Chris Booker (basketball)

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Chris Booker
Personal information
Born (1981-10-24) October 24, 1981 (age 42)
Fort Worth, Texas
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Listed weight250 lb (113 kg)
Career information
High school Diamond Hill-Jarvis
(Fort Worth, Texas)
College
NBA draft 2004: undrafted
Playing career2004–2016
Position Power forward / center
Career history
2004–2005 Fenerbahçe
2006–2007 Tofas
2007–2008 Union Olimpija
2008–2009 Energa Czarni Słupsk
2009 ASU
2009–2010 Khimik Yuzhny
2010 Energa Czarni Słupsk
2010–2011 Krka
2011–2012 Telenet Oostende
2012–2013 Panionios
2013–2015Krka
2015 Entente Orleans 45
2015–2016 Igokea
2016 Zlatorog Laško
Career highlights and awards

Christopher Monroe Booker (born October 24, 1981) is an American former professional basketball player. He played as a 6'10" (2.08 m) tall power forward-center.

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High school career

As a four-year Letterman at Diamond Hill-Jarvis High School in Fort Worth, Texas, Booker averaged 24.0 points and 12.0 rebounds per game as a senior. He was named Fort Worth Player of the Year during his senior season. He earned First-Team All-District honors as a senior, and was also named District Player of the Year and Most Valuable Player in the Fort Worth district.

College career

Junior college

Booker attended Tyler Junior College in his freshman year, where he averaged 10.0 points and 10.0 rebounds per game. Improving in his sophomore season, he averaged 19.0 points and 11.0 rebounds per game, was and named All-Conference and Second Team All-American.

Purdue

Booker transferred for his junior season to play for Gene Keady at Purdue University, where he was named an All-Big Ten honorable mention by conference coaches, and was named to the All-Junior College Transfer Team. He led the Boilermakers in rebounding, averaging 5.7 per game. He also played in all 30 games, with 24 starts, and ranked third on the team in scoring, at 9.4 points per game. He led the squad in blocked shots, and shot 45.2 percent from the field, fourth-best on the team. He played 807 minutes, second-most on the team. He also set Purdue's record for blocks in a season.

Professional career

In August 2010, he signed with the Slovenian team BC Krka. [1] With Krka he won the 2010–11 FIBA EuroChallenge. [2]

In August 2011, he signed a two-year deal with the Belgian team Telenet Oostende. [3] He left Oostende after one season.

For the 2012–13 season he signed with the Greek team Panionios.

In September 2013, he returned to his former team BC Krka signing a one-year deal. [4] In July 2014, he extended his contract with Krka for one more season. [5]

On October 9, 2015, Booker signed a deal with Entente Orleans 45 of the French top league, LNB Pro A. [6]

On December 17, 2015, Booker signed a deal with KK Igokea. [7] In March 2016, he left Igokea and signed with Zlatorog Laško for the rest of the season. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "Krka tabs Djordjevic, Booker and Rojc". sportando.com. August 2, 2010. Retrieved July 11, 2014.
  2. ↑ "KRKA Bring The Trophy To Slovenia". fibaeurope.com. May 1, 2011. Retrieved July 11, 2014.
  3. ↑ "BC Oostende tabs Booker for 2 years". eurocupbasketball.com. August 1, 2011. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 11, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Krka Novo Mesto replaces Derrick Nix with Chris Booker". sportando.com. September 26, 2013. Retrieved July 11, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Krka completed their roster by extending Booker". abaliga.com. July 11, 2014. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 11, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Orleans adds Christopher Booker". Sportando.com. October 9, 2015. Retrieved December 25, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Booker back in ABA League". aba-liga.com. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Zlatorog agrees terms with Christopher Booker". Eurobasket.com. March 6, 2016. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
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