Professional Career
After undergoing offseason hip surgery, Sean Singletary was selected in the second round of the 2008 NBA Draft with the 42nd pick by the Sacramento Kings. In August 2008 he was traded to the Houston Rockets along with Patrick Ewing, Jr. and Ron Artest (now Metta World Peace) then subsequently traded to the Phoenix Suns in exchange for D. J. Strawberry. On December 10, 2008, he was traded once again along with Boris Diaw and Raja Bell to the Charlotte Bobcats for Jason Richardson and Jared Dudley. On March 9, 2009 the Charlotte Bobcats assigned Singletary along with Alexis Ajinca to the NBA D-League's Sioux Falls Skyforce.
Following the 2008–09 season, Bobcats didn't pick up the team option on Singletary, therefore he became a free agent. He signed with the Philadelphia 76ers in September 2009, but was waived in October of that year.
On November 10, 2009, he signed with the Spanish Liga ACB team Saski Baskonia (sponsorship name Caja Laboral) Singletary played his last game with Caja Laboral on April 17, 2010. Caja Laboral later became the ACB champion.
He later played for the Belgian League team Dexia Mons-Hainaut.
In 2012, he was selected by the Texas Legends in the NBA D-League Draft. He was waived by the team on April 5, 2013, due to an injury.
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