Pete Mickeal
File:CroppedPete Mickeal of FC Barcelona.jpg
Mickeal wearing the jersey of FC Barcelona.
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Position | Small forward | ||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||
Born | Rock Island, Illinois |
February 22, 1978 ||||||||||||
Nationality | American | ||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 6.5 in (1.99 m) | ||||||||||||
Listed weight | 240 lb (109 kg) | ||||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||||
High school | Rock Island (Rock Island, Illinois) | ||||||||||||
College | Indian Hills CC (1996–1998) Cincinnati (1998–2000) |
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NBA draft | 2000 / Round: 2 / Pick: 58th overall | ||||||||||||
Selected by the New York Knicks | |||||||||||||
Playing career | 2000–present | ||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||
2000–2001 | Tampa Bay ThunderDawgs | ||||||||||||
2001–2002 | Kansas City Knights | ||||||||||||
2002 | Talk 'N Text Phone Pals | ||||||||||||
2003–2004 | Peristeri | ||||||||||||
2004 | Dynamo Moscow | ||||||||||||
2004–2005 | Makedonikos | ||||||||||||
2005–2006 | Breogán | ||||||||||||
2006–2007 | Daegu Orions | ||||||||||||
2007–2009 | TAU Cerámica | ||||||||||||
2009–2013 | FC Barcelona | ||||||||||||
2014 | UCAM Murcia | ||||||||||||
2014 | Cangrejeros de Santurce | ||||||||||||
2015 | Bucaneros de La Guaira | ||||||||||||
2015 | Atenas de Córdoba | ||||||||||||
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Fenton Pete Mickeal (born February 22, 1978) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Atenas de Córdoba of the Liga Nacional de Básquet (LNB). He was selected by the Dallas Mavericks in the second round, with the 58th pick of the 2000 NBA Draft.
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High school career
Born in Rock Island, Illinois, Mickeal attended Rock Island High School, the same school attended by former NBA player and coach Don Nelson. In two full seasons of varsity basketball, Mickeal broke the school's all-time scoring record.
College career
After high school, Mickeal played for two years as a small forward with Indian Hills Community College. As a sophomore at Indian Hills C.C., he was named National Junior College Player of the Year, after leading the team to its second straight national championship. For his junior year, he transferred to play at Cincinnati, where he played with the Cincinnati Bearcats. As a senior, he was named an Honorable Mention All-American by the Associated Press.
Professional career
NBA
After two productive seasons with Cincinnati, Mickeal entered the 2000 NBA Draft. After being drafted by the Dallas Mavericks, Mickeal participated in training camp with them. He never played for them in an actual game.
His contract with the Mavs was waived, but he was soon signed as a free agent by the New York Knicks. He was on the injured reserve his entire time as a Knick, and was waived later in the season. In the 2002–03 season, he drew attention again from the NBA, being signed to a practice-squad contract with the Houston Rockets, before being waived a week later. He also played with the Orlando Magic in the Orlando Summer League and the Las Vegas Summer League in 2004.
American Basketball Association
After his unsuccessful run in the NBA, Mickeal went on to have great success in the ABA with the Tampa Bay ThunderDawgs, and particularly the Kansas City Knights. After leading the Knights to a 35–5 record in the 2001-02 season, Mickeal's team won that year's championship, and he was awarded the league MVP award[1] and Final MVP award.
Asia
After the 2001-02 season in the ABA, Mickeal signed with the Talk 'N Text Phone Pals team of the Philippine Basketball Association. He also played in the South Korean League during the 2006–07 season, playing with Daegu Orions.
Europe
After playing with the Houston Rockets practice-squad, Mickeal returned overseas for the 2003-04 season. He played in the Greek League with both Peristeri and Makedonikos, with a brief 2004 interlude in the Russian SuperLeague with Dynamo Moscow. In 2005, he moved to the Spanish League club Breogán. After a season there, he went to the South Korean League for the 2006–07 season, playing with Daegu Orions, before returning to the Spain to play with the Spanish League club TAU Cerámica.
On June 29, 2009, he signed with the Spanish League club FC Barcelona.[2] During the Euroleague 2009-10 season, Mickeal played at small forward for FC Barcelona, and he helped them win the Euroleague 2010 Final. In 2012 he was named to the All-ACB Finals Team.[3]
On January 10, 2014, he signed with UCAM Murcia.[4] On February 23, 2014 he parted ways with Murcia after playing only 5 games in ACB League.[5]
Latin America
On March 9, 2014, he signed with Cangrejeros de Santurce of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional.[6] However he was released on May 31, 2014, due to his knee injury.[7]
On October 28, 2014, Mickael signed with Bucaneros de La Guaira of Venezuela for the 2015 LPB season.[8]
On November 26, 2015, he signed with Atenas de Córdoba of the Argentine Liga Nacional de Básquet.[9] On December 19, 2015, he parted ways with Atenas after appearing in five games.[10]
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Euroleague.net BARCELONA makes Mickeal its newest addition.
- ↑ tribunasalamanca.com Sergio Rodríguez, Navarro, Mickeal, Reyes y Lorbek, mejor quinteto de la final (Spanish).
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External links
- Articles with Spanish-language external links
- Pages with broken file links
- 1978 births
- Living people
- African-American basketball players
- American expatriate basketball people in Argentina
- American expatriate basketball people in Greece
- American expatriate basketball people in Russia
- American expatriate basketball people in South Korea
- American expatriate basketball people in Spain
- American expatriate basketball people in the Philippines
- American expatriate basketball people in Venezuela
- Basketball players from Illinois
- BC Dynamo Moscow players
- CB Breogán players
- CB Murcia players
- Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball players
- FC Barcelona Bàsquet players
- Goyang Orion Orions players
- Indian Hills Warriors basketball players
- Kansas City Knights players
- Liga ACB players
- Makedonikos B.C. players
- New York Knicks draft picks
- Peristeri B.C. players
- Philippine Basketball Association imports
- Saski Baskonia players
- Shooting guards
- Small forwards
- Sportspeople from Rock Island, Illinois
- TNT Tropang Texters players
- Tampa Bay ThunderDawgs players