6.0 rpg) and fifth in scoring (8.6 ppg).

Davis received consistent minutes as a freshman, scoring in double figures in 11 of 27 games.

His 6.0 rebounding average was the fifth best for a Cowboy freshman in history.

Only Fennis Dembo (7.3 rpg), Reginald Slater (6.8), Bill Garnett (6.8) and Charles Bradley (6.2) had better averages.

Davis enjoyed a break-out season as a sophomore, earning First Team All-Mountain West Conference honors in voting by MWC coaches.

He was the only sophomore in the conference to be selected to the First Team.

Davis was also selected the Most Underrated Player in the Mountain West Conference in voting by conference media members.

Twice during the 1999–2000 season, Davis earned MWC Player of the Week honors.

As a sophomore, Davis led the Cowboys in scoring (14.3 points per game), rebounding (8.7 rebounds per game) and blocked shots (1.6 blocked shots per game).

Davis ranked among the Top 10 individuals in the MWC in four different statistical categories as a sophomore—No.

9 in scoring (14.3 ppg), No. 3 in rebounding (8.7 rpg), No. 10 in field-goal percentage (.499) and No. 2 in blocked shots (1.6 bspg).

He recorded 12 double-doubles in 31 games, scored in double figures 21 times and scored 20 or more points seven times during the season.

The Salem, Ore., native had an outstanding junior season culminating with his selection by Mountain West Conference media members as their Player of the Year.

ESPN.com and CollegeInsider.com also selected Davis as MWC Player of the Year for the 2000–01 season.

Davis was named the District 8 Player of the Year by the United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA), and the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) selected him First Team All-District 13.

For the second consecutive season, he was named First Team All-Mountain West Conference by both MWC media and coaches.

He also earned All-Tournament honors at the 2001 MWC Tournament, and earned one MWC Player of the Week honor.

Davis led the Mountain West Conference in rebounding, averaging 9.4 rebounds per game.

He ranked in the Top 15 in the league in six different statistical categories.

In addition to rebounding, he ranked No. 9 in scoring (13.5 ppg), No. 3 in blocked shots (1.8 bspg), No. 10 in field-goal percentage (.485), No. 12 in steals (1.1 spg) and No. 13 in free-throw percentage (.733).

Davis led the Cowboys in double-doubles with eight on the season.

He scored in double figures 25 out of 30 games.

During his final season at the collegiate level, Josh Davis was among the elite players in college basketball.

Numerous preseason publications rated Davis as one of the nation's best.

Included in those preseason honors were: Honorable Mention All-America honors from Athlon Sports; being rated No. 5 in the country at power forward by Lindy's; being ranked No. 14 in the nation at power forward by The Sporting News; being rated No. 18 in the NCAA at his position by Basketball News; and being named the preseason MWC Player of the Year by MWC media, Athlon, Basketball News, Lindy's, The Sporting News and Street & Smith's. Davis entered his senior season as only the ninth player in school history to score 1,000 career points and grab 700 career rebounds.

Davis led the Cowboys to a 22–9 regular season and into the second round of the NCAA tournament.

Davis finished his career as Wyoming's second all-time rebounder with 956, third in blocked shots with 173, and fifth in steals with 140.

Davis was drafted by the Dodge City Legend of the USBL following college, but instead opted to join Sicc Jessi of LegADue, the Italian second division.

In the 2003–04 season, Davis played in the CBA with the Idaho Stampede, where he was named the league's newcomer of the year and most valuable player.

Davis also played in four games with the NBA's Atlanta Hawks that season.

Davis played in 42 games for the Philadelphia 76ers in the 2004–05 season, making five starts.

On Nov. 24, 2004, he scored a career-high 19 points against the Boston Celtics.

In the 2005–06 season, Davis played a total of six games combined, with the Bucks, the Houston Rockets, and the Phoenix Suns.

In between, he played with the Idaho Stampede.

He joined Dynamo Moscow Region of the Russian Superleague for the 2006–07 season.

He then spent the 2007–08 season playing with Kyiv of the Ukrainian SuperLeague.