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Tyrone Aloysius Washington (born April 20, 1996), better known by his nickname T-Wash, is a fictional Jamaican-American professional basketball, golf, and baseball player. As a three-sport athlete at Xavier University, he won consensus all-American twice in three different sports and is widely regarded as the best fictional athlete in NCAA history. He has played 12 fictional seasons in the NBA, winning 11 NBA championships with the Brooklyn Nets and is considered by many to be the best fictional offensive player in NBA history. He is also a relief pitcher for the Windy City Smokies of Major League Baseball. Averaging a fastball velocity of over 102 miles per hour, he has become known for his exceptional strikeout ability and clutch performances. Despite rarely pitching more than 10 pitches per game, he has garnered over 90 Player Of The Game Awards as of November 2020. As of 2018, he is also a fictionally certified member of the PGA tour. He is one of the most effectively marketed athletes of his fictional generation and is considered by many to be the best pure athlete in the history of fictionally organized professional sports. Washington was born and raised in the Inglewood neighborhood of Chicago to his mother, Bertha T. Washington, known to locals in Inglewood as “Big Bertha”. He credits his interest in basketball from an early age to his mother. This also led to his interest in pitching, as he started with throwing rocks into the windows of local police stations under the tutelage of his mom. He soon joined the local little league, and became instrumental in transforming Inglewood into a neighborhood with a diverse and rich sports culture.

Washingtons baseball pitching and basketball highlight films had been going viral since he was 6 years old, and he soon began fielding basketball and baseball scholarship offers from schools that included BYU, Howard University, Grambling State, and South Central Compton Community College. He ultimately chose to walk on at Xavier University so that he could also play golf.

College Career

Despite being a walk-on, Washington immediately became the starting Shooting Guard for the Xavier University Men’s basketball team for the 2013-2014 season. By the end of his freshman season, he had already surpassed Byron Larkin as Xavier’s all-time leading scorer. In the process, he also shattered the NCAA records for points per game (64.7), points in a game (116), 3PT% (54%), 3-pointers made (28) 3-pointers attempted, and usage rate. His freshmen season culminated in a #2 seed for the Xavier Musketeers in the 2014 March madness tournament, one of which they ultimately lost in the sweet 16 to Brown Town University. During the basketball season, Washington also participated as a reserve member of the Xavier University Men’s golf team.

At the conclusion of the NCAA basketball season, Washington began training as a member of the bullpen for the Xavier Men’s baseball team. With his history of training with rocks, he possessed the ability to clock in at 99 miles per hour at the onset of his collegiate baseball career. He pitched nine consecutive perfect innings and immediately became the teams closer for the rest of the season. He finished the year with a .04 ERA and a .52 WHIP.

Ineligible for the MLB draft after one collegiate year, Washington returned to Xavier for a sophomore season in hopes of being granted eligibility for both the 2015 NBA draft as well as the 2015 Amateur MLB draft. Though he would not have accrued three years of collegiate performance to be eligible for the 2015 MLB draft, he applied for a hardship pardon that would waive the requirement due to his three-sport status and excellent academic standing. He ultimately won his appeal, and began training for his final collegiate season.

Washingtons storied sophomore season was mired in controversy stemming from the accuracy of his academic standing, as well as a number of potential bribery claims that ultimately never came to a head. Nevertheless, Washington persevered through the season and extended his holding as both Xavier’s all-time great, and cementing his status as the best athlete in NCAA history, leading the basketball team to a national title in the 2015 March madness tournament, a victory over Karl-Anthony Towns and the University Of Kentucky Wildcats.

Washington subsequently joined the Xavier University Mens golf team at the conclusion of the season, and was instrumental in leading the Musketeers golf team to the 2015 national NCAA tournament. On his 19th birthday, Washington became the first player in the modern era to hit back to back hole-in-ones during the collegiate national tournament. He finished the final round with an NCAA Golf record of 57.

He continued through the early summer months as the closer for the men’s baseball team once again, and pitched the final out of the Big East tournament, the elite 8, the final four, and the championship game. For his multi-inning relief efforts, combined with his minuscule .2 ERA, Washington was awarded both the the National Pitcher of the year and the NCAA stopper of the year awards.

Washington concluded his collegiate basketball career as Xavier’s all-time leader in points, 3-pointers, field goals, technicals, rebounds, and usage rate, among dozens of other records.

For baseball, he accumulated over 150 innings pitched, posting an ERA of .2, by far the lowest by any pitcher with more than 150 innings played. He finished as Xavier’s all-time leader in saves and strikeouts, despite being a full-time closer for only two seasons.

Draft Discrepancies

Although Washington had accumulated a shelf of accolades, he was projected as a late first round pick in the 2015 NBA draft. Despite having the highest projection as a shooter at the NBA level, scouts cited his “attitude, inconsistent personality, and complete refusal to pass the ball” as huge detriments to his overall NBA projection. Nevertheless, he was drafted with the 23rd overall pick by the Portland Trailblazers, and immediately traded, along with Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (who oddly enough was also taken with the 23rd overall pick) to the Brooklyn Nets for cash considerations.

As a baseball player, Washington was widely projected to go in the top three picks of the 2015 MLB draft, citing a professional, gritty demeanor and electric fastball. He attended the green room party for the draft and was taken with the 2nd overall pick by his hometown expansion team, the Windy City Smokies.

Professional Basketball Career

Washington primarily came off the bench for his first season in Brooklyn as the backup to Joe Johnson. He made several starts at the end of the season, increasing his offensive attribution and 3 point percentage each month. He became a full time starter for the last three weeks of the season after Joe Johnson broke his ankle. He subsequently went on a scoring outbreak of 11 straight 25+ point games, garnering him the Eastern conference rookie of the month award in April and clinching the 7th seed on the final day of the NBA regular season. Despite his late season offensive onslaught, he came in second in voting for the rookie of the year award to Minnesota Timberwolves center Karl-Anthony Towns.

Washington continued in the playoffs, fighting and scratching with the Brooklyn nets to defeat the 2-seed Boston Celtics in 7 games, before sweeping the Indiana Pacers and Lebron James-led Cleveland Cavaliers to make the 2015 NBA finals. Of all 16 teams to make the playoffs, the Nets had, by far, the lowest odds of making it to the finals.

On June 19, 2015, Tyrone Washington scored 60 points in game five of the NBA finals, after averaging 45 points per game through the first four games and contributing with key late-game defensive heroics. The Brooklyn Nets won the 2015 NBA finals on the strength of Washington’s shooting and defense, coupled with the offensive emergence of Brook Lopez. Washington was awarded the finals MVP, the first he would earn of 11 straight.