De'Teri Mayes (born August 5, 1974) is a former Austrian-American professional
basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...
player.
Professional career
Mayes played in the top-tier level Austrian league, the
ÖBL, with the
Allianz Swans Gmunden
Basket Swans Gmunden is an Austrian professional basketball club that is based in Gmunden. Their home arena is Volksbank-Arena Gmunden. The club has won the Austrian Bundesliga five times; the last championship was in 2021. To add to that, the Sw ...
, from the 1999–2000 season, through the 2010–11 season. He also played two seasons with the Austrian club
Kapfenberg Bulls, after he signed with them in 2011.
He won five Austrian
ÖBL Most Valuable Player
The Österreichische Basketball Bundesliga (ÖBL) Most Valuable Player is an award given to the best player in the Österreichische Basketball Bundesliga, the highest professional basketball league in Austria.
Winners
Awards won by nationa ...
awards, two
ÖBL Finals MVP awards, and two
Austrian Cup MVP awards, in his career, which makes him one of the best players ever to have played in
Austria
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.
Honours
Austria
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Österreichische Bundesliga (4): 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2009–10
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Austrian Cup (3): 2002–03, 2003–04, 2007–08
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Austrian Supercup (4): 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
Individual awards:
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ÖBL Most Valuable Player
The Österreichische Basketball Bundesliga (ÖBL) Most Valuable Player is an award given to the best player in the Österreichische Basketball Bundesliga, the highest professional basketball league in Austria.
Winners
Awards won by nationa ...
(5): 2002–03, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2009–10
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ÖBL Finals MVP (2): 2006–07, 2009–10
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Austrian Cup MVP (2): 2003–04, 2007–08
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Austrian Supercup MVP (2): 2005, 2006
*ÖBL All-Star (5): 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
References
External links
Profile at eurobasket.com
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1987 births
Living people
American expatriate basketball people in Austria
American men's basketball players
Austrian men's basketball players
Basketball players from Montgomery, Alabama
Junior college men's basketball players in the United States
Kapfenberg Bulls players
Murray State Racers men's basketball players
Shooting guards
Swans Gmunden players
Wallace State Lions men's basketball players