Demetrius Alexander

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Demetrius Alexander
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Personal information
Born (1975-11-03) November 3, 1975 (age 49)
St. Louis, Missouri
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight242 lb (110 kg)
Career information
High school Hazelwood Central
(Florissant, Missouri)
College Hutchinson CC (1994–1996)
Alabama (1996–1998)
NBA draft 1998: undrafted
Playing career1998–2012
Position Power forward / center
Career history
1998 Atlanta Trojans
1998–1999 Idaho Stampede
1999Atlanta Trojans
1999–2000 Osaka Helios
2000 San Diego Stingrays
2000–2001 Hapoel Galil Elyon
2001–2002 Hapoel Jerusalem
2002–2003 Pallalcesto Amatori Udine
2003–2004 Haifa/Nesher BC
2004 Baloncesto Fuenlabrada
2004–2005 CB Valladolid
2005–2006 Changwon LG Sakers
2006 Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez
2006–2007 Caja San Fernando
2007–2009 Barons/LMT Rīga
2009 BC Donetsk
2009 Kavala B.C.
2010–2011 BC Azovmash
2012 Bnei HaSharon
2012 St. Louis Phoenix
Career highlights and awards

Demetrius Alexander (born November 3, 1975) is an American retired professional basketball player. He played both power forward and center positions.

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College career

Alexander played junior college basketball at the Hutchinson Community College before moving to the University of Alabama, where he graduated in 1998.

Professional career

He arrived in Europe in 2000, signing with Hapoel Galil Elyon of the Israeli Basketball Super League. He also played later in Israel with Hapoel Jerusalem B.C. and Haifa/Nesher BC. [1] For the 2002–03 season he signed with Pallalcesto Amatori Udine of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A. [2]

For the 2005–06 season he signed with Changwon LG Sakers of the Korean Basketball League. In April 2006 he signed with Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez of the French League for the rest of the season.

In the summer of 2006 he signed with Caja San Fernando of the Spanish ACB League for the 2006–07 season. Between 2007 and 2009 he played with Barons/LMT Rīga of the Latvian Basketball League. In February 2009, he signed with BC Donetsk of Ukraine for the rest of the 2008–09 season.

For the 2009–10 season Alexander signed with Kavala B.C. of Greece, but he left them in January 2010, and signed with BC Azovmash of Ukraine. [3] In July 2010, he re-signed with them for one more season. [4] In December 2010, he was named Eurocup MVP for Round 3. [5]

In January 2012, he signed with Bnei HaSharon of Israel. [6] However, he left them after only one game and returned to United States to play with St. Louis Phoenix.

Awards and accomplishments

High school

Pro career

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References

  1. ↑ "Israeli Super League Profile". basket.co.il. Retrieved April 2, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Italian League Profile". Legabasket.it. Retrieved April 2, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Azovmash adds big man Demetrius Alexander". Eurocupbasketball.com. January 11, 2010. Archived from the original on April 7, 2014. Retrieved April 2, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Azovmash re-sign Curry, House and Alexander". Sportando.com. July 10, 2010. Retrieved April 2, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Week 3 MVP: Demetrius Alexander, BC Azovmash". Eurocupbasketball.com. December 1, 2010. Archived from the original on April 7, 2014. Retrieved April 2, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Bnei Hasharon tabs Demetrius Alexander". Sportando.com. January 19, 2012. Retrieved April 2, 2014.
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