Jason Dixon

For the Canadian baseball player, see Jason Dickson.

Jason Dixon (born April 4, 1973) is a former American professional basketball player.^[1]

Jason Dixon

Personal information
Born	(1973-04-02) April 2, 1973 (age 51) Denver, Colorado, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
Listed weight	242 lb (110 kg)
Career information
College	Eastern Wyoming (1991–1993) Liberty (1993–1995)
NBA draft	1995: undrafted
Playing career	1995–2011
Position	Center
Career history
1995–1996	Antirblik
1996–1997	Hapoel Galil Elyon
1997–1998	Karşıyaka
1997–1998	Gimnasia y Esgrima
1998–2000	Guangdong Southern Tigers
2000	Södertälje
2000–2001	Guangdong Southern Tigers
2001	Keravnos
2001	Trotamundos de Carabobo
2001–2002	Keravnos
2001–2002	Huntsville Flight
2002	Fujian Xunxing
2002–2004	Guangdong Southern Tigers
2004	Al Sadd
2004–2009	Guangdong Southern Tigers
2009–2010	Philippine Patriots
2010–2011	Thailand Slammers
Career highlights and awards
No. 15 retired by Guangdong Southern Tigers 6× CBA champion (2003–2006, 2008) 2× ABL champion (2010–2011) 1× ABL World Import MVP (2009–10)

Dixon played with teams in Turkey, Israel, Argentina, Sweden and Cyprus after his departure from Liberty in 1995.^[2] In 1998, he joined the Guangdong Southern Tigers, and was a member of their team which won five CBA league championships between 2004 and 2009. Following the conclusion of their championship 2009 season, Dixon retired from the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). He would then play for the Philippine Patriots and the Thailand Tigers before retiring from basketball altogether.

On December 23, 2009, the Southern Tigers held a ceremony at Tigers Arena to retire his #15 jersey in honour of his contributions to the team. Dixon is only the second CBA player to have his jersey retired, with the first being Yao Ming.^[3] He was also the only international player to have their number retired for any team in the CBA before Tracy McGrady had his number retired by the Qingdao DoubleStar Eagles in 2014.

References

1. "Jason Dixon Player Profile, Chang Thailand Slammers, News, Stats – Asia-Basket".
2. "Former Hoopster To Play for PBA Fiesta Cup". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-01-12.
3. "Jason Dixon: American basketball player honored - Dongguan, where vibrance blossoms everyday!". Archived from the original on 2013-10-04. Retrieved 2013-05-23.