Kris Lang

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Kris Lang
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Lang in 2011
Personal information
Born (1979-12-12) December 12, 1979 (age 44)
Gastonia, North Carolina
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
Listed weight246 lb (112 kg)
Career information
High school Hunter Huss
(Gastonia, North Carolina)
College North Carolina (1998–2002)
NBA draft 2002: undrafted
Playing career2002–present
Position Center
Career history
2002–2003 Anwil Włocławek
2003–2004 Asheville Altitude
2004–2005 Seoul SK Knights
2005 Unicaja Málaga
2005–2007 Virtus Bologna
2007 Azovmash Mariupol
2007–2008 Austin Toros
2008–2010 Türk Telekom
2010–2011 Enel Brindisi
2011–2012Virtus Bologna
2013–2016 Cocodrilos de Caracas
2015 Metros de Santiago
2016 Regatas Corrientes
2016 Defensor Sporting
2017 Bucaneros de La Guaira
2018 Panteras de Miranda
Career highlights and awards

Kristoffer Douglas Lang (born December 12, 1979) is an American professional basketball player. He played college basketball for North Carolina between 1998 and 2002 before playing professionally in Poland, NBA D-League, South Korea, Spain, Italy, Ukraine, Turkey, Venezuela, Dominican Republic, Argentina, and Uruguay.

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College career

Lang played college basketball for North Carolina between 1998 and 2002. In 128 career games, he averaged 10.9 points and 5.3 rebounds per game. [1]

Professional career

Lang made his professional debut in Poland, spending the 2002–03 season with Anwil Włocławek and winning the PLK championship. [2] For the 2003–04 season, he returned to the U.S. and helped the Asheville Altitude win the NBDL championship. For the 2004–05 season, he moved to South Korea to play for the Seoul SK Knights. He finished the season in Spain with Unicaja Málaga. The next two seasons were spent in Italy with Virtus Bologna. [2]

After spending preseason with the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA in October 2007, [3] Lang moved to Ukraine for a short stint with Azovmash Mariupol. [2] He returned to the U.S. in December 2007 to join the Austin Toros. [3] He left the Toros in February 2008 and moved to Turkey to play for Türk Telekom. He continued on with Türk Telekom for the 2008–09 and 2009–10 seasons. [2] Lang returned to Italy for the 2010–11 season to play for Enel Brindisi. He remained in Italy for the 2011–12 season, re-joining Virtus Bologna. [2]

In 2013, Lang began what would be a six-year stint in South America. He played six seasons in the Venezuelan LPB (Cocodrilos de Caracas 2013–16; Bucaneros de La Guaira 2017; Panteras de Miranda 2018), a season in the Dominican Republic (Metros de Santiago 2015), half a season in Argentina (Regatas Corrientes 2016), and half a season in Uruguay (Defensor Sporting 2016). [2]

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References

  1. "Kris Lang College Stats". sports-reference.com. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Kristoffer Lang". latinbasket.com. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
  3. 1 2 "Kris Lang". realgm.com. Retrieved April 28, 2020.