Tanoka Beard

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Lua error in Module:Infobox at line 314: malformed pattern (missing ']'). 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 also earned the All-Euroleague Second Team selection in 2005, while leading the competition in rebounds with 10.6 per game. He has won various championships and cups from different European basketball leagues.

He has been named twice ACB Most Valuable Player in 1999 and 2002. He also holds the Euroleague record since the 2000–01 season in Performance Index Rating in a single game, with 63.

Former „Žalgiris“ jersey with Tanoka Beard #6 name on the back (left)

Championships

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)

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.

Music career

During 2005-2006 season with BC Žalgiris, Tanoka recorded a track and a music video with duo Linas and Simona named "I Love U".

This song was released in album with the same name on 22 July 2005 and in two weeks reached number 1 on M-1 radio station.

Lead singer from duo Linas Adomaitis produced Tanoka's album which never been released.

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

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