Kelvin Martin (basketball)

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Kelvin Martin
Kelvin Martin 2020.jpg
Martin with Brindisi in 2020
No. 34–Iwate Big Bulls
Position Small forward
League B.League
Personal information
Born (1989-09-10) September 10, 1989 (age 34)
Adel, Georgia
NationalityAmerican
Listed height1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Listed weight94 kg (207 lb)
Career information
High school Cook County (Adel, Georgia)
College Charleston Southern (2008–2012)
NBA draft 2012: undrafted
Playing career2012–present
Career history
2012–2014 Matrixx Magixx
2014–2015 MLP Academics Heidelberg
2015–2016 Fortitudo Agrigento
2016–2017 Riesen Ludwigsburg
2017–2018 Vanoli Cremona
2018–2019 Virtus Bologna
2019–2020 Brindisi
2020–2021 Dolomiti Energia Trento
2021–2022MLP Academics Heidelberg
2022–2023 Shiga Lakes
2023–present Iwate Big Bulls
Career highlights and awards

Kelvin Martin (born September 10, 1989) is an American basketball player for Iwate Big Bulls of the Japanese B.League. Martin played college basketball for CSU. After turning professional in 2012, Martin played for several clubs in the Netherlands, Germany and Italy. In 2019, he won the Basketball Champions League with Virtus Bologna.

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Professional career

Martin started his professional career with Matrixx Magixx of the Dutch Basketball League (DBL). In his rookie season, he averaged 15.4 points and 5.7 rebounds per game with Magixx. [1] On January 5, 2014, Martin re-signed with the Magixx for the remainder of the 2013–14 season. [2]

In his third professional season, Martin played with German side MLP Academics Heidelberg of the second tier ProA. He averaged 15.1 points, 5.4 rebounds and 1.8 assists in 30 games with Heidelberg. [1]

During the 2018–19 season, Martin played with Virtus Bologna and won the Basketball Champions League trophy with the team.

On June 22, 2019, he has signed with Happy Casa Brindisi of the Lega Basket Serie A. [3] Martin averaged 8.9 points, 6.7 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1.6 steals per game in Serie A. He signed with Dolomiti Energia Trento of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A on August 13, 2020. [4]

On August 14, 2020, Martin signed a one-year agreement with Aquila Basket Trento in the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) and EuroCup. [5]

On September 10, 2021, Martin returned to MLP Academics Heidelberg in the German Bundesliga. [6]

Honours

Club

Virtus Bologna

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References

  1. 1 2 "Kelvin Martin Player Profile, Charleston Southern, News, Rumors, NCAA Stats, International Stats, Game Logs, Bests, Awards - RealGM". basketball.realgm.com. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  2. ↑ "Kelvin Martin returns to Matrixx Magixx". Sportando. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  3. ↑ Borghesan, Ennio Terrasi (June 22, 2019). "Happy Casa Brindisi inks Kelvin Martin". Sportando. Retrieved June 24, 2019.
  4. ↑ Yahyabeyoglu, Fersu (August 13, 2020). "Trento tabs Kelvin Martin". Eurobasket. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Potenza ed esperienza, l'ala piccola è Kelvin Martin" (in Italian). aquilabasket.it. 14 August 2020.
  6. ↑ "Kelvin Martin is back!". mlp-academics-heidelberg.de (in German). 10 September 2021.
  7. ↑ "Bologna dazzle on way to 2019 Basketball Champions League crown". Basketball Champions League. 5 May 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
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