O. J. Mayo

O. J. Mayo
Mayo with the Mavericks in 2013
Liaoning Flying Leopards C
PositionAssistant coach
Personal information
Born (1987-11-05) November 5, 1987
Huntington, West Virginia, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
High school
CollegeUSC (2007–2008)
NBA draft2008: 1st round, 3rd overall pick
Drafted byMinnesota Timberwolves
Playing career2008–2024
PositionShooting guard
Career history
As a player:
20082012Memphis Grizzlies
2012–2013Dallas Mavericks
20132016Milwaukee Bucks
2018Atléticos de San Germán
2018–2019Dacin Tigers
2019Hunan Jinjian Rice Industry
2019–2020Taipei Fubon Braves
2020–2021Liaoning Flying Leopards
2021–2022UNICS
2022–2024Zamalek
As a coach:
2024–presentLiaoning Flying Leopards C (assistant coach)
Career highlights
Stats at NBA.com 
Stats at Basketball Reference 

Ovinton J'Anthony "O.J." Mayo (born November 5, 1987) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Zamalek SC of the Egyptian Basketball Super League and Egyptian Basketball Federation. He played a single season of college basketball for the USC Trojans while earning first-team All-Pac-10 honors. Mayo entered the 2008 NBA draft and was selected by the Minnesota Timberwolves with the third overall pick. He was later traded to the Memphis Grizzlies, with whom he played four seasons. Mayo signed with the Dallas Mavericks in 2012, and then with the Milwaukee Bucks in 2013.

However, he was retroactively declared ineligible when it was discovered that he had received improper benefits in violation of NCAA rules before he even played a game, and the Trojans vacated all of their 21 wins from the 2007–08 season. In July 2016, Mayo was banned from the NBA for violating the league's anti-drug program. After a two-year hiatus, he resumed his career with Atléticos de San Germán of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN) in Puerto Rico.