Michael Antonio "Mike" King

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Michael Antonio "Mike" King
Personal information
Born (1978-03-26) March 26, 1978 (age 46)
Baltimore, Maryland
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight 205 lb (93 kg)
Career information
High school Lake Clifton (Baltimore, Maryland)
College George Washington (1997– 2001)
NBA draft 2001 / Undrafted
Playing career 2002–2012
Position Guard
Number 5, 6, 14
Career history
2002–2004 Roanoke Dazzle (NBDL)
2004–2005 Fayetteville Patriots (D-League)
2005 Guaiqueríes de Margarita
2005–2006 Fayetteville Patriots (D-League)
2006 Iraklis Thessaloniki B.C.
2006–2007 AEL Limassol (Cyprus)
2007 Basket Kwidzyn
2007–2009 Olympia Larissa
2009 Keravnos (Cyprus)
2009-2010 EnBW Ludwigsburg
2010–2011 Peristeri (Greece)
2011 STB Le Havre
2011-2012 Ikaros Kallitheas
2012 ETHA Engomis (Cyprus)
Career highlights and awards

Michael Antonio King (born March 26, 1978) is an American former professional basketball player and former star at The George Washington University of the Atlantic 10 Conference. He attended Lake Clifton High School in Baltimore, Maryland, where he won a Maryland 4A state championship as a sophomore. He then had Lake Clifton High School ranked 11th in the nation as a senior. He was also an High School All-American Honorable Mention. As a 6' 4" combo guard, King was named to the Atlantic 10 All Rookie Team in 1998. He also scored over 1,000 points at George Washington University and is 4th all time in steals.

After college

King was selected by the Roanoke Dazzle in the 6th round (#43rd pick overall) of 2002 NBDL Draft.

King began his pro career with the Roanoke Dazzle of the NBDL for the 02-03 season, he then played two more year seasons with the Dazzle from 03-05 where he averaged 14.1 points per game. He played at AEL Limassol 2006-07 were his team won the Super Cup, Regular season Champs, League Champions and went to the FIBA Eurocup quarterfinals. In this year he was Cyprus League Co-Guard of the year and on the Cyprus League All Import team. He then moved to Basket Kwidzyn (Poland) in 2007-08, where he lead his team in scoring before leaving to play for Olympia Larissa in the Greece-A1 League. King led Olympia Larissa , from 2007–09, where he was an All-Star twice. King shifted gears by going to Germany to play for EnBW Ludwigsburg in 2009-10, were he was selected to play in the BBL All Star game. He then returned to Greece to play for Peristeri (Greece) were he made the 2010-11 Greek League All Star game. King returned to Cyprus to play for ETHA Engomis where he won the Cyprus League Championship for the last time before retiring.

He appeared multiple times in Eurocup games for many different teams.