Demetrius Alexander

Last updated

Demetrius Alexander
Demetrius Alexander Superleague All Star.jpg
Personal information
Born (1975-11-03) November 3, 1975 (age 48)
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.

Contents

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

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bracey Wright</span> American basketball player (born 1984)

Bracey Arman Wright is a former American professional basketball player currently working as an assistant coach and player development coach for the Santa Cruz Warriors of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Indiana Hoosiers.

Khalid El-Amin is a retired American professional basketball player. He was a member of the 1999 University of Connecticut men's basketball team that won the NCAA championship. He is originally from Minnesota where he played for North High School in Minneapolis. In 2000, he was selected in the 2nd round by the Chicago Bulls of the NBA draft and played 50 games for them, averaging 6.3 points and 2.9 assists per game. He played professionally in several countries, mainly in Europe.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Chris Owens (basketball)</span> American basketball player

Haywood Christopher Owens is an American former professional basketball player. Standing at 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m), he played the power forward position.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Oleksiy Pecherov</span> Ukrainian basketball player (born 1985)

Oleksiy Ivanovych Pecherov is a Ukrainian former professional basketball player. He was also a member of the Ukraine national basketball team.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kenan Bajramović</span> Bosnian basketball player

Kenan Bajramović is a Bosnian professional basketball player who last played for Spars Sarajevo of the Bosnian League.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Fred House</span> American basketball player

Frederick Deshune House is an American retired professional basketball player.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gal Mekel</span> Israeli basketball player (born 1988)

Gal Mekel is an Israeli former professional basketball player. He played for the Dallas Mavericks and spent time in Europe and Israel.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">D'or Fischer</span> American-Israeli basketball player

D'or Anthony Naheem Fischer is an American-Israeli professional basketball player for Elitzur Eito Ashkelon of the Israeli National League. He has also represented the senior Israeli national team. Standing at 2.11 m, he plays at the power forward and center positions.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Eugene Jeter</span> American-born Ukrainian basketball player

Eugene "Pooh" Jeter III is an American-born naturalized Ukrainian professional basketball coach, executive and former player, currently serving as a player development coach for the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and assistant GM for the Rip City Remix of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Portland Pilots and was a naturalized player for the Ukraine national team with his naturalized name being Yudzhin Dzheter.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sergiy Gladyr</span> Ukrainian basketball player

Sergiy Gladyr is a Ukrainian former professional basketball player. He was selected with the 49th overall pick by the Atlanta Hawks in the 2009 NBA draft.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ivan Paunić</span> Serbian basketball player

Ivan Paunić is a Serbian professional basketball player for Russian team Lokomotiv Kuban of the VTB United League, and of the EuroCup until the team was suspended due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. He also represented the Serbian national basketball team internationally.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tywain McKee</span> American basketball player

Tywain McKee is an American professional basketball player for BC Borisfen of the Belarusian Premier League. He played college basketball for Coppin State University, where he was named the MEAC Player of the Year in 2009. McKee played professional basketball in Australia, Belarus, Russia, Germany, Israel, France, Turkey, Poland and Greece.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Travis Peterson</span> Basketball player

Travis James Peterson is an American former professional basketball player who last played for Lietuvos rytas of the Lithuanian League. The 6 foot 10 inch tall center/power forward is a former NCAA Division 1 collegiate athlete. He played five seasons (2003–2008) at Samford University under head coach, Jimmy Tillette, mostly playing the center position. He graduated from Samford in 2008. He attended Mountain Ridge High School in Glendale, Arizona which is where he was born and raised.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jakim Donaldson</span> American basketball player

Jakim Nestekaya Donaldson , nicknamed "The Machine", is an American professional basketball player, who lastly played for Bnei Herzliya of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. He played college basketball for Edinboro University of Pennsylvania before playing professionally in Portugal, Spain, Israel and France.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">James Feldeine</span> American-Dominican basketball player

James Feldeine is an American-Dominican professional basketball player for Hapoel Galil Elyon of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. He played college basketball for Quinnipiac University, before playing professionally in Spain, Italy, Puerto Rico, Greece, Serbia, and Israel.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Alex Tyus</span> American-Israeli professional basketball player

Alexander Trent Tyus is an American-Israeli professional basketball player for Runa Basket Moscow of the VTB United League. He was the 2018 Israeli Basketball Premier League Finals MVP. Having been naturalized as an Israeli citizen, he also represented the senior Israeli national basketball team. Standing at 2.03 meters tall, he is an athletic frontcourt player and good rebounder.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Alen Omić</span> Bosnian-born Slovenian basketball player

Alen Omić is a Slovenian professional basketball player for Metropolitans 92 of the French LNB Pro A.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Joe Ragland</span> American-Liberian basketball player

Joseph Alexander Ragland is an American-Liberian professional basketball player for Peristeri of the Greek Basket League and the Basketball Champions League. He played college basketball for North Platte Community College and Wichita State.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Shawn Dawson</span> American-Israeli basketball player

Shawn Dawson is an American-Israeli professional basketball player for Hapoel Holon of the Israeli Basketball Premier League and the Basketball Champions League (BCL). He is the son of former basketball player Joe Dawson. He was named the Israeli Basketball Super League Most Improved Player in 2014.

Joe Thomasson is an American professional basketball player for Covirán Granada of the Spanish Liga ACB. He plays at both the point guard and shooting guard positions.

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.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.