Lonny Baxter

Lonny Leroy Baxter (born January 27, 1979) is an American former professional basketball player. He is 6ft 8in in height, and played the power forward and center positions.

College career
While attending the University of Maryland, College Park, Baxter won the 2002 NCAA championship along with teammates and future NBA players Juan Dixon, Steve Blake and Chris Wilcox by defeating Indiana. He was named a regional MVP of the NCAA Tournament twice, in 2001 and 2002.

NBA
Baxter was selected by the Chicago Bulls with the 15th pick of the second round (44th overall) of the 2002 NBA draft. On February 9, 2006, Baxter was traded by the Houston Rockets to the Charlotte Bobcats for Keith Bogans.

Baxter's final game was played on April 19, 2006, in a 96–86 win over the Philadelphia 76ers where he played for 7 minutes and the only stat he recorded was 1 rebound.

Baxter has career NBA averages of 3.9 points and 2.9 rebounds in 162 total games from 2002 to 2006.

Europe
During the 2004–05 season Baxter played some games for the Greek A1 League team Panathinaikos, before getting injured and agreeing with the club for his release. On August 8, 2006, Baxter signed with the Italian League team Montepaschi Siena. In 2008, he joined Panionios. In 2009, he moved to Beşiktaş Cola Turka.

Personal
As of 2024, Baxter has the job of Product Specialist for Koons Silver Spring Ford in Silver Spring, MD. On August 16, 2006, Baxter was arrested in Washington, D.C., only a few blocks from the White House after firing a .40 caliber Glock handgun into the air. On August 23, 2006, Baxter was sentenced to 60 days in prison after pleading guilty to possession of an unregistered firearm and unregistered ammunition charges. The judge in the case did not accept the plea bargain that had been arranged with the prosecution for a sentence of time served.

"There's no good reason for a person who's not working in law enforcement or presidential protection to be in possession of a loaded weapon within blocks of the White House, let alone to fire it into the air," Iscoe said.

Baxter was later charged with shipping four guns via FedEx in July 2006 without notifying them that the shipment contained firearms. Baxter pled guilty to this crime on July 19, 2007. He was sentenced to 60 days in jail, two years of supervised release and a $2,000 fine on August 31, 2007.