Tim Pickett


Timothy Lenard Pickett is an American professional basketball player. He played collegiately at Florida State University, and was drafted in the 2nd round of the 2004 NBA draft by the New Orleans Hornets.
On February 2006 he signed for Coopsette Rimini in the Italian second league, LegADue.
After five games he was suspended for doping, but on September 2006 returned to Rimini after the disqualification.
For the 2007/08 season, he was signed with LegADue team Andrea Costa Imola.
Following that Pickett has also played for PBC Lukoil Academic from Bulgaria, Shaanxi Gaitianli Kylins from China and Capitanes de Arecibo from Puerto Rico.
On September 14, 2010, Pickett signed with Ironi Ashkelon from Israel.
On July 2011, he was signed by the Meralco Bolts. However, he was only able to play a couple of games because of an injury at the 2nd quarter of their game against Talk 'N Text.
On January 6, 2012 Picket signed with the Xinjiang Guanghui Flying Tigers of the Chinese Basketball Association, replacing Patrick Mills on the roster. He scored 35 points in his first game with Xinjiang.
He has signed with the Hacettepe Üniversitesi B.K. of the Turkish Basketball Association for 2013–2014 season. He scored 11 points in his first game with Hacettepe. However, he was released by Hacettepe after the first game.

Personal life

Pickett was arrested in June, 2014 for soliciting a prostitute in Daytona Beach, Florida.