Marcus Elliott

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Marcus Elliott
No. 0–Hi-Tech
Position Shooting guard / point guard
League Thai Basketball League
Personal information
Born (1984-04-24) April 24, 1984 (age 40)
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High school Fort Walton Beach
(Fort Walton Beach, Florida)
College
NBA draft 2007: undrafted
Playing career2008–present
Career history
2008–2009 CD Valdivia
2009–2010Club Social y Deportivo Anastasia
2010 Panteras de Miranda
2010–2011 Club Deportivo Libertad
2011Club Deportivo Mavort
2011–2012Club Deportivo Liceo Mixto
2012 Club Atlético Welcome
2012 Guaiqueríes de Margarita
2012–2013 Club Atlético Olimpia
2013Garra Cañera de Navolato
2013–2014Ángeles Guerreros de Acapulco
2014 La Unión de Formosa
2014 Toros de Aragua
2014–2015 Huracanes de Tampico
2015 Club Trouville
2016 San Lorenzo
2016–2019 Hong Kong Eastern
2019–2020 Singapore Slingers
2020 Hebraica Macabi
2021 Urunday Universitario
2021–2022 Gimnasia y Esgrima de Comodoro Rivadavia
2022–2023 Urunday Universitario
2024–present Hi-Tech
Career highlights and awards

Marcus Ryan Elliott (born April 24, 1984) is an American professional basketball player for the Urunday Universitario of the Liga Uruguaya de Basketball.

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College career

Elliott had played two years of junior college basketball at Okaloosa-Walton CC in NJCAA Division I. [1] He then transferred to Louisiana Tech University, where he played 61 games in two seasons with the Bulldogs in NCAA Division I competition. [2] Elliott graduated from Louisiana Tech in 2007. [3]

Professional career

After being a year of construction worker, Elliott began his professional career in a Chilean Liga Nacional de Básquetbol de Chile club CD Valdivia in September 2008. [4] He signed with Liga Uruguaya de Básquetbol club Club Social y Deportivo Anastasia in September 2009. [5] He moved to the Liga Profesional de Baloncesto club Panteras de Miranda for a short period in April 2010 [6] before joining the Argentinian La Liga Argentina de Básquet club Club Deportivo Libertad. [7] After 5 months in Argentina, he moved to Ecuadorian Liga Ecuatoriana de Baloncesto club Club Deportivo Mavort, where he finished out the season and helped the team win the 2010–11 Liga Ecuatoriana de Baloncesto championship. [8] Elliott returned to Chile in October 2011 to play for Liga Nacional de Básquetbol de Chile club Club Deportivo Liceo Mixto. [9] He returned to Uruguay in February to join Club Atlético Welcome [10] before signing with Guaiqueríes de Margarita in April. [11] He then played with Club Atlético Olimpia between October 2012 [12] and April 2013 before moving to Mexico to play for Garra Cañera de Navolato. [13] and Ángeles Guerreros de Acapulco. [14]

Elliott returned to Argentina in March 2014 and signed for La Unión de Formosa [15] but left the following month for Toros de Aragua. [16] After just five months, he returned to Mexico to join the Mexican club Huracanes de Tampico, [17] where he stayed for a year before returning to Uruguay to play for Club Trouville. [18] In February 2016, Elliott signed with San Lorenzo Argentina and helped the team to win the champion of 2015–16 Liga Nacional de Básquet. [19] He left South America altogether in November 2016 to join the ASEAN Basketball League and Hong Kong A1 Division Championship club Hong Kong Eastern, where he was part of the ABL 2017 and Hong Kong A1 2018 season winning team. [20] [21] He signed with Singapore Slingers in November 2016. [22]

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  2. ↑ Marcus Elliott College Stats, sports-reference.com, accessed 4 February 2019.
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  13. ↑ Marcus Elliott signed by Navolato, court-side.com, accessed 6 February 2019.
  14. ↑ Saca Ángeles Guerreros casta para superar a Fuerza Regia en LNBP, 20minutos.com.mx, accessed 6 February 2019.
  15. ↑ Marcus Elliot opts for Formosa, court-side.com, accessed 6 February 2019.
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  20. ↑ Chan Kin-wa (November 9, 2016). "Eastern first Hong Kong basketball team to compete in continental competition for 20 years as they make Asean League bow". South China Morning Post. Retrieved February 4, 2019.
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