Tim Blue

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Tim Blue
Tim Blue 2010.jpg
Blue playing for GasTerra Flames in 2010
No. 4–Free Agent
Position Power forward / small forward
Personal information
Born (1984-07-10) July 10, 1984 (age 40)
Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High school Palm Beach Gardens
(Palm Beach Gardens, Florida)
College
NBA draft 2007: undrafted
Playing career2007–present
Career history
2007–2009 West-Brabant Giants
2009–2010 GasTerra Flames
2010–2011 Mitteldeutscher BC
2011 West-Brabant Giants
2011–2012 KTP
2012–2020 Antibes Sharks
Career highlights and awards

Tim Blue (born July 10, 1984) is an American professional basketball player. He is mostly known for his stint with the Antibes Sharks of the French LNB Pro A. Blue usually played as power forward or small forward. In his professional career, he has played in the Netherlands, Germany, Finland and France.

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College

Blue played at Palm Beach Gardens High School before enrolling at Indian River State College in 2003. He spent the 2003-04 campaign with The River, before heading to Middle Tennessee State University, [1] where he played from 2005 to 2007. In his two years with the Blue Raiders, he averaged 9.0 points and 4.9 rebounds a contest. [2]

Professional career

Blue won the Dutch basketball championship with the GasTerra Flames Groningen in 2010. In August 2010, he was signed by German Basketball Bundesliga side Mitteldeutscher BC. [3] After returning to the Netherlands and a brief stint in Finland, [4] Blue moved to France. [5]

Antibes Sharks (2012–2020)

In the 2013–14 season, Blue played in the French Pro A with Antibes. Antibes team finished 16th and relegated back to the second division Pro B.

In the 2014–15 season, Blue finished 6th in the regular season with Antibes Sharks. In the Playoffs, Antibes won the Finals 2–0 over ASC Denain-Voltaire PH. After averaging 20 points per game in the Finals, Blue won his second LNB Pro B Finals MVP Award. [6] In his eight years with the club, Blue scored a total of 3990 points and grabbed 1699 rebounds in league play. [7] He had his jersey number retired at Antibes in March 2021. [8]

Following eight years with the Antibes Sharks, he joined lower-league team Azuréa Golfe-Juan, just outside of Antibes. [9]

Honours

With club

GasTerra Flames
Antibes Sharks

Individual

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References

  1. ↑ "Tim Blue - Men's Basketball". Middle Tennessee State University Athletics. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
  2. ↑ "Tim Blue College Stats". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
  3. ↑ "MBC VERPFLICHTET NIEDERLÄNDISCHEN MEISTER TIM BLUE ALS NEUEN SMALL FORWARD". MBC (in German). 2010-08-11. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
  4. ↑ "Tim Blue". Suomen Koripalloliitto ry. Retrieved 2022-03-11.[ permanent dead link ]
  5. ↑ "Joueur emblématique d'Antibes, le basketteur Tim blue quitte les Sharks". France 3 Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (in French). 7 November 2020. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
  6. ↑ "UN DEUXIÈME TROPHÉE DE MVP DE LA FINALE POUR TIM BLUE". Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2015-08-04.
  7. ↑ "Tim Blue : un palmarès exceptionnel | Sharks Antibes". www.sharks-antibes.com (in French). Retrieved 2022-03-11.
  8. ↑ Chiramberro, Théo (2022-03-10). "[Vidéo] Retour sur la cérémonie du retrait du maillot de Tim Blue à Antibes". BeBasket (in French). Retrieved 2022-03-11.
  9. ↑ "Basket: Tim Blue rejoint les rangs de l'Azuréa Golfe-Juan". Nice-Matin (in French). 2021-06-12. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
  10. ↑ "Tim Blue, ex-Donar, champion of French Pro B". Worldbasketballnews.nl (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 2013-12-24. Retrieved 2014-06-21.
  11. ↑ "Tim Blue MVP de la Finale". Sharks-Antibes.com (in French). Archived from the original on 2013-12-24. Retrieved 2014-06-21.
  12. ↑ "All-Star Galas" (in Dutch). Retrieved 2014-06-21.
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