Mario Austin

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Mario Austin
Free agent
Position Power forward / Center
Personal information
Born (1982-02-26) February 26, 1982 (age 42)
Livingston, Alabama
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight 264 lb (120 kg)
Career information
High school Sumter County (York, Alabama)
College Mississippi State (2000–2003)
NBA draft 2003 / Round: 2 / Pick: 36th overall
Selected by the Chicago Bulls
Playing career 2003–present
Career history
2003 CSKA Moscow (Russia)
2004 Jackson Rage (WBA)
2004–2005 Lauretana Biella (Italy)
2005–2007 Hapoel Jerusalem (Israel)
2007–2008 Benetton Treviso (Italy)
2008 Beşiktaş Cola Turka (Turkey)
2009 Fujian Xunxing (China)
2009–2010 Meridiano Alicante (Spain)
2010 Atléticos de San Germán (Puerto Rico)
2010–2011 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (Ukraine)
2011 Titanes del Distrito Nacional
(Dominican Republic)
2011 Shahrdari Gorgan (Iran)
2011 Kyiv (Ukraine)
2012–2013 Al Kuwait (Kuwait)
2013–2014 Kazma (Kuwait)
2015 KB Peja (Kosovo)
2015 Deportivo Valdivia (Chile)

Mario Trevon Austin (born February 26, 1982) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Deportivo Valdivia of the Liga Nacional de Básquetbol de Chile (LNB). He played college basketball for Mississippi State.

College career

Austin played 3 seasons at Mississippi State under head coach Rick Stansbury. He is well known for hitting a clutch 3-point shot in a 2002 win over Kentucky.[1] Austin was named second team All-SEC that season (2001–02).

Austin returned to the Bulldogs in 2002–03 and was named first team All-SEC. Austin declared for the 2003 NBA Draft at the season, choosing not to return to Mississippi State for his senior year.[1]

Professional career

After being drafted 36th overall in the 2003 NBA draft by the Chicago Bulls, Austin left to play overseas, starting his professional career with CSKA Moscow, but was released after an injury before playing an official game. Afterwards he signed with the Jackson Rage of the WBA where he spent the remaining of the season.

In 2004 he signed with Italian team Lauretana Biella and in 2005 he was with Hapoel Jerusalem B.C., where he played until 2007 and helped bring them the State Cup.

In the summer of 2007, he joined the Bulls for the 2007 NBA Summer League[2] and later, he signed with Benetton Treviso.[3]

On July 18, 2008, Austin signed with Beşiktaş Cola Turka.[4]

At the start of the 2009–10 season, Austin was signed by Meridiano Alicante, but was released on January 21, 2010.[5] On April 10, 2010, Austin was signed by the Atléticos de San Germán of the Puerto Rican league but was waived the next month.[6]

On August 13, 2010, Austin signed with Ukrainian club Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk.[7] On April 2, 2011, the Bulls traded his draft rights to the Utah Jazz as part of the Carlos Boozer sign-and-trade.[8]

On October 31, 2011, Austin signed with BC Kyiv.[9]

On November 3, 2012 Austin signed with Al Kuwait.[10] On November 9, 2013, he signed with Kuwaiti club Kazma.[11]

On February 3, 2015, Austin signed with KB Peja of the Siguria Superleague[12] and on October 9, Austin signed with Deportivo Valdivia of the Liga Nacional de Básquetbol de Chile (LNB).[13] On November 14, he was waived by Deportivo Valdivia.[14][15]

References

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