Michale Kyser

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Michale Kyser
Mike Keyser.jpg
Kyser in 2022
No. 12–Wilki Morskie Szczecin
Position Power forward / Center
League PLK
Personal information
Born (1992-11-26) November 26, 1992 (age 31)
Victoria, Texas
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight218 lb (99 kg)
Career information
High school
College Louisiana Tech (2011–2015)
NBA draft 2015: undrafted
Playing career2015–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
2020Guelph 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
Stats   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg 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.

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High school career

Kyser played high school basketball for Lancaster High School, in Lancaster, Texas, and at Christian Life Center Academy in Humble, Texas.

College career

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]

Professional career

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]

Career statistics

Legend
  GPGames 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
YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2011–12 Louisiana Tech33213.5.463.000.5002.6.2.41.83.7
2012–13 Louisiana Tech343319.3.479.000.6235.3.6.62.75.0
2013–14 Louisiana Tech363423.3.571.000.5006.6.4.53.07.0
2014–15 Louisiana Tech363528.4.605.000.6066.6.4.62.88.6
Career13910421.3.543.000.5585.3.4.52.66.2

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