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Kevin Palmer (basketball)

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Kevin Palmer
Kevin Palmer with Hapoel Eilat
Personal information
Born (1987-06-21) June 21, 1987 (age 37)
Baltimore, Maryland
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
High schoolParkville (Parkville, Maryland)
College
NBA draft2010: undrafted
Playing career2010–2016
PositionSmall forward
Career history
2010–2011Austin Spurs
2011–2012Rizing Fukuoka
2012–2013KAOD
2013–2016Hapoel Eilat
2016Maccabi Rishon LeZion
2016Akita Northern Happinets
Career highlights and awards

Kevin Palmer (born June 21, 1987) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Akita Northern Happinets of the B.League.

College career

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Palmer began his college career at Cecil College. After leading the team with 18 points per game and 80 3-pointers for the season he decided to transfer to Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.[1]

During his senior year with the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi he averaged 19.7 points per game, 5.4 rebounds per game, and 2.4 steals per game.[2]

College statistics

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2008–09 Tx A&M-CC 33 33 29.9 .427 .310 .809 5.15 2.85 2.61 0.55 18.15
2009–10 Tx A&M-CC 32 32 32.9 .463 .321 .760 5.44 2.75 2.41 0.28 19.72
Career 65 65 31.4 .445 .315 .783 5.29 2.80 2.51 0.42 18.92

NCAA Special Events Stats

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2010 Portsmouth Invitational Tournament 3 25.20 .366 .267 .833 7.7 1.7 3.7 2.3 13.0

NCAA Awards & Honors

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  • NABC All-District (23) First Team - 2009, 2010
  • All-Southland First Team - 2009, 2010
  • Southland All-Tournament Team - 2009
  • Southland Newcomer of the Year - 2009

Professional career

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On July 15, 2013, Palmer signed to play with Hapoel Eilat after playing for KAO Dramas during the 2012–13 season.[3][4]

On June 6, 2015, Palmer re-signed with Hapoel Eilat after playing the 2014–2015 season with the team after that he moved to Maccabi Rishon Lezion.[5]

On August 15, 2016, Palmer signed with the Akita Northern Happinets in Japan, replacing Richard Roby.

In the summer of 2017, Palmer played in The Basketball Tournament on ESPN for team A Few Good Men (Gonzaga Alumni). He competed for the $2 million prize, and helped take team A Few Good Men to the Super 16 round, where they then lost to Team Challenge ALS 77–60.[6]

Career statistics

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Legend
  GP Games 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

NBA Summer League Stats

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2010–11 WAS 4 1 17.2 .571 .500 .500 3.00 1.00 0.00 0.00 8.00

NBA Preseason Stats

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2010–11 WAS 1 0 4.0 .000 .000 .000 1.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Regular season

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† Denotes seasons in which Palmer won an championship
* Led the league
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2010–11 AUS 50 18 25.4 .459 .270 .846 5.04 1.34 1.38 0.56 12.72
2011–12 Fukuoka 52 51 30.6 .492 .321 .722 7.4 2.3 2.5 0.5 21.6
2012–13 KAOD 26 26 29.3 .429 .238 .792 8.31* 2.00 2.38* 0.35 12.73
2013–14 Eilat 37 28 29.2 .472 .326 .735 7.86 2.68 2.81 0.62 12.43
2014–15 Eilat 34 28 29.2 .460 .377 .798 6.00 1.97 1.74 0.35 11.06
2015-16† Rishon LeZion/Eilat 48 15 21.5 .408 .340 .733 4.02 1.52 1.48 0.23 7.08
2016–17 Akita 29 11 19.0 .433 .346 .667 5.0 1.9 1.6 0.2 12.0

Playoffs

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2011-12 Fukuoka 2 34.5 .488 .333 .615 10.0 2.5 5.0 0.0 26.0
2013-14 Eilat 8 34.0 .487 .343 .875 9.1 4.1 2.3 0.6 15.4
2014-15 Eilat 11 25.5 .366 .351 .882 6.1 2.0 1.6 0.2 9.4
2015-16 Rishon LeZion 7 13.0 .300 .308 .583 2.3 1.0 0.6 0.0 3.3

International Awards & Honors

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  • Greek HEBA A1 Round 20 MVP - 2012–2013
  • Greek HEBA A1 Round 22 MVP - 2012–2013
  • Israeli BSL 1st Team - 2013–2014

Trivia

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Personal life

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Palmer is the cousin of Juan and Jermaine Dixon, basketball players.

References

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  1. ^ "Palmer to play in Corpus Christi".
  2. ^ "ShamSports | Player Profile".
  3. ^ "Kevin Palmer to play for Hapoel Eliat". 15 July 2013.
  4. ^ "Kevin Palmer Player Profile, Austin Spurs, News, Rumors, NCAA Stats, G League Stats, International Stats, Events Stats, Game Logs, Bests, Awards - RealGM".
  5. ^ "Kevin Palmer re-signs with Hapoel Eilat". www.sportando.com. Archived from the original on 2015-08-09.
  6. ^ "Bracket | The Basketball Tournament". www.thetournament.com. Retrieved 2018-02-27.
  7. ^ Akita Sakigake Shimpo (28 September 2016). "Special interview". {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  8. ^ Palmer, Kevin (8 October 2016). "Honored to be decorated". Archived from the original on 2021-12-26. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
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