Mike King (basketball)

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Mike King
Personal information
Born (1978-03-26) March 26, 1978 (age 46)
Baltimore, Maryland
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight205 lb (93 kg)
Career information
High school Lake Clifton (Baltimore, Maryland)
College George Washington (1997– 2001)
NBA draft 2001: undrafted
Playing career2002–2012
Position Guard
Number5, 6, 14
Career history
2002–2004 Roanoke Dazzle
2004–2005 Fayetteville Patriots
2005 Guaiqueríes de Margarita
2005–2006Fayetteville Patriots
2006 Iraklis Thessaloniki
2006–2007 AEL Limassol
2007 Basket Kwidzyn
2007–2009 Olympia Larissa
2009 Keravnos
2009–2010 EnBW Ludwigsburg
2010–2011 Peristeri
2011 STB Le Havre
2011–2012 Ikaros Kallitheas
2012 ETHA Engomis
Career highlights and awards

Michael Antonio King (born March 26, 1978) is an American former professional basketball player. [1] [2]

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College career

King played collegiate for The George Washington University. He attended Lake Clifton High School in Baltimore, Maryland, where he won a Maryland 4A state championship as a sophomore. He then had Lake Clifton High School ranked 11th in the nation as a senior. He was a High School All-American Honorable Mention. As a 6' 4" combo guard, King was named to the Atlantic 10 All Rookie Team in 1998. He also scored over 1,000 points at George Washington University and is 4th all time in steals. He helped the team to a number of NCAA tournaments and Atlantic 10 championships.

Professional career

King was selected by the Roanoke Dazzle in the 6th round of the 2002 NBA Development League Draft.

King began his professional career with the Roanoke Dazzle of the NBDL for the 02–03 season. He then played two more year seasons with the Dazzle from 03–05, where he averaged 14.1 points per game. He played at AEL Limassol in 2006–07, where his team won the Super Cup, Regular season Champs, and League Champions, and went to the FIBA Eurocup quarterfinals. In this year he was Cyprus League Co-Guard of the year and was on the Cyprus League All Import team.

King then moved to Basket Kwidzyn (Poland) in 2007–08, where he led his team in scoring before leaving to play for Olympia Larissa in the Greek Basket League. King led Olympia Larissa from 2007 to 2009, where he was an All-Star twice. King shifted gears by going to Germany to play for EnBW Ludwigsburg in 2009–10, where he was selected to play in the BBL All Star game. He then returned to Greece to play for Peristeri (Greece), where he made the 2010–11 Greek League All Star game. King returned to Cyprus to play for ETHA Engomis, where he won the Cyprus League Championship for the last time before retiring.

He appeared multiple times in Eurocup games for many different teams. [3]

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References

  1. "Mike King Player Profile, George Washington". basketball.realgm.com.
  2. "Basketball News". Eurobasket LLC.
  3. "Mike King International Stats | Basketball-Reference.com".