Amin Khalil Stevens (born October 26, 1990) is an American professional
basketball
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player for
Ironi Kiryat Ata of the
Israeli Basketball Premier League
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. Before his professional career, he played college basketball for
Florida A&M
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. In 2013 he won the
Slovak Basketball Cup
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Cup winners
*1996 Inter Bratislava
*19 ...
with
MBK Rieker Komárno MBK or mbk may refer to:
*MBK (Scooter manufacturer), a European company, the successor to Motobécane
*MBK Center, a large shopping mall in Bangkok, Thailand
* MBK Challenge, a 2014 White House (USA) sponsored initiative to promote racial justice
...
. In 2017, he was named the
Úrvalsdeild Foreign Player of the Year after leading the league in scoring and rebounds.
High school
Stevens played basketball at
Mount Vernon Presbyterian School
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in Atlanta, Georgia.
In his senior season he averaged 20 points, 11 rebounds, three assists, two steals, and 1.5 blocks per game.
He was named All-State, All-Region, to the NACA All-tournament team, the conference's Most Valuable Player, the Regional Tournament Most Valuable Player, and the Garden City Classic Most Valuable Player.
College career
Stevens joined
Florida A&M
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in 2009. He played three seasons for the school. In his junior season, he averaged 17.1 points, 10.4 rebounds, and 1.5 steals per game.
In 84 games with Florida A&M in his career, he averaged 11.6 points, 6.8 rebounds, and 1.0 steal per game.
Professional career
2012-20
After leaving college, Stevens in 2012-13 joined
MBK Rieker Komárno MBK or mbk may refer to:
*MBK (Scooter manufacturer), a European company, the successor to Motobécane
*MBK Center, a large shopping mall in Bangkok, Thailand
* MBK Challenge, a 2014 White House (USA) sponsored initiative to promote racial justice
...
, with whom he won the
Slovak Basketball Cup
The Slovak Basketball Cup is the top-tier level national domestic basketball cup competition, that is played between professional clubs in Slovakia. The first edition of the cup tournament was held in 1996.
Cup winners
*1996 Inter Bratislava
*19 ...
. In 37 games, he averaged 15.2 points (4th in the league), 7.0 rebounds (4th), 0.5 blocks (11th), and 1.1 assists.
In 2013-14 he played for
Fürstenfeld Panthers, where he averaged 20.0 points (2nd in the league), 7.7 rebounds (5th), and 1.8 steals (3rd) in 29 games.
In 2014-15 he played for
BC Vienna
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History
The team w ...
, averaging 18.2 points (leading the league), 9.1 rebounds (3rd), 1.7 steals (4th), and 1 assist in 46 games.
Stevens signed with
Úrvalsdeild karla club
Keflavík
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In 1995, Keflavik merged with nearby Njarðv ...
ahead of the
2016–17 season. He went on to average 29.5 points and 15.3 rebounds per game, leading the league in both categories, with 1.8 steals per game (4th) and a .589 field goal percentage (2nd), and was named the
Úrvalsdeild Foreign Player of the Year.
He played for
Rouen Métropole Basket
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History
After playing in the Pro B for one year, the c ...
during the
2017–18 Pro B season
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Teams Promotion and relegation
Orléans Loiret and SLUC Nancy ...
where Stevens led the league in both scoring (18.1) and rebounding (9.1), with 1.2 steals per game.
He spent the next two seasons with
Brussels
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(second in the league with 7.4 rebounds per game in 2018-19)
and
Maccabi Kiryat Motzkin.
2020-present
Stevens returned Rouen in June 2020.
In 2020-21 he averaged 12.6 points, 7.6 rebounds, and 1.0 steals per game.
In the summer of 2022, he signed with
Ironi Kiryat Ata of the
Israeli Basketball Premier League
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.
References
External links
Profileat
Eurobasket.com
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Profileat Proballers.com
at
Sports Reference
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Florida A&M Bio
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Living people
1990 births
American expatriate basketball people in Austria
American expatriate basketball people in Belgium
American expatriate basketball people in France
American expatriate basketball people in Germany
American expatriate basketball people in Iceland
American expatriate basketball people in Israel
American expatriate basketball people in Slovakia
American men's basketball players
Centers (basketball)
Forwards (basketball)
Florida A&M Rattlers basketball players
Ironi Kiryat Ata players
Keflavík men's basketball players
Úrvalsdeild karla (basketball) players