Christian Charles Burns (born September 4, 1985) is an American-Italian professional

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player for Germani Brescia of the Italian

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, top league of Italia. He also represents the

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Early career

Between his sophomore and senior year, Burns grew from 5'11" to 6’6“. After having played soccer and basketball, he focused on basketball his senior year, averaging 19.8 points, 15.3 rebounds and 3.2 blocks a game for

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, while taking home County Player of the Year and Third-Team All-State (by the

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) honors.

College career

He started his college career at

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, where he spent his freshman and sophomore year. He made 48 appearances for the Bobcats, averaging 3.5 points and 2.9 boards a contest. Burns transferred to NCAA Division 2 school

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for his junior year and made an impact right away, scoring 16.7 points, grabbing 9.8 rebounds and blocking 2.2 shots per game in 2005–06. He earned

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NCAA Division II National Player of the Year, ECAC Division II Player of the Year, Herb Good Small College Player of the Year and CACC Player of the Year honors his senior season (2006–07) among many other accolades, when putting up averages of 21.7 points, 11.2 rebounds and 2.1 blocks per contest.

Professional career

Coming out of college in 2007, he tried to make the Philadelphia 76ers' summer league roster, but eventually was not picked to join the team. Burns then launched his overseas career, signing with

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from Poland. In the following years, he played for teams in a number of different countries including Portugal, Germany, Ukraine, Israel, Italy, Russia, Czech Republic and the United Arab Emirates. In the 2010–11 campaign, when playing for Ferro-ZNTU Zaporozhye, he was named the

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All-Ukrainian Superleague Player of the Year. He made the Eurobasket.com All-Italian SerieA 1st Team in 2013 and won the 2015 Czech national championship with CEZ Nymburk. Burns obtained Italian citizenship in 2016. In 2017, he represented the Italian men's national team at the

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. On June 20, 2018, the president of

Olimpia Milano Pallacanestro Olimpia Milano, commonly known as Olimpia Milano or as EA7 Emporio Armani Milan after its title sponsor, is an LBA Italian professional basketball team, based in Milan, Italy. Its colors are white and red, and the team is sometimes ...

, Livio Proli, said the club reached an agreement with Burns for 2018–19 season in the Italian LBA. On June 28, 2018, Burns officially signed a deal with Milano. In May 2019, he tested positive for the banned substance Clostebol Metabolita. In July 2019, he was cleared by Italy's national anti-doping tribunal. On July 4, 2020, he returns to

Basket Brescia Leonessa Pallacanestro Brescia S.p.A., known for sponsorship reasons as Germani Brescia, is an Italian professional basketball team based in Brescia, Lombardy. Founded in 2009, the team plays in the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) since the 2016–17 season a ...

. That

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missed the

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playoffs and Burns played the Serie A2 playoffs with

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helping them to achieve the promotion to the

The Basketball Tournament (TBT) (2016–present)

In the summers of 2016 and 2017, Burns played in

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for the Broad Street Brawlers. He competed for the $2 million prize, and for the Brawlers, he averaged 18 points per game in 2017. Burns helped the Brawlers reach the second round, but lost to Team Colorado 111–95.

Career statistics

Domestic Leagues

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Israeli Basketball Premier League Ligat HaAl ( he, ליגת העל, lit., ''Supreme League or Premier League''), or the Israeli Basketball Premier League, is the top-tier level league of professional sports, professional competition in Israeli sports club, club basketball, making ...

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Sutor Montegranaro Sutor Basket Montegranaro, is an amateur Italian basketball club based in Montegranaro, Marche. It plays in the Promozione (7th division) as of June 2015. It was formerly in the top division, with the 2013-14 season its last in Lega Basket Serie ...

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, 30 , , 26.7 , , 52.5% , , 40.7% , , 77.5% , , 7.0 , , 0.7 , , 1.2 , , 0.2 , , 14.9 , - , style="text-align:left;" , 2013–14 , style="text-align:left;" ,

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VTB United League VTB United League (russian: Единая Лига ВТБ) is an international professional men's club basketball list of basketball leagues, league that was founded in 2008. It is made up of mostly Russian clubs, along with one each from Belarus an ...

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European Competitions

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2010–11 FIBA EuroChallenge 2010–11 FIBA EuroChallenge was the eighth edition of Europe's third-tier level transnational men's professional club basketball FIBA EuroChallenge Tournament, organized by FIBA Europe. The Final Four was awarded to Oostende and was held from A ...

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2014–15 Eurocup Basketball The 2014–15 Eurocup Basketball season was the 13th edition of Europe's second-tier level transnational competition for men's professional basketball clubs, the EuroCup. The EuroCup is the European-wide league level that is one level below the ...

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2014–15 EuroChallenge The 2014–15 EuroChallenge was the 12th and last edition of Europe's third-tier level transnational competition for men's professional basketball clubs. The winner and the runner-up of this competition earned a place at the group stage of next ...

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National team

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