Joe Binion

Joe Binion
Personal information
Born	March 26, 1961 (age 63); Rochester, New York, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight	235 lb (107 kg)
Career information
High school	Madison (Rochester, New York)
College	North Carolina A&T (1980–1984)
NBA draft	1984: 3rd round, 57th overall pick
	Selected by the San Antonio Spurs
Playing career	1984–1995
Position	Power forward
Number	50
Career history
1984–1986	Sarasota / Florida Stingers
1985–1987	Kansas City / Topeka Sizzlers
1987	Portland Trail Blazers
1987–1988	Maccabi Haifa
1988–1991	Libertas Livorno
1991–1992	Sidis Reggio Emilia
1992–1994	Kleenex Pistoia
1994–1995	Buckler Bologna
Career highlights and awards
	CBA Most Valuable Player (1987); All-CBA First Team (1987); CBA rebounding leader (1987); 3× MEAC Player of the Year (1982–1984); 3× First-team All-MEAC (1982–1984);
	Stats at NBA.com
	Stats at Basketball Reference

Last updated February 24, 2025

Joe Binion (born March 26, 1961) is an American former professional basketball player who played briefly in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the North Carolina A&T Aggies, where he was a three-time conference player of the year.

College career

Born in Rochester, New York, Binion played college basketball with the North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University.

Professional career

Binion was selected by the San Antonio Spurs, in the 3rd round (57th pick overall) of the 1984 NBA draft. He played in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) for the Sarasota Stingers and Kansas City / Topeka Sizzlers from 1984 to 1987.^[1] Binion was selected as the CBA Most Valuable Player and named to the All-CBA First Team in 1987.^[1]

Binion played for the Portland Trail Blazers (1986–87) in the NBA, in 11 games. After that, he played overseas.^[2]

External links

Lega Basket Serie A profile Retrieved 15 June 2015 (in Italian)
NBA profile Archived 2016-04-01 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 15 June 2015
REALGM.com profile
Career statistics from NBA.com and Basketball Reference

References

1 2 "Joe Binion minor league basketball statistics". Stats Crew. Retrieved February 22, 2025.
↑ Binon at Pistoia

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[sc-1] 1 2 "Joe Binion minor league basketball statistics". Stats Crew. Retrieved February 22, 2025.

[2] Binon at Pistoia

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v t e Continental Basketball Association
Founded on April 23, 1946 Formerly the Eastern Pennsylvania Basketball League (1946–48), Eastern Professional Basketball League (1948–1970), and the Eastern Basketball Association (1970–78) Ceased operations on June 1, 2009
Commissioners	William Morgan (1946–1955) Harry Rudolph (1955–1970) William Montzman (1970–1975) Steve A. Kauffman (1975–1978) Jim Drucker (1978–1986) Carl Scheer (1986–1987) Mike Storen (1987–1988) Jay Ramsdell (1988–1989) Jerry Schemmel (1989–1990) Irv Kaze (1990–1991) Terdema Ussery (1991–1993) Mark Lamping (1993–1994) Tom Valdiserri (1994–1996) Steve Patterson (1996–1998) Gary Hunter (1998–1999) Isiah Thomas (1999–2000) Don Welsh (2000–2001) Gary Hunter (2001–2006) Jim Coyne (2007) Dennis Truax (2007–2009)
Player of the Year (formerly Most Valuable Player)	Zubic (1950) Rullo (1951) Crossin (1952) McCloskey (1953, 1954) White (1955) Molinas (1956) Lear (1957) Hennessy (1958) Spivey (1959) Arceneaux (1960) Ellis (1961) Turmon (1962) Arizin (1963) A. Johnson (1964) W. Simon (1965) McCoy (1966) Murrell (1967) Wilburn (1968) Pawlak (1969) Bellamy (1970) Somerset (1971) Wingo (1972) E. Johnson (1973) Wilburn (1974) Baskerville (1975) Criss (1976, 1977) McCracken (1978) McCarter (1979) R. Davis (1980) W. Smith (1981) Valentine (1982) R. Smith (1983) Crompton (1984) Hayes (1985) Young (1986) Binion (1987) Brooks (1988) Bowie (1989) Askew (1990, 1991) Mitchell (1992) Strong (1993) Grandison (1994) Recasner (1995) S. Jones (1996) Boney (1997) King (1998) Griffin (1999) McInnis (2000) M. Simon (2002) Panko (2003) J. Davis (2004) Clancy Jr. (2005) Young (2007) Selvy (2008)
Newcomer of the Year	R. Davis (1978) McCarter (1979) B. Davis (1980) Russell (1981) Branson (1982) M. Davis (1983) Lingenfelter (1984) Collins (1985) Drew (1986) E. Johnson (1987) Allen (1988) Campbell (1989) Ferrell (1990) King (1991) Brundy (1992) Strong (1993) Monroe (1994) Bragg (1995) Nickerson (1996) Tucker (1997) McInnis (1998) D. Jones (1999) C. Smith (2000) Simon (2002) Cantrell (2003) Davis (2004) B. Thomas (2005) J. Thomas (2006) Fountain (2007) Jackson (2008)
Coach of the Year	Novak (1977) Monska (1978) M. Panaggio (1979) Klucas (1980) Karl (1981) Russell (1982) Karl (1983) Brown (1984) Jackson (1985) M. Panaggio (1986) Musselman (1987, 1988) Bibby (1989) Oliver (1989) Saunders (1990) Karl (1991) Reid (1992) D. Panaggio (1992) M. Panaggio (1993) Duncan (1994) McHone (1995) Suhr (1996) McHone (1997) D. Panaggio (1998) T. Jones (1999) D. Panaggio (2000) Joerger (2002) Daleo (2003) Joerger (2004) Bergman (2005) Woolpert (2007, 2008)
Rookie of the Year	Gaines (1958) McCoy (1959) Lewis (1960) Gunther (1961) Huggard (1962) Baynard (1963) Rohloff (1964) McKinney (1965) Love (1966) Wilburn (1967) Carlos (1968) Cornwall (1969) Mast (1970) Wallace (1971) Mayberry (1972) White (1973) Bell (1974) Perry (1975) Rivers & Luckett (1976) M. Jones (1977) Terry (1978) Bates (1979) E. Jones (1980) L. Johnson (1981) Spriggs (1982) Sanders (1983) G. Jones (1984) Turner (1985) Adams (1986) Rowan (1987) Waller (1988) Queenan (1989) Lett (1990) Thompson (1991) Kennedy (1992) Madkins (1993) Ford (1994) Warren (1995) Jackson (1996) Hopkins & Sasser (1997) Sims (1998) Hendrix (1999) Thomas (2000) Inge (2002) McElroy (2003) Bailey (2004) Butler (2005) Powell (2006) Garrison (2007) Washington (2008)
Defensive Player of the Year	C. Smith (1991) Mitchell (1992) Bardo (1993, 1994) Bell (1995) Davis (1996) Beck (1997) McDonald (1998) Martin (1999) Baston (2000) Murdaugh (2002) Rice (2003) Hadley (2004) Clancy Jr. (2005) Felix (2006) Moon (2007) Phillips (2008)
Seasons All-Star Games Champions Award winners and successful alumni Statistical leaders

Joe Binion

Contents

College career

Professional career

See also

External links

References

Personal information
Born	(1961-03-26) March 26, 1961 (age 63) Rochester, New York, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight	235 lb (107 kg)
Career information
High school	Madison (Rochester, New York)
College	North Carolina A&T (1980–1984)
NBA draft	1984: 3rd round, 57th overall pick
Selected by the San Antonio Spurs
Playing career	1984–1995
Position	Power forward
Number	50
Career history
1984–1986	Sarasota / Florida Stingers
1985–1987	Kansas City / Topeka Sizzlers
1987	Portland Trail Blazers
1987–1988	Maccabi Haifa
1988–1991	Libertas Livorno
1991–1992	Sidis Reggio Emilia
1992–1994	Kleenex Pistoia
1994–1995	Buckler Bologna

Career highlights and awards
CBA Most Valuable Player (1987) All-CBA First Team (1987) CBA rebounding leader (1987) 3× MEAC Player of the Year (1982–1984) 3× First-team All-MEAC (1982–1984)

Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference