Javonte Edwin Douglas (born November 28, 1992)[1] is an American professional basketball player for Uralmash Yekaterinburg of the Russian Super League 1.
[2] He attended Kennedy Charter High School in Charlotte, graduating in the spring of 2012 and averaging 17.4 points per game during his senior season.
[3][4][6] In June 2015, Douglas was suspended from the Monarchs basketball program after being arrested and charged with assaulting a student.
[3] As a senior in 2016–17, Douglas led the Peach Belt Conference with 24.2 points and 11.3 rebounds per game to go along with a conference-leading 46.5 percent (40-of-86) shooting from beyond the arc.
[8] He scored a career-high 34 points against Lane College and grabbed a career-best 20 rebounds against Lander during the season.
[8][9] In May 2017, Douglas began his professional career by signing with Sol de America Asuncion in Paraguay.
[11] For the 2020–21 season, Douglas moved to Russia and played four games for BK Burevestnik Yaroslav in the Russian Super League 1 before joining Uralmash Yekaterinburg in December 2020.
[11] He returned to Uralmash for the 2021–22 season and helped the team win the Super League 1 championship.