Andrew Richard Betts (born 11 May 1977) is a retired British professional

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player. He had a mostly international career.

Career notes

After starting his career as a junior player with the

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, Betts played

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from 1994 to 1997 and later at

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from 1997 to 1998. He was selected in the

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by the

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in the second round, with the 50th overall draft pick after averaging 18.7 points and 10.1 rebounds as a senior at Long Beach State. He then moved to the

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for the 1998–99 season, signed by

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Honours

*Greek cup, Greek league (AEK Athens) *Spanish league (Real Madrid) *Spanish cup (Tau Vitoria) *Fiba Eurocup (Joventut Badalona) *Final four of Euroleague ( Fortiudo Bologna) (Tau Vitoria) *Ukrainian League (Budivelnyk Kyiv)

National teams

Betts has played for both the English national basketball team and the

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. He was named England young player of the year, also England player of the year twice. Betts started his career with the English national team in 1996 aged 19.

Personal

Betts has four children. He is the sporting ambassador for his hometown club the Leicester Riders. He lives in

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, USA.

References

External links

Euroleague.net ProfileAris ProfileBasketpedya.com Profile
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