Melvin Sanders

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Melvin Sanders
Personal information
Born (1981-01-03) January 3, 1981 (age 43)
Liberal, Kansas
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight206 lb (93 kg)
Career information
High school Liberal (Liberal, Kansas)
College
NBA draft 2003: undrafted
Playing career2003–2014
Position Shooting guard / small forward
Number34
Career history
2003–2004 Dakota Wizards
2004 Metis Varese
2004–2005Dakota Wizards
2005 Oostende
2005 San Antonio Spurs
2006 Fayetteville Patriots
2006 San Antonio Spurs
2006Fayetteville Patriots
2006 San Antonio Spurs
2006–2007 Pau-Orthez
2007 Panellinios
2007–2008 Unicaja Málaga
2008–2010 Gran Canaria
2010–2011 Minsk-2006
2011 Menorca Bàsquet
2011–2012 Hacettepe Üniversitesi
2012–2013 Basket Barcellona
2013 Pınar Karşıyaka
2013–2014 Valladolid
Career highlights and awards
  • French Cup winner (2007)
  • CBA champion (2004)
  • All-CBA Second Team (2005)
  • CBA All-Defensive Team (2005)
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Melvin Ray Sanders (born January 3, 1981) is an American former professional basketball player. He played for the National Basketball Association's San Antonio Spurs. [1] [2]

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Professional career

A graduate of Oklahoma State University, Sanders, a guard and forward, played for Varese in the Italian league and Telindus Oostende in Belgium, [3] the Dakota Wizards of the Continental Basketball Association (CBA), [4] and the NBA Development League's Fayetteville Patriots. He earned All-CBA Second Team and All-Defensive Team honors with the Wizards in 2005. [5] During the 2005-06 NBA season, he signed 10-day contract stints with the San Antonio Spurs. After his fourth such contract (including training camp) expired, on March 26, 2006, the Spurs signed Sanders for the remainder of the season.

On January 9, 2007, he signed a contract with Pau-Orthez of the French League. [6] He averaged 10.5 points, 3.3 rebounds and 1.2 steals in 10 Euroleague games, and also helped Pau win the French Cup. [7] On July 20, 2007, Sanders signed with Panellinios of the Greek League. [7] However, in mid-December 2007 he was brought out of his contract by one of the top clubs in the ACB Unicaja Malaga [8] after seeing limited action due to a broken collarbone sustained in a car accident during the preseason. [3]

On December 25, 2007, he signed with Unicaja of the Spanish ACB. [3] On July 10, 2008, Sanders was signed by Kalise Gran Canaria of the ACB. [4]

He signed with BC Minsk-2006 in September 2010. [9] In February 2011, he signed with Menorca Bàsquet. [10] Later that year, he signed with Hacettepe Üniversitesi of the Turkish Basketball League.

In August 2012, he signed with Basket Barcellona of the Italian Second League. [11] On March 6, 2013, he signed a contract with Pınar Karşıyaka for the remainder of that season. [12]

In December 2013, Sanders signed with CB Valladolid and left the team on 21 January 2014 because of non-payment from the club. [13]

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References

  1. ↑ Spurs Sign Melvin Sanders
  2. ↑ San Antonio Spurs Transactions 2005-06
  3. 1 2 3 Unicaja adds guard Melvin Sanders
  4. 1 2 Kalise Gran Canaria inks Melvin Sanders
  5. ↑ "Melvin Sanders minor league basketball statistics". Stats Crew. Retrieved June 23, 2021.
  6. ↑ Pau-Orthez signs guard Melvin Sanders
  7. 1 2 Panellinios tabs Melvin Sanders
  8. ↑ Panellinios picks up Damir Rancic, drops Sanders
  9. ↑ Three rookies from the USA and St. Vincent and Grenadine will reinforce basketball club "Minsk 2006"
  10. ↑ Melvin Sanders s'incorpora Archived 2011-07-14 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
  11. ↑ Sanders a Barcellona, l'Orlandina firma George
  12. ↑ Melvin Sanders signs with Pinar Karsiyaka
  13. ↑ Sanders escapes from CB Valladolid Archived 2014-01-22 at the Wayback Machine ; ACB.com 21 January 2014 (in Spanish)
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