No. 12–Wilki Morskie Szczecin | |
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Position | Power forward / Center |
League | PLK |
Personal information | |
Born | Victoria, Texas | November 26, 1992
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) |
Listed weight | 220 lb (100 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | |
College | Louisiana Tech (2011–2015) |
NBA draft | 2015: undrafted |
Playing career | 2015–present |
Career history | |
2015–2016 | Raptors 905 |
2016–2017 | Salt Lake City Stars |
2017 | Enosis Neon Paralimni |
2017–2018 | Kymis |
2018–2019 | Aris Thessaloniki |
2019 | Guelph Nighthawks |
2019–2020 | Lakeland Magic |
2020 | Guelph Nighthawks |
2020–2021 | VEF Rīga |
2021–2022 | Hapoel Holon |
2022–2023 | Surne Bilbao Basket |
2023–2024 | Samsunspor |
2024–present | Wilki Morskie Szczecin |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Michale Kyser (born November 26, 1992) is an American professional basketball player for Wilki Morskie Szczecin of the Polish Basketball League (PLK). He played college basketball for Louisiana Tech.
Kyser played high school basketball for Lancaster High School, in Lancaster, Texas, and at Christian Life Center Academy in Humble, Texas.
In his senior year, Kyser led Louisiana Tech to the National Invitation Tournament quarterfinals, where they lost to Temple. He also helped the team win the conference regular season championship in 2013, 2014, and 2015. In the 2014–15 season, he became the all-time career blocks leader at Louisiana Tech. [1]
After going undrafted in the 2015 NBA draft, Kyser joined the Toronto Raptors for the 2015 NBA Summer League. [2] He appeared in four games playing for the Raptors in Las Vegas and averaged 3.5 points and 4.0 rebounds in 14.6 minutes per game. [3] On July 23, 2015, he signed with the Raptors, [4] only to be waived by the team on October 24 after appearing in one preseason game. [5] On October 31, he signed with the Raptors 905 as an affiliate player. [6]
On August 30, 2016, Kyser signed with Tadamon Zouk of the Lebanese Basketball League, [7] however, he left the team before playing for them and signed with the Salt Lake City Stars on November 25. [8] The next day, he made his debut for the Stars in a 117–84 loss to the Texas Legends, recording eight points, two rebounds and one assist in 15 minutes off the bench. [9] On March 3, 2017, Kyser was waived by the Stars. [10]
On September 23, 2017, Kyser joined Enosis Neon Paralimni of the Cypriot League where he would average 15 points, 14 rebounds and 3 blocks per game. [11] On November 29, 2017, he left Enosis in order to join Kymis of the Greek Basket League. [12] During the season, he led the league in blocks with 1.9 blocks per game. He subsequently spent the 2018–19 season with Greek club Aris Thessaloniki. In July 2019, Kyser signed with the Guelph Nighthawks of the Canadian Elite Basketball League. [13]
On October 26, 2019, Kyser was drafted 10th overall by the Lakeland Magic of the NBA G League. [14] He averaged 9.0 points and 5.8 rebounds in 26.2 minutes per game. Kyser was waived on March 10, 2020. [15] On July 31, he signed with VEF Rīga of the Latvian–Estonian Basketball League. [16] Kyser averaged 10.5 points and 7.9 rebounds per game.
On July 15, 2021, he signed with Hapoel Holon of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. [17]
On July 13, 2022, he signed with Surne Bilbao Basket of the Liga ACB and the Basketball Champions League. [18]
On July 21, 2023, he signed with Samsunspor of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL). [19]
On February 15, 2024, he signed with Wilki Morskie Szczecin of the Polish Basketball League (PLK). [20]
GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2011–12 | Louisiana Tech | 33 | 2 | 13.5 | .463 | .000 | .500 | 2.6 | .2 | .4 | 1.8 | 3.7 |
2012–13 | Louisiana Tech | 34 | 33 | 19.3 | .479 | .000 | .623 | 5.3 | .6 | .6 | 2.7 | 5.0 |
2013–14 | Louisiana Tech | 36 | 34 | 23.3 | .571 | .000 | .500 | 6.6 | .4 | .5 | 3.0 | 7.0 |
2014–15 | Louisiana Tech | 36 | 35 | 28.4 | .605 | .000 | .606 | 6.6 | .4 | .6 | 2.8 | 8.6 |
Career | 139 | 104 | 21.3 | .543 | .000 | .558 | 5.3 | .4 | .5 | 2.6 | 6.2 |
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