Kevin Owens (basketball)

Last updated
Personal information
Born (1980-06-09) June 9, 1980 (age 43)
Cherry Hill, New Jersey
NationalityAmerican
Listed height213 cm (7 ft 0 in)
Listed weight118 kg (264 lb)
Career information
High school Camden Catholic
(Cherry Hill, New Jersey)
College Monmouth (1999–2021)
NBA draft 2003: undrafted
Playing career2003–2010
Position Center
Number8
Career history
2003–2006 Roanoke Dazzle
2006–2007 Cairns Taipans
2007 Ulsan Mobis Phoebus
2008 Wellington Saints
2009 Sigal Prishtina
2012 BC Kalev/Cramo

Kevin Owens (born June 9, 1980) is an American former professional basketball player, author and podcaster.

In 2009 Owens played with Sigal Prishtina of the Kosovo Super League. [1] Prior to that Owens played for the Wellington Saints in Wellington, New Zealand and the Ulsan Mobis Phoebus in Ulsan, South Korea of the Korean Basketball League. [2] In the 2006–2007 season Owens played for the Cairns Taipans in Cairns, Australia. [3] Before playing in Australia, Owens played three seasons with the Roanoke Dazzle in the NBA Development League, a minor league system for the National Basketball Association.

Born in Haddonfield, New Jersey, Owens attended Camden Catholic High School in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. [4] He played Division I college basketball at Monmouth University.

At the tail end of his career and immediately after, Owens was a basketball writer/contributor for a number of publications including SLAM Online and SB Nation. [5] [6]

In August 2021, Owens published a collection of stories about his overseas basketball experiences titled Overseas Famous, forwarded by former NBA star and Owens' former coach Chucky Brown, with advanced praise by Lang Whitaker. [7] [8] [9]

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References

  1. Eurobasket player profile: Kevin Owens
  2. Kevin Owens: player profile
  3. Kevin Owens: Player profile
  4. NBDL Player Profile: Kevin Owens Archived 2008-02-03 at the Wayback Machine , accessed December 24, 2006
  5. Owens, Kevin. "Kevin Owens, Author at SLAM". SLAM. Retrieved 2020-09-18.
  6. "Kevin Owens Profile and Activity - SB Nation Philly". philly.sbnation.com. Retrieved 2020-09-18.
  7. McGurk, Tom. "South Jersey hoops star Owens pens book on life as a true globetrotter". Courier-Post. Retrieved 2022-08-03.
  8. "From NCAAs to fearing for his life on the court, Kevin Owens has seen it all in basketball". www.audacy.com. 2022-03-09. Retrieved 2022-08-03.
  9. Owens, Kevin (2021-08-16). Overseas Famous: The Travels and Tribulations of a Basketball Globetrotter (1st ed.). Overseas Famous LLC.