Mike Davis (basketball, born 1988)

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Mike Davis
Free agent
Position Power forward / small forward
Personal information
Born (1988-10-21) October 21, 1988 (age 35)
Alexandria, Virginia
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight225 lb (102 kg)
Career information
High school T. C. Williams (Alexandria, Virginia)
College Illinois (2007–2011)
NBA draft 2011: undrafted
Playing career2011–present
Career history
2011–2012 BC Ferro-ZNTU
2012–2013 Sioux Falls Skyforce
2013 Maratonistas de Coamo
2013–2014 BC Kyiv
2014 Metros de Santiago
2014–2015 Adanaspor
2015–2016 Best Balıkesir
2016–2017 Westchester Knicks
2018–2019 Capital City Go-Go
Career highlights and awards
  • Second-team All-Big Ten – Coaches (2009)
  • Third-team team All-Big Ten – Media (2009)
  • 2× Honorable mention All-Big Ten (2010, 2011)

Michael Edward Davis [1] (born October 21, 1988) is an American professional basketball player. He played college basketball for Illinois.

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High school career

Davis attended T. C. Williams High School under coach Ivan Thomas. As a senior, he averaged 17.3 points, 9.0 rebounds and 3.5 blocks helping T. C. Williams to reach a 25–4 record, Region and Patriot District titles and the quarterfinals of the Virginia Group AAA state tournament. For that he won the Northern Region Player of the Year award and a second-team All-Metro selection by the Washington Post. [2]

College career

After graduating high school, Davis attended Illinois. In his senior season, he was the only Illini to start all 34 games where he averaged 12.5 points, 7.2 rebounds and 1.7 assists in 33 minutes, being second in the team in scoring. [2] [3]

When he graduated, he was second on Illinois' all-time rebounding list with 909 boards, No. 22 on Illini all-time scoring list with 1,279 points and third in school history in games played with 138. [2]

College statistics

CollegeYearGPMINSPGBPGRPGAPGPPGFG%FT%3P%
Illinois2007–083410.40.20.411.790.32.6.439.469.000
Illinois2008–093430.80.70.658.091.911.2.533.683.000
Illinois2009–103632.20.50.649.170.910.7.473.631.000
Illinois2010–113433.00.90.767.151.612.5.529.706.000

Professional career

After going undrafted in the 2011 NBA draft, Davis signed with BC Ferro-ZNTU of the Ukrainian SuperLeague on August 3, 2011. [4] In 31 games, he averaged 11.2 points, 8.4 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 0.8 blocks in 28.2 minutes. [5]

In November, 2012, Davis was selected with the 5th overall pick of the 2012 NBA Development League draft by the Reno Bighorns [6] and was traded later to the Sioux Falls Skyforce. [7] In 49 games, he averaged 7.4 points, 6.2 rebounds, 1.1 assists and 0.8 steals in 23.1 minutes. [5] Later, he joined the Maratonistas de Coamo of Puerto Rico, where he averaged 12.1 points, 7.8 rebounds and 1.1 assists in seven games. [5]

On August 30, 2013, Davis signed with BC Kyiv [8] where he averaged 15.1 points and 6.6 rebounds in Superleague and 10.7 points and 8.7 rebounds in Eurochallenge. [9] On February 27, 2014, Davis was waived by Kyiv. [9] On May 3, Davis signed with Metros de Santiago of Dominican Republic. [10]

In July, 2014, Davis signed with Adanaspor of the Turkish Basketball First League. [11] In 36 games, he averaged 20.7 points, 9.2 rebounds, 2.2 assists, 0.9 steals and 0.8 blocks in 35.6 minutes. [5]

In July, 2015, Davis signed with Best Balıkesir of the Turkish Basketball First League, where he averaged 14.3 points, 9.7 rebounds, 1.6 assists, 0.9 steals and 0.9 blocks in 32.1 minutes. [5]

On November 30, 2016, Davis was acquired by the Westchester Knicks. [3] On December 10, he made his debut for the Knicks in a 105–94 loss to the Oklahoma City Blue, recording three rebounds in 11 minutes off the bench. [12] On February 28, 2017, he was waived by the Knicks. [13]

For the 2017–18 season, Davis was added to the training camp roster of the Capital City Go-Go of the NBA G League. [14] On November 5, 2018, Davis was waived by the Capital City Go-Go. [15]

Personal life

The son of Steven and Tangie Davis, he has a sister. He majored in recreation, sport and tourism-sport management. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Michael Edward Davis profile". FIBA.com. Archived from the original on November 13, 2015. Retrieved December 3, 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Illinois bio". FightingIllini.com. Archived from the original on December 9, 2014. Retrieved December 2, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. 1 2 Hatch, Katie (November 30, 2016). "WESTCHESTER KNICKS ACQUIRE MIKE DAVIS". NBA.com. Archived from the original on December 3, 2016. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Ferro-ZNTU lands rookie Mike Davis". Sportando.com. August 3, 2011. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 "Mike Davis Player Profile". RealGM.com. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
  6. ↑ "JaJuan Johnson, Goudelock Become Top-2 Picks In 2012 D-League Draft". Sportando.com. November 5, 2012. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Skyforce Acquires Davis from BayHawks". OurSportsCentral.com. November 5, 2012. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
  8. ↑ "BC Kyiv signs Mike Davis". Sportando.com. August 30, 2013. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
  9. 1 2 "BC Kyiv waive Mike Davis". Sportando.com. February 27, 2014. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
  10. ↑ "LNB - MIKE DAVIS NUEVO REFUERZO DE METROS, SE UNE A OLLIE BAILEY". DominicanosEnBasket.com (in Spanish). May 3, 2014. Archived from the original on December 3, 2016. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
  11. ↑ "MICHAEL DAVİS VE KEREM ÖZKAN ADANASPOR'DA". AdanasporKulubu.com (in Turkish). Retrieved December 3, 2016.
  12. ↑ "Blue Hold Off Knicks". NBA.com. December 10, 2016. Archived from the original on December 21, 2016. Retrieved December 11, 2016.
  13. ↑ "Westchester Knicks Acquire Travis Trice II, Waive Mike Davis". NBA.com. February 28, 2017. Archived from the original on March 1, 2017. Retrieved February 28, 2017.
  14. ↑ "Go-Go Announce Training Camp Dates and Roster". NBA.com. October 21, 2018. Archived from the original on October 21, 2018. Retrieved October 21, 2018.
  15. ↑ "Go-Go Claim Oleksandr Kobets". NBA.com. November 5, 2018. Archived from the original on November 6, 2018. Retrieved November 5, 2018.
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