Kebu Omar Stewart (born December 19, 1973)
is an American retired
basketball
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player. He played in the
NBA and had a rich international career, playing in several countries.
High school and college career
Stewart was a star high school player at national powerhouse
Oak Hill Academy and later on at Our Saviour Lutheran in the
Bronx
The Bronx () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Bronx County, in the state of New York. It is south of Westchester County; north and east of the New York City borough of Manhattan, across the Harlem River; and north of the New Y ...
, where he averaged nearly 36 points per game and earned honorable mention All American honors in the 1992–92 season.
Stewart signed to play at
UNLV
The University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) is a public land-grant research university in Paradise, Nevada. The campus is about east of the Las Vegas Strip. It was formerly part of the University of Nevada from 1957 to 1969. It includes th ...
, but was academically ineligible his freshman year. He
redshirted
Redshirt, in United States college athletics, is a delay or suspension of an athlete's participation in order to lengthen their period of eligibility. Typically, a student's athletic eligibility in a given sport is four seasons, aligning with the ...
, and played the 1993–94 season with the
Runnin' Rebels. Although Stewart wasn't eligible until January, he won
Big West Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
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honors (becoming the first ever freshman to win the award), averaging 19 points and 12 rebounds per game. Stewart, who reportedly clashed with the coaching staff several times (even during the time when he on redshirt status), was suspended from the team after the following season. He later transferred to Division II
Cal State Bakersfield
California State University, Bakersfield (CSUB, Cal State Bakersfield, or CSU Bakersfield) is a public university in Bakersfield, California. It was established in 1965 as Kern State College and officially in 1968 as California State College Bake ...
, where he went on to become Division II Player of the Year and California Collegiate Athletic Association Player of the Year as a senior, leading the team to the NCAA Division II national championship. He also led the nation (Division II) in rebounding as a senior in 1996–97 with 13.4 rpg.
Professional career
Stewart was drafted by the
Philadelphia 76ers in the 2nd round of the
1997 NBA Draft
The 1997 NBA draft took place on June 25, 1997, at Charlotte Coliseum in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Vancouver Grizzlies had the highest probability to win the NBA draft lottery, but since they were an expansion team along with the Toronto ...
, and played 15 games during the
1997–98 NBA season, averaging 2.7 points and 2.1 rebounds per game. He played for the
Sioux Falls Skyforce
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of the
Continental Basketball Association (CBA) from 1998 to 2000. He was selected to the All-CBA First Team in 2000.
Stewart started his overseas career in
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
with
Hapoel Jerusalem
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in the 2000–01 season. Then, he played for
Avtodor Saratov and
UNICS in
Russia
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(2001–2003). He also played few games for
Prokom Trefl Sopot
Arka Gdynia is a Polish professional basketball team, based in Gdynia. The team plays in the Polish PLK. The club's sponsorship name comes from the company Asseco. Historically the team is one of the most successful in Poland, mainly because of ...
(
Poland
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) and
Adecco Estudiantes (
Spain
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, image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg
, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, i ...
), before signed for
NIS Vojvodina (
Serbia and Montenegro) in late 2003. After two seasons there, he moved to
Italy
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and played for
Vertical Vision Cantù in the 2005–06 season.
Kebu Stewart
at legabasket.it In the 2006–07 season, he played for Seoul SK Knights
The Seoul SK Knights ( ko, 서울 SK 나이츠) is a professional basketball club in the Korean Basketball League. The club was originally founded by Jinro Group in 1997 as Cheongju Jinro McCass. Before the official launch of the basketball clu ...
(South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and sharing a land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed by the Yellow Sea, while its eas ...
) and Crvena zvezda
Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club, ), commonly known as Red Star Belgrade in English-language media, is a Serbian professional Association football, foot ...
(Serbia
Serbia (, ; Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin and the Balkans. It shares land borders with Hungar ...
). He last played for Barons/LMT Rīga ( Latvia) in the 2007–08 season, but left the team during the first half of the season.
References
External links
Kebu Stewart
at ACB.com
at Basketball-Reference.com
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1973 births
Living people
African-American basketball players
American expatriate basketball people in Israel
American expatriate basketball people in Italy
American expatriate basketball people in Latvia
American expatriate basketball people in Poland
American expatriate basketball people in Russia
American expatriate basketball people in Serbia
American expatriate basketball people in South Korea
American expatriate basketball people in Spain
American men's basketball players
Basketball players from New York City
Atléticos de San Germán players
BC Avtodor Saratov players
BC UNICS players
BK Barons players
Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners men's basketball players
CB Estudiantes players
Hapoel Jerusalem B.C. players
Israeli Basketball Premier League players
KK Crvena zvezda players
KK Vojvodina Srbijagas players
Korean Basketball League players
Liga ACB players
Pallacanestro Cantù players
Philadelphia 76ers draft picks
Philadelphia 76ers players
Power forwards (basketball)
Seoul SK Knights players
Sioux Falls Skyforce (CBA) players
Sportspeople from Brooklyn
Trefl Sopot players
UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball players
21st-century African-American sportspeople
20th-century African-American sportspeople