Marcus Anthony Slaughter (born March 18, 1985) is an American former professional basketball player. Standing at 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m), he primarily played at the center position. He completed his collegiate career playing for the San Diego State Aztecs.
After going undrafted in the 2006 NBA draft, he signed a contract with the Turkish team Pñnar Karà Âñyaka. He had a productive season with Karà Âñyaka, averaging 13.3 points, 10.1 rebounds, 1.2 blocks and 2.3 steals per game. He was also named MVP of the 2007 Turkish All-Star game. Then he was signed a two-year contract with the Miami Heat in June 2007, but was released October 29, 2007.
For the 2007âÂÂ08 season he has signed with the Israeli team Hapoel Jerusalem. After being released by Hapoel Jerusalem, he signed with BCM Gravelines Dunkerque of the French Pro A League.
In the 2008âÂÂ09 season, he signed a one-year contract with the German club Eisbären Bremerhaven. In August 2009, he signed a one-year contract with SLUC Nancy of the French Pro A League.
On July 27, 2010, he signed a one-year contract with CB Valladolid. At the end of the 2010âÂÂ11 ACB season, Slaughter was prized with the ACB Most Spectacular Player award.
In July 2011, he signed a one-year contract with the German club Brose Baskets. One year later, and after winning the 2011âÂÂ12 German League and the German Cup title, Slaughter came back to Spain and signed with EuroLeague and Spanish powerhouse Real Madrid. In August 2013, he extended his contract with Real Madrid until the end of 2013âÂÂ14 season.
In 2014âÂÂ15 season, Real Madrid won the EuroLeague, after defeating Olympiacos, by a score of 78âÂÂ59, in the EuroLeague Finals. Real Madrid eventually finished the season by also winning the Spanish League championship, after a series 3âÂÂ0 win in the league's final series against FC Barcelona. In all, they managed to win the triple crown during the season. In September 2015, he parted ways with Real Madrid.
On September 6, 2015, he signed a two-year deal with the Turkish team Darüà Âà Âafaka DoÃÂuà Â.
On August 14, 2017, Slaughter signed with the Italian team Virtus Bologna for the 2017âÂÂ18 season.
On August 9, 2019, he signed with AEK Athens of the Greek Basket League. Slaughter averaged 4.8 rebounds, 4.6 points and 1.1 assists per game. He re-signed with the team on July 28, 2020.
|- | style="text-align:left;"| 2011âÂÂ12 | style="text-align:left;"| Bamberg | 10 || 10 || 25.9 || .564 || || .714 || 7.2 || 1.5 || 1.7 || 1.4 || 11.8 || 17.7 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2012âÂÂ13 | style="text-align:left;" rowspan="3"| Real Madrid | 29 || 2 || 19.3 || .660 || || .386 || 3.6 || .4 || .9 || .7 || 5.0 || 6.8 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2013âÂÂ14 | style="background:#CFECEC;"|31* || 0 || 12.3 || .689 || .000 || .471 || 2.4 || .5 || .6 || .3 || 3.2 || 4.0 |- | style="text-align:left;background:#AFE6BA;"| 2014âÂÂ15â | 27 || 0 || 12.2 || .640 || || .485 || 2.1 || .6 || 1.0 || .2 || 3.0 || 4.2 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2015âÂÂ16 | style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"| Darüà Âà Âafaka | 24 || 0 || 16.0 || .632 || || .740 || 3.8 || .8 || .6 || .9 || 4.5 || 7.9 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2016âÂÂ17 | 13 || 3 || 15.1 || .577 || || .571 || 2.6 || .5 || .5 || .4 || 3.2 || 3.5 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan=2|Career | 134 || 15 || 15.7 || .631 || .000 || .571 || 3.2 || .6 || .8 || .6 || 4.4 || 6.3