Antwain Barbour

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Antwain Barbour
Free agent
Position Shooting guard
Personal information
Born (1982-06-17) June 17, 1982 (age 41)
Elizabethtown, Kentucky
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight195 lb (88 kg)
Career information
High school Elizabethtown
(Elizabethtown, Kentucky)
College
NBA draft 2004: undrafted
Playing career2004–2016
Career history
2004Kentucky Reach
2004–2005 Kentucky Colonels
2005 Guaros de Lara
2005–2006 Yakama Sun Kings
2006 UB La Palma
2006–2008 Tenerife Baloncesto
2009 Erdemirspor
2009–2010 Lagun Aro GBC
2010–2011Erdemirspor
2011–2012 Cibona Zagreb
2012–2013 Scavolini Siviglia Pesaro
2013–2014 Mersin BB
2014 King Wilki Morskie
2014–2015Mersin BB
2015–2016 Hoops Club
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's Basketball
Representing Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Summer Universiade
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2001 Beijing Team competition

Antwain La'Mar Barbour (born June 27, 1982) is an American former professional basketball player who last played for Hoops Club of the Lebanese Basketball League.

Contents

Kentucky High School Sweet 16 State Champion 2000 (Elizabethtown).

MVP Kentucky High School State Tournament 2000.

Career

After playing for Kentucky Wildcats at NCAA, Barbour joined Kentucky Colonels of ABA league in 2004.

Next season he played in the Continental Basketball Association with Yakima Sun Kings and on 2006 he arrives to Spain for finishing the 2005–06 LEB season with UB La Palma. He only played four games, but it was sufficient for signing for Tenerife Rural.

On the team of the island of Tenerife, Barbour played during two seasons and a half becoming one of the most spectacular players of the LEB League. He has got the scoring record at this league, with 50 points against CB Lucentum Alicante. [1]

After two seasons reaching the promotion playoffs to Liga ACB and a half of another one, he leaves Tenerife for signing for Erdemir SK of the Turkish Basketball League. [2] In this first season in Turkey, he becomes runner-up of the Turkish Cup Basketball and finishes the 2008–09 season saving the spot in the TBL. When he arrived, the team was in the 15th position. [3]

On 2009, he returns to Spain to play at Lagun Aro GBC, team of the Liga ACB, the top Spanish basketball league. [4] One year later, Barbour comes back to Zonguldak for playing again at Erdemir SK.

For the 2011–12 season, Antwain Barbour signed with KK Cibona. [5]

On July 3, 2013, Barbour signed with Mersin BB. [6] After a stint in Poland he came back with Mersin BB on December 10, 2014. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ Barbour mete 50 puntos para acabar con la condición de invicto del Lucentum Marca. November 22, 2008
  2. ↑ Antwain Barbour desvela la incógnita y ficha por el Erdemir, penúltimo clasificado en la Liga Turca Tubasket. December 29, 2008
  3. ↑ Barbour pone a su equipo con pie y medio en el objetivo de la permanencia en la liga turca Solobasket. April 10, 2009
  4. ↑ Barbour y Detrick, primeros fichajes del Gipuzkoa Basket Marca. July 1, 2009
  5. ↑ Barbour signs with Cibona Zagreb Archived March 28, 2012, at the Wayback Machine Courtside. August 9, 2011
  6. ↑ "Mersin signs Antwain Barbour". Sportando.net. Retrieved July 14, 2013.
  7. ↑ Antwain Barbour signs with Mersin
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