Kevin Palmer (basketball)

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Kevin Palmer
Kevin Palmer.JPG
Kevin Palmer with Hapoel Eilat
Personal information
Born (1987-06-21) June 21, 1987 (age 34)
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
  • Israeli League champion (2016)
  • Greek League Top Rebounder (2013)
  • Greek League Steals Leader (2013)
  • bj league Best Five (2011-2012)
  • bj league All-Star (2012)
  • 2× First-team All-Southland (2009, 2010)
  • Southland Newcomer of the Year (2009)

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[]

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[]

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2008-09 Tx A&M 33 33 29.9 .427 .310 .809 5.15 2.85 2.61 0.55 18.15
2009-10 Tx A&M 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[]

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[]

  • 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[]

On Jul 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[]

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[]

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[]

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[]

† 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[]

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[]

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

Trivia[]

Personal life[]

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

References[]

  1. ^ "Palmer to play in Corpus Christi".
  2. ^ http://data.shamsports.com/content/pages/playerProfiles/profileDisplay.jsp?id=1537
  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. ^ http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/israel/171822/kevin-palmer-re-signs-with-hapoel-eilat.html[dead link]
  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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