Gregory Michael Newton (born September 7, 1974) is a Canadian former professional basketball player.
He was a center for the Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team from 1994 to 1997,[1] playing for coach Mike Krzyzewski.
[4] Newton was suspended from Duke in 1995 for two semesters for cheating on a computer science exam.
The Cougars promoted him by citing his greatest accomplishment - at the time, he was one away from Duke's top 10 in blocks.
Newton went on to play professionally in several countries, including Belgium, Israel, Brazil, Argentina, Slovenia, Italy, Bulgaria, Serbia, Russia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Spain.