Kevin Young (basketball, born 1990)

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Kevin Young
Kevin Young Rainmen (cropped).jpg
Young shoots a free throw for the Rainmen
No. 28–Capitanes de Arecibo
Position Forward
League BSN
Personal information
Born (1990-06-24) June 24, 1990 (age 34)
Riverside, California
NationalityPuerto Rican
Listed height6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High schoolPerris (Perris, California)
College
NBA draft 2013: undrafted
Playing career2013–present
Career history
2013 Halcones de Xalapa
2014 Brujos de Guayama
2014–2015 Halifax Rainmen
2015Brujos de Guayama
2015–2016 Maine Red Claws
2016–2017 Indios de Mayagüez
2018 Kansas City Tornados
2018–2019 Santa Cruz Warriors
2019–2020 Stockton Kings
2021 Enid Outlaws
2021–2023 Mets de Guaynabo
2023–2024 Osos de Manatí
2024–present Capitanes de Arecibo
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
Central American and Caribbean Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2014 Veracruz Team competition

Kevin Young Jr. (born June 24, 1990) is a Puerto Rican professional basketball player for the Capitanes de Arecibo of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN). He played college basketball for Loyola Marymount and Kansas. [1]

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High school career

Young attended Perris High School of the Sun Belt League. He helped his team go 25–7 overall and 10–0 in league play and leading his team to the CIF-SS Division 3 finals where it lost to Hemet West Valley. He finished his senior season averaging 16.1 points, 10.8 rebounds and 3.7 blocks. [2] [3]

College career

Young began his college basketball career with Loyola Marymount where he broke the LMU school freshman rebounds (224) and rebounds per game (7.2 rpg) records with 224 boards for 7.2 rpg and also set the LMU freshman records with 34 blocked shots and 51 steals.

In 2011, Young transferred to Kansas. As a junior, he played in 38 of 39 games, becoming the Jayhawks' key sixth man as the season progressed. He averaged 11.4 minutes, 3.4 points, 3.0 rebounds and 0.6 assists per game. As a senior, he ranked among the Big 12 leaders in rebounding (seventh, 6.8) and steals (15th, 1.1) and was Kansas' second-leading rebounder at 6.8 rpg. Young had 22 games with seven or more rebounds, including each of his final four games of the season. [2] [3]

Professional career

After going undrafted in the 2013 NBA draft, Young signed with Mexican club Halcones de Xalapa on October 29, 2013. [4] He later had a stint in Puerto Rico playing for Brujos de Guayama before signing with the Halifax Rainmen in December 2014. Young was named NBL Canada Defensive Player of the Year for the 2014–15 season. [5] On May 1, 2015, he and 10 Rainmen teammates were fined $5,000 each and suspended from the NBL for an indefinite amount of time. The team did not appear in the decisive contest of the league finals after violence broke out in the shootaround prior to the game. [6] He subsequently returned to Brujos de Guayama.

On October 31, 2015, Young was selected by the Bakersfield Jam with the 17th overall pick in the 2015 NBA Development League Draft, [7] only to be traded to the Maine Red Claws in a three-team draft night deal. [8] On January 17, 2016, he was waived by the Red Claws. [9]

He joined the Stockton Kings in 2019. [10] In his debut, Young posted 17 points and grabbed 12 rebounds in a victory over the Canton Charge. [11] In 2021, Young signed with the Enid Outlaws of The Basketball League. [12]

In June 2021, Young signed with Mets de Guaynabo of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional. [13]

International career

He also represents Puerto Rico at the international level, having played for his home country in the 2009 FIBA Under-19 World Championship and placing sixth overall. [2]

Personal life

He is the son of Alicia Morales and Kevin Young Sr and has a brother and a sister. His father played basketball at Mt. San Jancinto College. Young graduated from Kansas with a degree in African American Studies and a minor in history. [2] [3]

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 "Kevin Young Bio". Loyola Marymount Athletics. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 "Kevin Young". University of Kansas Athletics. June 18, 2013. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
  4. ↑ Zubizarreta Alarcón, José Alberto (October 29, 2013). "Llega Kevin Young a Halcones Xalapa". ParaComentarse.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved October 29, 2013.
  5. ↑ "NBLC Announces 2014-2015 Award Winners". NBLCanada.com. April 13, 2015. Retrieved May 3, 2015.
  6. ↑ Sherman, Rodger (May 1, 2015). "Canadian basketball team forfeits Game 7 of finals after shootaround fight". SB Nation . Retrieved May 3, 2015.
  7. ↑ "2015 NBA D-League Draft Board". NBA.com. October 31, 2015. Archived from the original on October 22, 2016. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Red Claws Announce Draft Results, Training Camp Roster". OurSportsCentral.com. October 31, 2015. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
  9. ↑ "NBA D-League Transactions". NBA.com. Archived from the original on April 1, 2016. Retrieved January 20, 2016.
  10. ↑ "Stockton Kings Announce 2019-20 Training Camp Roster". NBA.com. October 28, 2019. Archived from the original on January 4, 2020. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
  11. ↑ "Kevin Young: Double-doubles in Stockton debut". CBS Sports . November 27, 2019. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
  12. ↑ Masri, Tarik (April 9, 2021). "Outlaws roster features local talent". Enid News & Eagle. Retrieved June 21, 2021.
  13. ↑ "David Stockton Re-Signs With Guaynabo Mets". WFMZ.com. June 22, 2021. Retrieved September 11, 2021.
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