Andre Owens (born October 31, 1980) is an American former professional
basketball
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player and
head coach
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.
High school and college basketball
A 6'4" (1.93 m) guard, he played competitively at
Perry Meridian High School
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where he was an Indiana All-Star in his senior season.
Owens attended
Indiana University
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Campuses
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and then transferred to the
University of Houston
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.
Professional career
Undrafted
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, he signed with the
Utah Jazz
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as a
free agent
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prior to the start of the
2005-06 NBA season. He was traded to the
Golden State Warriors
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along with
Devin Brown
Devin LaVell Brown (born December 30, 1978) is an American former professional basketball shooting guard who played 8 seasons in the National Basketball Association. Brown won an NBA championship as a member of the San Antonio Spurs in 2005.
Ear ...
and
Keith McLeod
Keith McLeod (born November 5, 1979) is an American former professional basketball player and current varsity boys basketball head coach at East Canton High School in Canton, Ohio. He is tall. He has also played in the NBA for the Minnesota Timbe ...
in exchange for
Derek Fisher
Derek Lamar Fisher (born August 9, 1974) is an American professional basketball coach and former player. Fisher played professionally in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for 18 seasons, spending the majority of his career with the Los ...
on July 12, 2006. In October 2006, he was released by the Warriors without playing in any preseason games.
The
Indiana Pacers
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signed Owens to a one-year deal on July 4, 2007.
In September 2008 he moved to Europe, signing a one-year contract with Serbian
Adriatic League
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team
Crvena zvezda
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. In 2009, he signed with
Türk Telekom B.K.
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in
Ankara
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. In 2009, he signed with
Lokomotiv Kuban
PBC Lokomotiv Kuban (russian: ПБК «Локомотив Кубань») is a Russian professional basketball team based in Krasnodar. The club participates in the VTB United League.
The team is one of the top tier basketball teams in Russia. T ...
in
Krasnodar
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(
Russian Basketball Super League
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). In October 2010 he signed a one-month contract with
Bàsquet Manresa
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, and after his contract expired in November he signed with
CB Granada
Club Baloncesto Granada, S.A.D. was a professional basketball team based in Granada, Andalusia. The team was founded in 1994 and has had notable players during its history, including Curtis Borchardt, Darvin Ham, Giorgos Sigalas, Scott Padgett, P ...
until the end of the 2010–11 season, but left the team in March 2011. He then signed with the Ukrainian club
BC Donetsk
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.
In December 2014, he signed with
C.R.D. Libolo
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History has it that C.R.D. Libolo resulted as a merger of three different clubs in the vill ...
of Angola. On February 27, 2015, he signed with
Zepter Vienna of the
.
In the summer of 2017, he played in the BIG3 League for 3's Company. He was named the GM of the
Indy Express.
Owens named GM for Indy Express
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NBA career statistics
Regular season
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, 23 , , 2 , , 9.1 , , .365 , , .188 , , .667 , , .9 , , .3 , , .2 , , .0 , , 3.0
, -
, align="left" , 2007–08
, align="left" , Indiana
Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th s ...
, 31 , , 7 , , 12.6 , , .374 , , .450 , , .735 , , 1.5 , , 1.5 , , .4 , , .1 , , 4.0
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, style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career
, 54 , , 9 , , 11.1 , , .370 , , .375 , , .712 , , 1.3 , , 1.0 , , .3 , , .0 , , 3.6
Notes
External links
NBA.com Player Profile
ACB.com Player Profile
@ NBA.com
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1980 births
Living people
ABA League players
African-American basketball players
American expatriate basketball people in Angola
American expatriate basketball people in Austria
American expatriate basketball people in Bulgaria
American expatriate basketball people in Cyprus
American expatriate basketball people in Russia
American expatriate basketball people in Serbia
American expatriate basketball people in Spain
American expatriate basketball people in Turkey
American expatriate basketball people in Ukraine
American men's basketball players
Basketball players from Indianapolis
Bàsquet Manresa players
BC Donetsk players
BC Zepter Vienna players
Big3 players
C.R.D. Libolo basketball players
CB Granada players
Houston Cougars men's basketball players
Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball players
Indiana Pacers players
Keravnos B.C. players
KK Crvena zvezda players
Liga ACB players
PBC Lokomotiv-Kuban players
PBC Academic players
Point guards
Shooting guards
Türk Telekom B.K. players
Undrafted National Basketball Association players
Utah Jazz players
21st-century African-American sportspeople
20th-century African-American people
American men's 3x3 basketball players